Is the Criterion version not an authentic US cut?
Yes this was the western market international version.
What’s the difference between the US and Criterion US cut?
Nothing it’s the international and the Chinese versions.
I ended up watching my edit V1 of enter the dragon last night. There was a good reason for the version 2 which is now lost as there were times where the audio synch was not correct.
V2 fixed this however V1 did not feature the Han vs Williams Edit whilst I also never got around to cropping out Han’s hand whilst he wipes the blood off his sleave after killing him.
The Mirror maze edit which is posted here was not in however I am feeling a bit different about it particularly the music cue before the smashing of the mirrors.
No opening Narration as I went on to intend with the invitation to the tournament was in V1.
Music edit where “the time has come to tell you something very difficult” is removed was not present in V1
And trying to restore and edit the monk scene before Lee meets Braithwaite which I gave up on but then sort of figured out a way to do it perhaps using a shot of a bird in a tree from Planet of the apes TV pilot episode… Note all the birds in cages on Hans island in the Shaolin temple of course the birds are free.
The whole reason why V2 was never finished was because I re-arranged the tournament fights and ended uo with a big audio issue involving a gong I added yet having watched it last night the original order I had was fine to be honest.
So there is a chance I’ll finish this off but no chance at the moment I’m too busy with work.