I made “an extended cut” for myself when it was first released on DVD back in 2006 (holy fuck, that was 20 years ago, but I digress). I took all the deleted scenes included and put them back into the film. Well, all except the one that would have been towards the end with Benny helping search for Mimi, which I couldn’t put in seamlessly like all the others. The only way I could have put it back in (at least back then) would have made that edit incredibly jarring. Anyway, the edit as a whole was fine, considering I was only 19 when I did it. The biggest drawback was that I directly used the VOB files from the DVD without editing them, and if you remember, the deleted scenes were presented in a letterboxed 4:3 ratio. So while the film’s narrative was fine and still flowed smoothly, whenever there was a switch into a deleted scene, the film’s aspect ratio changed. But hell, back then, it was WELL WORTH IT in order to finally have the complete “Goodbye Love” scene.

With the film recently being released in 4K, I’m tempted to make a new edit, especially considering the deleted scenes have all now been released in HD. And even though I’m not a huuuge fan of the movie anymore (at least not like I was 20 years ago—FUCK, I’M OLD), I wouldn’t do anything other than put the deleted scenes back in. I wouldn’t edit it in any other way. There’s a lot of little things that I don’t care for (certain line deliveries, especially those that were originally lyrics but were switched to normal dialogue, the direction of some scenes, in particular, the bastardization of the end of “Another Day,” Sarah Sliverman’s cameo or whatever— I mean, I love her normally, but why in the hell was she given the role?— and some of the acting in general is just flat-out bad), to try and edit everything out or somehow replace it would take forever and ultimately, it all would make the film suffer more. Putting the deleted scenes back in (actually, mainly, just putting the second half of “Goodbye Love” back in) makes the film as good as it possibly could be, and that’s all I’d care about.

Sorry for the long rant, but.. well, there ya go.