Steven Spielberg regrets avoiding firearms of "E.T." In the middle of the
A controversial version of the film was published for its 20th anniversary in 2002.
Viewers will never stop like the 1982 success E.T. The extraterrestrial - Fans and enthusiasts will never forget the changes that have been made to the film 20 years after its release. In 2002, for the 20th anniversary of the film, director Steven Spielberg made some modifications of the film originally, including the addition of scenes, the change a little of dialogue, the integration of CGI and, the most sadly - by removing the firearms from the hands of the characters. Now Spielberg says he regrets these decisions.
There is a scene in the original cup of AND. in which the authorities continue E.T. and children while brandishing weapons. In the 2002 version, which was published in theaters and for home viewing, weapons are replaced by talks-talkies.
Read the rest to discover what Spielberg thinks of the edition now and to know why he made the change in the first place.
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Spielberg says changes AND. was a mistake. "
"" It was a mistake "Said the 76 -year -old director at the top of time 100 on April 25 of the abolition of arms." I should never have done that because AND. is a product of its time. No film should be revised according to the lenses that we are now, either voluntarily or to be forced to look. ""
Spielberg continued by explaining that he thought it was the right choice at the time, because the children were involved in the scene. "" AND. Was a film that I was sensitive to the fact that federal agents approached children with their firearms on display, and I thought I would transform weapons into a pistol in Walkie talkies, "he said." Years had passed and I changed my own point of view. ""
It is against the films reissued to adapt to modern sensitivities.
Spielberg continued by saying that he should not have changed his film and that he would warn others not to edit their work either.
"I should never have spoiled the archives of my own work, and I don't recommend anyone to really do this," he said. "All our films are a kind of measure, a kind of breakdown."
He was then asked if this opinion applies to all artistic works. TIME executive president Edward Felssehall raised the language in Roald Dahl Charlie and the chocolate factory be modified For new editions as an example.
"No one should never try to remove Willy Wonka chocolate." Never joked Spielberg in response. He added: "For me, it's sacro-saint. It is our story. It is our cultural heritage ... I do not believe in censorship in this way."
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He said he had been influenced by external influences.
Spielberg did not recently regret the 2002 AND. Reduction in reissue. Yahoo! reported that a anniversary projection of The Raiders of the Lost Ark in 2011, Spielberg tackled the backlash Film fans. Yahoo! note that the original AND. received criticism from groups of parents for the inclusion of firearms and other content, what the director has hinted may have had an impact on his decision.
"For me, I tried [change a film] once and I lived to regret it," he said. "Not because of the indignation of fans, but because I was disappointed with me. I became too sensitive to [part of the reaction] AND. , and I thought that if technology was evolving, [I could enter and change certain things] ... it was OK for a while, but I realized that what I had done was that I had stolen from people who loved AND. of their memories of AND. "" AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
The following year, an edition of the 30th anniversary of AND. was released that presented the original edition .
The 20th anniversary version was different in another way.
Morphing of weapons of agents in talkies-talkies was not the only notable assembly that Spielberg did for the 2002 edition. As Weekly entertainment reported at the time, The changes have been made digitally In the face of E.T. To make foreigners more realistic.
Also, a line in which the mother of the main characters ( Dee Wallace ) said her son Michael ( Robert Macnaughton ), "You are not going as a terrorist!" Regarding his Halloween costume, he was changed into "You are not going as a hippie!" This change was made in the light of the September 11 attacks.
Besides, Two deleted scenes have been added to the film, as indicated by the Los Angeles Times .
