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Post #663201

Author
SilverWook
Parent topic
THX 1138 "preservations" + the 'THX 1138 Italian Cut' project (Released)
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Date created
4-Oct-2013, 6:10 PM

A tv network could probably make it own awkward cuts to a film in the old days. I saw plenty of films mangled just to tone them down for broadcast back in the day. Nudity would either be totally cut, or the frame would be heavily zoomed in to crop the offending body parts.

By the 80's, directors would often plan ahead, and shoot alternate footage or blur out the naughty bits optically. Blue Thunder and The Shining are good examples of this.

It's too bad that other 16mm auction got away, it was clearly labelled as a tv print.

And praise Ohm you found those radio spots! :)