[REL] Po strnisti bos (2017)

[nota-bene]

Barefoot (2017)

Boy movie by Jan Sverák.

A small boy is forced to move out of Prague during World War 2 to a small village of Slavonice where he meets the rest of his family. He needs to make new friends and get used to a new life which is immensely different from what this city boy was used to.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5785056/

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[ferdi111]

There exists also three minutes longer black and white Directors Cut

[pillowbaker]

Thanks for the release, nota-bene. Never heard of this one, but I have heard of Jan Tríska. Downloading now.

[Night457]

Thank you very much, nota-bene!

There exists also three minutes longer black and white Directors Cut

I have 01:49:48 for the color version and 01:51:23 for the black-and-white, same frame rate.
For those interested in black-and-white:
19.95Gb Remux with Russian or Czech audio and Russian or English subtitles:
https://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5835168

Rutracker says this about the extended version [translated]:

The extended black and white director's cut contains a huge number of small differences, some scenes were re-shot, some fragments were removed when editing the scenes, and many new ones were added. 26 fragments with a total duration of 143 seconds were removed and 78 fragments were added with a total duration of 244 seconds.

[pillowbaker]

GRRREEAAWWSH!

Why do they do this? I guess it's cool, I suppose, if I enjoyed the movie enough and I wanted to rewatch it and still get some slightly new experiences with it. Kinda like replaying a video game but going through and choosing different action and dialogue options. But sometimes I just want a definitive version for my first watch.

[Night457]

If it really is the "Director's Cut" then the director likely thinks it is the definitive version! As much as I love old black&white movies, I think that the modern digital color correction technique of creating a colorless version is just a gimmick, and I have not seen any movies actually improved by using it. Reviews seem to indicate this is a fairly warm and comedic film that is set during a very difficult time, so maybe the director rethought that and wanted to give it a slightly starker look at the very least? And some directors resent ending the editing process because they believe they can always improve their creation. I will watch nota-bene's color version and probably never bother with my 20Gb B&W download.

[David32441]

Thank you very much, nota-bene!

There exists also three minutes longer black and white Directors Cut

I have 01:49:48 for the color version and 01:51:23 for the black-and-white, same frame rate.
For those interested in black-and-white:
19.95Gb Remux with Russian or Czech audio and Russian or English subtitles:
https://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5835168

Rutracker says this about the extended version [translated]:

The extended black and white director's cut contains a huge number of small differences, some scenes were re-shot, some fragments were removed when editing the scenes, and many new ones were added. 26 fragments with a total duration of 143 seconds were removed and 78 fragments were added with a total duration of 244 seconds.

Sure Ghost could create a definitive version

[David32441]

If it really is the "Director's Cut" then the director likely thinks it is the definitive version! As much as I love old black&white movies, I think that the modern digital color correction technique of creating a colorless version is just a gimmick, and I have not seen any movies actually improved by using it. Reviews seem to indicate this is a fairly warm and comedic film that is set during a very difficult time, so maybe the director rethought that and wanted to give it a slightly starker look at the very least? And some directors resent ending the editing process because they believe they can always improve their creation. I will watch nota-bene's color version and probably never bother with my 20Gb B&W download.

Yeah, heard of 2 films first released as colour - but then a B&W came out and people liked it. The new Godzilla film, and the 8 year old Mad Max Fury Road. I think they re-contrast balanced it to get a better look to the B&W version.

[Night457]

[Apparently also "Zack Snyder’s Justice League: Justice Is Gray Edition" but like Fury Road I have not seen it. I have seen about 10 minutes of the Godzilla.]

Of course some people will like it! There is no reason everyone should agree on everything. But the majority? I doubt it. I don't follow film polls or read the blogs so I could easily be wrong, although I know that the opinions that are heard are simply the ones of those who are LOUDEST. To relate it to FLM films, there is a b&w version of Logan (2017) and color that gradually fades to b&w version of Chinjeolhan geumjassi AKA Lady Vengeance (2005).

I certainly have my "street cred" when it comes to b&w films being among my favorites, so I can't be accused of simply disliking b&w in general. But I CAN legitimately be accused of being hostile toward self-indulgent directors who spend time playing with digital tools to change a film and then claim "This is how I wanted it all along!" So many directors are spoiled children. They need to get some hair on their balls and insist on their artistic vision and stand by it from the outset, like Scorsese did in filming non-FLM "Raging Bull (1980)" in black-and-white. No 2 versions about it!

But I have not seen either version of "Po strnisti bos" yet, so I could change my mind. I am ALMOST open minded. I would like to see a (text) interview where the director explains his reasons, however.