FOLLOWING its troubled production and controversial release, ALIEN3 slowly became something of a curiosity among serious enthusiasts of the ALIEN series. Not only would its first time director, David Fincher, go on to become one of Hollywood’s most sought after filmmakers, but the film itself would generate quite a mystique thanks to heated rumours of creative indifference, lost scenes and even a completely different cut of the film that supposedly restored Fincher’s original vision of what many believe to be a seriously compromised work. RUMOUR control, here are the facts: There is no wondrous lost “directors cut” of ALIEN3. It doesn’t exist. Indeed for such a dream to be realised, first time director David Fincher would have to be allowed to remake the film from scratch with complete creative control. What does exist is something perhaps equally fascinating. PRESENTED here for the first time on DVD is the ‘Workprint’ cut of Alien 3, a cut that predates even the 2004 released assembly cut. With a running time increased by 30 minutes, this cut contains several never before seen sequences that offer fascinating insight into the film’s difficult editing process. THE ALIEN3 workprint offers fans a unique chance to witness the lost work of a remarkable director.
TIMES THE STUDIO INTERFERENCE TIMES THE PRODUCTION PROBLEMS TIMES THE UNREALISED VISION
“We all sat there and decided to make a china cup, a beautiful, delicate china cup. You can’t tell me we should have made a beer mug.” - David Fincher on making Alien 3
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