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Elevator scene uncut available anywhere!?

posted 9 years ago by sqrrlface
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According to iMDB's trivia, the director said that the scene had to be cut drastically for obvious reasons. I know that Refn asked Gaspar Noe for advise on how to make the scene more realistic like Irreversible's, and that can't really even be seen in the end product. Still, it's a great scene.

I highly doubt it exists anymore, but if that were to come out uncut It would be a dream come true. But I'll prolly never see an uncut version of this movie, Pulp Fiction, Casino, or any other films that were unfortunately cut down.

Thanks MPAA!

[–] Hyperboievr 9 years ago

I think the quick cut we got in the final film (of the head stomp) was enough to show that Refn tried to make it realistic. It's probably the only grounded bit of violence in the film, while most of the other violent moments felt exaggerated.

[–] sqrrlface 9 years ago

That did not have anything to do with this post.

But how does one graphic shot make it more realistic? He still stomped on his head well over ten times. I guess I don't understand your rationale. To each their own.

[–] jezfernandez 9 years ago

I assume you're in the States? I watched Drive on DVD here in the UK and the elevator scene was pretty graphic - certainly not quick. Was Drive rated R in the US? Your rating system is different to ours. Some of your Rs are rated 15 over here and some are rated 18. Our 18s would be equivalent to your NC-17s, though an 18 is not the kiss of death that I hear your NC-17 is. So we probably have more 18 rated movies here, but they cut less out. I think. I've seen a few comments about US versions of movies and it certainly seems like the UK versions are less heavily censored.

In summary, I imagine the UK version of Drive is less censored, so you could buy a multi-region DVD player and try buying the UK DVD from Amazon UK. It probably won't cost you much to buy the DVD.

[–] david-gray1987 8 years ago

Americans are more susceptible to violence lol

[–] YuunofYork 8 years ago

The extended scene was cut from all final versions. Incidentally, the US ratings board rarely censors scenes of violence in instances where their UK counterparts haven't. In fact, it's typically the other way around. The MPAA may be a suffocating pagentry of one-time PTA organizers and church organists, but their concerns are, predictably, centered around sex and blasphemy. Remember it's you lot with the "video nasties" lists - look that up if you aren't already familiar. It's technically illegal for UK citizens to own screenshots from certain films.