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Fulgentius a écrit :Pour le plaisir, un extrait du livret MGM accompagnant le DVD de "Cyborg" :
"Ce que j'ai voulu faire avec Cyborg, c'est réaliser un film d'action stylisé, dans un environnement où nous pourrions créer notre propre monde. Exactement comme l'a fait Leone avec "Il était une fois dans l'Ouest"". Ainsi Pyun a non seulement créé son propre univers, mais il y a inclus des cyborgs, chose que Leone, lui, n'a jamais fait.
Excellent !
A peu près pareil. Cyborg est une série B sympa mais tout de même vraiment très cheap (et ça se voit dans de nombreuse scènes, comme lorsque Van Damme combats des mecs dans des décors quasiment vides).MadXav a écrit :Fulgentius a écrit : Série B cheap mais très sympa avec un grand méchant qui a de la gueule. Combat final couillu même si ce fameux bad guy semble avoir un balais dans le cul (sans doute pour exhiber ses muscles se sent-il obligé d'être constament crispé). D'ailleurs, pour ce combat, je conseille de fermer les yeux et de se contenter d'écouter : Des cris grotesques pendant plus de 5 minutes. Hallucinant. J'ai entendu un truc pareil... Bref, j'aime bien ce film et effectivement, c'est la bonne option que de le regarder en VF...
Pyun rajoute dans les commentaires du blog :quietearth.us a écrit :An interesting discovery has been made that will probably interest hard core PA fans out there. Albert Pyun's longtime composer found the director's last cut of Cyborg before he left the picture after disputes with Cannon, Jean Claude Van Damme and producer Sheldon Lettichand. We're being told it's it's the cut before it had to be cut to get an R rating.
The copy found is a telecine of the actual workprint in widescreen dated October 8, 1988. It's only got a temp mix stereo track, but includes the original, never heard rock score by Tony Riparetti and Jim Saad which was eventually replaced by Kevin Bassinson's score.
WE talked to Pyun about it and he said: "What's cool about this is I think my editors at the time must have quietly had this made once they learned the film was gong to be taken over by JCVD. So its really a peek into the creative dispute between myself and Cannon/Van Damme and Van Damme's producer Sheldon Lettich.
Hopefully when viewed in comparison, it becomes evident where I was trying to go with a post apocalypse genre movie and why it was not well received by Cannon and JCVD. Its much darker than the released version."
Pyun is making DVD's and they start shipping Monday worldwide. I think for any movie fan, this is an opportunity considering no one's really seen this version.
If you're interested in in getting a disc should email curnanpictures [at] gmail.com.
This version was telecine to VHS tape from the editorial 35mm work picture and stereo temp mix in Oct 1988. The main differences will be the entirely different music score by Tony Riparetti and Jim Saad and the more linear story telling with narration by Van Damme's character throughout the film. Its more art house and meditative than main stream 80's action. It tries to explore the interior life of Van Damme's character. It wasn't what the studio or JCVD wanted back in 1989 but it might find a more adventerous audience in 2011. Film viewing has evolved. [...] Also, it's a version with all the graphic violence as it was not cut at that point to get its "R" rating. [...] But the image quality although widescreen is dodgy because it was taken from the actual one-lite work print used in the editing process, so it has splices, scratches, dirt and a little of my blood and tears. This same work print was turned over to Van Damme and he used it to edit the final release version. So the image is gritty but has the genuine reality of a picture in post without digital enhancements. Further it has a temp sound efx edit but no foley in the soundtrack. So the sound is a stereo temp mix intended for internal screenings.
)Doute pas tout a fait dissipe, mais ca "rassure" quand meme un peu.The movies on pyun.com website are owned by Curnan Pictures – CMPS, LLC. They are NOT bootlegged.
We are offering CYBORG: Director’s Cut plus Commentary DVDs because Albert Pyun was given permission to exploit his own version of the film, which he thought had been lost.
That said, we are offering the film ourselves, not through amazon or netflix channels.
Other than the ‘bootleg’ part, your article is the best on this subject. Thanks for that.
Cynthia Curnan
My (guilty) pleasure.
