Posted by Vincent at bg-tc-ppp610.monmouth.com on June 25, 2001 at 02:36:34:
In Reply to: wasn't the first time, was it? posted by Afroed Whitey on June 25, 2001 at 01:56:15:
: seems like i remember tons of editing from the mallrats commentary. for example, the part where Vinny "unleashes" on one of the suitors backstage. on the dude that worked in casting, i think.
Yeah, there were edits in MALLRATS too, but they tended to be like a line here and there. That one on DOGMA is like 30 seconds of silence so it really sticks out. On DVD sites you'll sometimes see people say that companies like Criterion are no longer needed since major studios make their own special editions- what those folks don't realize is that studio-made special editions are subject to intense scrutiny by the studio legal departmens, and studio legal departments are, quite frankly, anal-retentive pussies. They don't want to offend ANYBODY. I doubt any of those edits would have been made if MALLRATS and DOGMA were done by an outside, small label like Criterion.
Vincent