10 Cut Scenes That Would Have Totally Changed Their Movies
These deleted scenes would have made things drastically different.
Cinema is home to countless stories for audiences to lose themselves in to escape from this cruel, un-cinematic reality we call life for a little while. Whether it's a chilling ghost story, a soppy romance, or a documentary to pique our brains, one of the main purposes of a film is to weave a narrative, whatever it may entail.
However, much like any other creative process, films will go through a whole heap of changes throughout their productions as their story begins to take shape and evolve. While some of these changes will occur before the camera even starts rolling, plenty of last-minute changes are made on the cutting room floor. Whether to tweak the film's pacing or remove something that just doesn't fit, the films we've seen could've been vastly different.
And thanks to the inclusion of bonus content on DVD and Blu-Rays, cinephiles now have the chance to watch a selection of the moments that didn't make the final cut. While the vast majority of these outtakes tend to be rather trivial, some omissions had the potential to completely change the entire film - for better or worse.
Never underestimate the power of editing.
10. Midsommar - Dani And Christian's Argument
Described by director Ari Aster as an Apocalyptic Breakup Movie, Midsommar - his second feature - follows a group of friends visiting a rural Swedish community to observe their midsummer festival where things soon take a sinister turn. Amongst the terror is the dysfunctional relationship between Dani (Florence Pugh) and disinterested boyfriend Christian (Jack Raynor).
In the film's theatrical cut the impact of their toxic relationship is subtly explored through Dani's traumatic experiences in the community, but in the over three hour long Director's Cut, the relationship is put on the forefront thanks to a pivotal deleted scene where Dani and Christian have a heated argument.
in the original version, there's a scene where Dani retreats to the dormitory, deeply shaken after witnessing a gruesome ritual. However, in the alternative version this scene follows the couple's intense quarrel. Instead of implying that Dani is emotionally effected by the horrors of the festival, the addition of this deleted scene shows her deteriorating emotional state is a consequence of her failing relationship. Consequently, the film's events are framed within a whole new context.
Despite being in love with the scene, Aster has explained it was cut to add more tension between the couple..