Looks like that four-hour cut ofBlade Runner 2049will never see the light of day.
The best incarnation of the movie is what is in the theater, Villeneuve said.
What was striking is that the four-hour cut was quite strong.
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But personally I prefer the one that is in the theater because its more elegant, I would say.
But there are some scenes that were like [makes boosh sound].
The sequel picked up 30 years after the events of Scotts originalBlade Runnerfilm.
Ryan Gosling played LAPD officer K, a new Blade Runner, in search of Harrison Fords Rick Deckard.
Villeneuve, who directed the Oscar-winningArrival, called the four-hour cut too self-indulgent.
I will say that theres no great things that are being lost.
When I cut something, its dead.
It means it was not good enough, he added.
I dont like extended cuts.
I mean, Im not a fan at all ofApocalypse Now Redux, he continued.
I thought it was a massive mistake to doApocalypse Now Redux.
Its stronger than one individual.
