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Does anyone have a summary of what was changed?

by jefftk 3y ago

jgrahamc 3y ago
In the version of the film being shown on the Criterion Channel and Apple TV, around four seconds of the film have been cut during a scene where Hackman heads out of the Narcotics Division office pursued by Scheider. The original scene, which starts at around 9mins and 42 seconds into the film, sees Scheider and Hackman’s characters having a conversation by the door during which two racial slurs are used. In the edited version, all but the last couple of ‘innocent’ exchanges of this conversation have been cut out - clearly to remove the slurs.
tivert 3y ago
This is the source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2023/06/06/apple-tv-and-the-criterion-channel-outrage-film-fans-by-censoring-classic-movie/?sh=189c492f5c76 https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2023/06/06/apple-tv-...: > In the version of the film being shown on the Criterion Channel and Apple TV, around four seconds of the film have been cut during a scene where Hackman heads out of the Narcotics Division office pursued by Scheider. The original scene, which starts at around 9mins and 42 seconds into the film, sees Scheider and Hackman’s characters having a conversation by the door during which two racial slurs are used. In the edited version, all but the last couple of ‘innocent’ exchanges of this conversation have been cut out - clearly to remove the slurs. I just checked the unedited version. One of the slurs is one I'd never heard before for an Italian (had to look it up), and the other is the N-word.
- dfxm12 3y ago
  I wonder if they just trying to cut out slurs for the sake of cutting slurs, or if they do not want to portray cops as racist.
basch 3y ago
The article, which could use some editing and cleanup as it is a bit repetitive, links to a much better source documenting the change. https://hollywood-elsewhere.com/french-connection-refresher/ https://hollywood-elsewhere.com/french-connection-refresher/

Does anyone have a summary of what was changed?

by jefftk 3y ago

Does anyone have a summary of what was changed?

In the version of the film being shown on the Criterion Channel and Apple TV, around four seconds of the film have been cut during a scene where Hackman heads out of the Narcotics Division office pursued by Scheider. The original scene, which starts at around 9mins and 42 seconds into the film, sees Scheider and Hackman’s characters having a conversation by the door during which two racial slurs are used. In the edited version, all but the last couple of ‘innocent’ exchanges of this conversation have been cut out - clearly to remove the slurs.

tivert 3y ago

This is the source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2023/06/06/apple-tv-and-the-criterion-channel-outrage-film-fans-by-censoring-classic-movie/?sh=189c492f5c76 https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2023/06/06/apple-tv-...: > In the version of the film being shown on the Criterion Channel and Apple TV, around four seconds of the film have been cut during a scene where Hackman heads out of the Narcotics Division office pursued by Scheider. The original scene, which starts at around 9mins and 42 seconds into the film, sees Scheider and Hackman’s characters having a conversation by the door during which two racial slurs are used. In the edited version, all but the last couple of ‘innocent’ exchanges of this conversation have been cut out - clearly to remove the slurs. I just checked the unedited version. One of the slurs is one I'd never heard before for an Italian (had to look it up), and the other is the N-word.

dfxm12 3y ago
I wonder if they just trying to cut out slurs for the sake of cutting slurs, or if they do not want to portray cops as racist.

basch 3y ago

The article, which could use some editing and cleanup as it is a bit repetitive, links to a much better source documenting the change. https://hollywood-elsewhere.com/french-connection-refresher/ https://hollywood-elsewhere.com/french-connection-refresher/