The Vanishing: Recut
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Faneditor: Agent Sam Stanley 
Fanedit Type: FanFix
Fanedit Release Date: 1st February 2018
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Genre: Thriller
Original Title: The Vanishing (1993)
Original Release Date: 1st January 1993
Original Runtime: 1h:49m:0s
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Fanedit Type: FanFix
Fanedit Release Date: 1st February 2018
Fanedit Runtime: 1h:20m:0s
Time Cut: 0h:29m:0s
Time Added: 0h:0m:0s
Genre: Thriller
Original Title: The Vanishing (1993)
Original Release Date: 1st January 1993
Original Runtime: 1h:49m:0s
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Certificate:
Format: Digital
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Synopsis:
I'm a big fan of Tim Krabbe's horror novel The Golden Egg and George Sluizer's 1988 movie adaptation Spoorloos. That shocking ending gave me nightmares for weeks. The 1993 American remake didn't work. The story is too blunt and tragic for the Hollywood standards, and to change that is to kill the most terrifying aspect of the film. I do think the US version has a lot going for it tho. Jeff Bridges is completely terrifying and Kiefer is a more likeable lead (which would make the character's fate even more painful to watch). That's why I decided to recut the film, removing the dumb changes and preserving the essence of the story and its terrifying conclusion. I'm pretty sure it's been done before, but I decided to do my own version and share it with whoever might be interested.
I'm a big fan of Tim Krabbe's horror novel The Golden Egg and George Sluizer's 1988 movie adaptation Spoorloos. That shocking ending gave me nightmares for weeks. The 1993 American remake didn't work. The story is too blunt and tragic for the Hollywood standards, and to change that is to kill the most terrifying aspect of the film. I do think the US version has a lot going for it tho. Jeff Bridges is completely terrifying and Kiefer is a more likeable lead (which would make the character's fate even more painful to watch). That's why I decided to recut the film, removing the dumb changes and preserving the essence of the story and its terrifying conclusion. I'm pretty sure it's been done before, but I decided to do my own version and share it with whoever might be interested.
Intentions:
To remove the changes created to appease the regular US audience and restore the story's essence and its terrifying ending.
To remove the changes created to appease the regular US audience and restore the story's essence and its terrifying ending.
Change List:
- Decided to follow the original film's structure, so my cut starts with the disappearance and then we're introduced to Barney. - A lot of 'relationship' scenes between Jeff and Rita were cut since Rita is not a crucial character here. - Rita disappears from the story after she leaves Jeff for good. - Cut out the scene of Barney following Rita to the apartment and approaching from behind while she changed the message on the answering machine. To me it seems careless that the character would try to kidnap her right there. Seems to me that was only included to add more tension to the film. - And of course, the whole Hollywood ending was removed and I tried to recreate the original ending the best way I could.
- Decided to follow the original film's structure, so my cut starts with the disappearance and then we're introduced to Barney. - A lot of 'relationship' scenes between Jeff and Rita were cut since Rita is not a crucial character here. - Rita disappears from the story after she leaves Jeff for good. - Cut out the scene of Barney following Rita to the apartment and approaching from behind while she changed the message on the answering machine. To me it seems careless that the character would try to kidnap her right there. Seems to me that was only included to add more tension to the film. - And of course, the whole Hollywood ending was removed and I tried to recreate the original ending the best way I could.
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