The laserdisc and DVD share literally the exact same master. I don’t know where these censorship allegations came from.
https://twitter.com/williamfriedkin/status/495446944496377856?lang=es The director disapprove the tv cut
Friedkin is saying it’s a master made for TV and home video exhibition i.e. 4:3 with video generated location titles during the vignettes. There is no censorship and the audio is the theatrical mix.
Here is audiovisual proof.
https://streamable.com/57p63wThere is no need for a wild goose chase for the LD version.
Seriously I didn’t realize the DVD wasn’t censored, I just heard somewhere on blu-ray forums it was so was skeptical
Thanks for proving it though