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'X-Files' Filmmakers Embrace Blu-ray
Author: FRED TOPEL
homemediamagazine@questex.com
Posted: August 1, 2008
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The X-Files: I Want to Believe
“X-Files” producer and co-writer Frank Spotnitz is still planning the Blu-ray Disc release of the latest film, The X-Files: I Want to Believe. The film hit theaters July 25, but Spotnitz and director Chris Carter are still exploring all the capabilities of the new format.

“I had no idea what Blu-ray could do,” Spotnitz said. “I thought it was just a higher-definition picture, but it’s much more than that. We are trying to think of every possible way to exploit the Blu-ray medium. Those discussions are still continuing. We’ve been working on the Blu-ray and the DVD release for months already. It’s going to be packed with a lot of bonus features.”

Spotnitz’s acknowledged that 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment eventually will confirm the details.

“I’m sure they’ll want to announce what is on them specifically, but there will be a gag reel; a making of, as there always are; multiple commentaries; both audio and video that you can access in a unique way because its Blu-ray,” Spotnitz said. “We are going to take advantage of the online feature in a way we haven’t determined yet.”

“X-Files” fans also can expect to see additional footage in two different forms.

“There is an extended version of the movie, then there are deleted scenes,” Spotnitz said. “I’m going to get it wrong if I try to tell you which scenes are going into which. There will be a lot of extras.”

Whichever scenes end up going in an alternate version of the film would only make subtle differences.

“It’s not significantly longer,” he said. “It’s only a few minutes longer, but it’s more explicit, and a little more emotional, believe it or not

Gruic a écrit :J'espre que les scènes coupées parleront un peu plus de notre couple d'assassins.

iF: Were there many deleted scenes? If so, what were some of them? Anything you missed in particular?

SPOTNITZ: There are a few deleted scenes, but nothing we missed or felt would make the movie better. You'll see there's another scene with Scully, Father Joe and Christian, another scene with the girl in the box, and a variation on the scene after Mulder's car crashes.

iF: Will there be a longer “director’s cut” or UNRATED cut on DVD?

SPOTNITZ: Yes, the unrated version is, not surprisingly, more graphic than the theatrical version. We're not talking about tons of gore, but I have to say it is more upsetting than the PG-13 version.

Camerata a écrit :Super pour la version director's cut

Guigui a écrit :

Camerata a écrit :Super pour la version director's cut

Sauf que Carter avait déjà eu le director's cut pour la version ciné... donc ici ce terme ne voudrait rien dire et serait galvaudé... A part essayer de rattraper un minimum la débâcle, cette "version" n'aurait aucun autre intérêt!

Faux ou réel??

Working with Harris, Carter and Spotnitz cut the movie from a 2:39 running time to a lean 1:45.

Quinn a écrit :2h39??? effectivement ça pourrais être très bon... Mais je crains le pire concernant de nombreuses scène de shipper ajoutée
Mais effectivement, on peut s'attendre a un tout plus cohérent, une approche plus approfondi des personnages (qui sait, on comprendra peut être mieux la colère de scully face au père joe)...

Si c'est ça j'propose de mettre directement le compte à rebours pour la sortie DVD