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......this from the guy who replaced the guns in E.T. with walkie-talkies?

• chillax 3y ago
  "Speaking at Time’s 100 Summit in New York City, the 76-year-old film-maker expressed regret over taking out guns from a later release of his 1982 sci-fi blockbuster ET: The Extra Terrestrial. In the 20th anniversary edition, agents saw their firearms replaced with walkie-talkies. “That was a mistake,” he said on stage. “I never should have done that. ET is a product of its era. No film should be revised based on the lenses we now are, either voluntarily, or being forced to peer through.”"
  • thrdbndndn 3y ago
    Also he said "a future Blu-ray release would restore the film to its original version" [1], which is good to know. [1]: https://www.goldderby.com/article/2023/steven-spielberg-regrets-et-the-extra-terrestrial-guns-edit/ https://www.goldderby.com/article/2023/steven-spielberg-regr... BTW, I was not aware about this before. Why changing a gun? Guns were pretty common in movies and rarely become a focus of sensitive topic, isn't it?
• someonenice 3y ago
  The subtitle (or summary) mentions it - "Director has criticised the practice of re-editing older films while expressing remorse over removing guns in a later edition of ET"
• trollied 3y ago
  Might be an idea to actually read the article before replying.