With the True Romance Special edition out I think someone should make a Tarantino Cut of the movie. Tony Scotts version is very close to the Tarantino script but there are also differences. You just need to include the deleted scenes from the DVD (another Christopher Walker scene, the ending where Clarence dies and so on) and to rearrange some scenes so the movie plays with Time just like Tarantinos script. This would be the ultimate version of True Romance then. Or does this version already exist as a bootleg and is available for download ? 
Mehā¦a lot of the extra scenes were unneeded. Clarence should have died, and the āPussy eatingā conversation and Clarence almost backing out of the meeting in front of the hotel should have both been left in, but everything else that got cut (particularly the Walken scene) was really unneeded, and probably would have eventually been cut by Tarantino himself if he had been the director.
I would like to have seen the movie reordered like Tarantino planned, but only as a gag. I think the story actually benefitted from being structured in sequential order.
I have the Tarantino cut of the movie. Its called the Unrated Directorās cut edition! Tarantino said in his commentary that the way True Romance is right now is the way he wants it. He couldnāt even imagine the movie any different than the way it is now. He only mentioned his original script had it out of order, and Clarence dies. But in the end, this is exactly how he wanted it. Itās already the Tarantino cut, technically.
[quote]I have the Tarantino cut of the movie. Its called the Unrated Directorās cut edition! Tarantino said in his commentary that the way True Romance is right now is the way he wants it. He couldnāt even imagine the movie any different than the way it is now. He only mentioned his original script had it out of order, and Clarence dies. But in the end, this is exactly how he wanted it. Itās already the Tarantino cut, technically.[/quote]
Not entirely. He mentions, I think, at least once or twice having wanted the entire āpussy conversationā included as well as the scene where Clarence acts like heās going to leave, but then turns around and goes back in, anyway. The dialogue in that scene, which was cut, actually plays a part into Alabamaās rant in the Tarantino ending - the whole āI told you I could walk awayā line or whatever it was.
True Romance to me is the best and favorite of QT screenplays. I have read the original screenplay to True Romance (the one with the story structure like that of Pulp Fiction).
And I love this type of act/story structure jumping all over the place. Havin said that. I wouldnāt want to see another cut of True Romance to be re-edited to fit the original version of the screenplay.
dude, it is NOT a Tarantino movie. Tony Scott is the director,so the only directorās cut there can be, is a cut that HE wants. And if Tarantino sais he likes that then you as a fanboy should agree to that.
what sense does it make to cut a movie so much around that it resembles what the writer wanted? the director makes a movie. period. if you dont like the movie the way it is, get some editing software and make yourself your own bootleg, but youāll be the only one watching that stuff then
[quote]And if Tarantino sais he likes that then you as a fanboy should agree to that.
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Uh no, we shouldnātā¦thatās ToothPickVicVegaās jobā¦to do NOTHING but agree on what Tarantino says and does.
This is BS, just cause Tarantino says something WE as FANS have to agree? No. thats shit. I donāt agree on everything Tarantino says and I doubt anyone truely deep down does. And if you do, then you have no personality and have become a tool of society.
If someone doesnāt like the way True Romance was edited (depsite Tarantino thinking it was good) they can say whatever the FUCK they want about it.
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Uh no, we shouldnātā¦thatās ToothPickVicVegaās jobā¦to do NOTHING but agree on what Tarantino says and does.
This is BS, just cause Tarantino says something WE as FANS have to agree? No. thats shit. I donāt agree on everything Tarantino says and I doubt anyone truely deep down does. And if you do, then you have no personality and have become a tool of society.
If someone doesnāt like the way True Romance was edited (depsite Tarantino thinking it was good) they can say whatever the FUCK they want about it.
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Agreed. I'm pretty much satisfied with the way it's cut. Besides the fact that HALF OF THE PUSSY EATING SCENE IS CUT OUT, THOSE BASTARDS. Funniest scene ever.
i donāt think a ātarantino cutā would make it much different.
it was pretty good to begin with, but it wouldnāt have been that much better with new editing.
to have tarantinoās true vision of the movie, heād have to direct it. that way the cinematography, actors, plotline, AND editing would be through his vision.
Even though Tarantinoās thorougly satisfied with the movie, it WOULDāVE been different if he directed it. Everything would be pretty much the same but the thing that would stand out most would be the fact that itād be out of order like Pulp and Kill Bill. The āfeelā would be different.
probably better music, tooā¦no problem with the ābadlandsā theme but I hate that āWounded Birdā song that is playing the first time Clearnce and Alabama have sexā¦it just ruins the scene for me
Donāt forget the shitty ass 80ās rock music. That drum shit they were playing during the final shootout scene was fuckinā annoying too.
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What are you talking about? I loved the music in True Romance, all of it.
[quote]What are you talking about? I loved the music in True Romance, all of it.[/quote]
That's maybe because you grew up with 80's music and you liked it. I'm guessing your a bit older than I am.
I love TR as it isā¦but I think it would rock if QT had made itā¦hearing him talking about the cut he would have madeā¦it sounds just really goodā¦
but like he saysā¦what done is doneā¦scott did it in his own way and did a fucking great jobā¦ 8)
Has anybody seen this?
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A fan re-edited the entire movie to resemble Tarantinoās original script! Iāve been wanting to see this for ages, finally gave up looking, and then just happened to stumble onto it at a screenplay forum I frequent.
Iām downloading it right now but itās got about an hour to go just for the first half so I probly wonāt get around to watching it tonight. When I do Iāll make sure to give a little review.
Great find Dex, and thanks for the heads up! Iām downloading it right now
weāve had this discussion before but here we goā¦
I think this is total B.S.
out of what justification/reason does someone takes somebody elseās perfectly fine movie and re-edit it to fit what they think is what Tarantino intended, just because according to their version now the sequence of scenes roughly fits the original script? Thatās ridiculous, totally ridiculous. whoever made this ātarantino cutā, which by itself is a description that makes me vomit, has to get it into their fucking head that Tarantino sold this script and somebody else made the movie, and Tarantino not only approved of the final product he also likes it. period. end of story. everything elseā¦ ridiculous. who cares about this fan edit, seriously, itās NOT a āTarantinoā cut, because it just isnāt
I canāt think of a good reason not to watch it, it can be fun
edit: I watched it (skipped some parts) and I didnāt enjoy it as much as I thought I would. I guess because I watched the original movie so many times I just canāt bear watching a re-cut version made by a fan. And it may respect the scenes order as they appear in the script, but there are a lot of QT stuff that was never shot or edited. I have to say Iām pretty sure True Romance wouldnāt have looked anywhere near that fan made version if QT had directed it.
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weāve had this discussion before but here we goā¦
I think this is total B.S.
out of what justification/reason does someone takes somebody elseās perfectly fine movie and re-edit it to fit what they think is what Tarantino intended, just because according to their version now the sequence of scenes roughly fits the original script? Thatās ridiculous, totally ridiculous. whoever made this ātarantino cutā, which by itself is a description that makes me vomit, has to get it into their fucking head that Tarantino sold this script and somebody else made the movie, and Tarantino not only approved of the final product he also likes it. period. end of story. everything elseā¦ ridiculous. who cares about this fan edit, seriously, itās NOT a āTarantinoā cut, because it just isnāt
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DJās make remixes of songs all the time, comic book artists draw other peopleās character and put them in their portfolio, why canāt that be done with movies? Especially with advances in consumer technology. Itās not like this guy is getting rich off somebody elseās work. Fan edits like this are actually becoming quite common in film schools. I kind of think of it as FanFiction for editors.
Heās not calling it the Tarantino cut because itās what the film would look like if Tarantino directed it. Heās calling it that because it was his attempt to put the movie into Tarantinoās ānon-linearā storytelling format and match the script as best he could.
I donāt think this is something to be taken overly seriously though. Itās a kid with too much free time who read the script and wondered what it would like as a film. Instead of just wondering he went out and did his best to make it happen.
I love it when new versions of movies I love come out. Even the chronological order cut of Memento which kind of sucked. The original cut will always be there, the new version is just an opportunity to see a the film through a different lens.