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An error in the transfer of the Texasville Director's Cut?

The Criterion Collection·/u/GroceryExpert1637·3 months ago
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I haven't heard anyone talk about this, but there is a feature of Criterion's Texasville Director's Cut that immediately struck me as "wrong": At about 49:25, there is a brief cut to black. Sonny is talking to Duane and his wife, then there is the brief cut to black, and then we see Sonny alone at the old Picture Show. Obviously there's a time jump here, which in some movies would result in a cut to black. However, a similar editing strategy isn't employed anywhere else in the film. Why would it be used in just this spot? It doesn't feel right. The only other way I know of to watch the Texasville Director's Cut is on an old LaserDisc, which I do not have access to. Otherwise, I would check the Laserdisc to see if it has this same "error." Does anyone have an idea as to whether this is an error with the transfer, or whether Bogdonavich simply made a "bad" editing decision in the film?…

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