Slight change on Special Edition DVD?

Ok good. I'm not the only one who noticed this. I'm fairly certain now the change was made at the request of Ridley Scott. I have to wonder whether he had been approached to release a director's cut of Black Rain. On one of the featurettes on the new DVD, the prodcuers do mention his original cut was three hours, if i'm not mistaken. I'm guessing he was satisfied with the theatrical cut, and only wanted to make that one minor change. I didn't notice anything else different on the new DVD release.

I'll be watching the Black Rain SE in a couple days (yay!) but I would like to point out that where Blade Runner is concerned, I liked the theatrical version more than the extended Director's Cut which eliminated Harrison Ford's monologue. I'm a total asian film fan, and I usually don't pay attention to English language directors who do asian films, such as Memoirs Of A Geisha, The Last Samurai, etc. I only saw Black Rain once, on HBO, many years ago, and didn't pay much attention to it. But Ridley Scott did Blade Runner, and so I consider him one of the greats (grin!) and I hope to enjoy the Special Edition.

It's nice to hear about minute details such as this slo-mo of a particular scene. Director's Cuts are usually just extended versions, but I've come to appreciate Ridley Scott's alternate versions - he has interesting ways of altering things. :)

On that note, I would like to recommend the Korean film Daisy. If you can acquire it, there's a 104 minute Korean version, and a 120-plus minute Director's Cut. The editing in both versions are so different, it's like 2 different movies - I think there's a deluxe 3-disc set that can be had on Ebay that contains both versions. You must watch both to appreciate. The Korean version is smoothly laid out like a love story, and very engaging. The director's cut is slow-paced and I find it has many boring moments, but it offers so many details that fill the gaps of the Korean version. Just mentioning this film because when I think of great editing skills, Ridley Scott is tops on my list. Daisy is a great movie, but I've never heard of the director before. Nevertheless, Daisy is tops on my list. Somehow it seems appropriate to bring this up in a Ridley Scott discussion :)

Thanks for the tips on the SE of Black Rain - I wouldn't have ordered it if I didn't read the comments!