bodian26
09-04-2007, 08:41 PM
The main difference between the Halloween: Workprint and the Halloween: Theatrical is Michael's conscious decisions or lack thereof.
1. In the workprint, Michael tells his mom calmly, "It's over." In the theatre version, this line is omitted, thus giving Michael the darker edge and not allowing him to be so rational.
2. In the workprint, the nurse comments on how Laurie is a cute baby and could not possibly be related to Michael. Michael then slowly takes his fork and kills her.
In the theatre version, the nurse only makes the comment that Laurie is a cute baby, before it cuts away to Dr. Loomis and Michael's mom, and then immediately cuts back when Michael stabs the nurse, thereby showing irrationality on Michael's part.
3. In the workprint, Dr. Loomis takes Michael outdoors exclaiming that it was difficult to get a release to allow him outside and Michael keeps saying he needs to "get out of here." Michael then says, "I have nothing more to say," when Dr. Loomis says he can not do anything about helping Michael in that regard. Michael does not say a word for the rest of the film.
In the theatre version, that scene is replaced with an outdoor scene between Michael and his mom taking a stroll outside where Michael is in good spirts, then the next scene shows Michael no longer talking.
The workprint shows Michael making a conscious choice not to talk anymore.
The theatre version shows Michael as being irrational in his thoughts and actions.
4. The ending in the workprint shows Michael listening to Dr. Loomis and Laurie and setting Laurie free and dropping the knife, as if Dr. Loomis finally was able to break through to him.
The ending in the theatre version shows Michael irrationally grabbing Dr. Loomis and possibly killing him before hunting down Laurie in the house.
Again, the workprint shows Michael thinking and making a conscious decision and the theatre version shows him as a no holds barred monster.
5. In the workprint, Danny Trejo is nice to Michael in the hospital and later on retires and presumbly has a nice life.
In the theatre version, Michael kills him too, as well as most of the hospital staff. The theatre version of Michael does not care who is nice or mean to him when he breaks out, all are disposible.
The workprint version of Michael has a darkened soul.
Obviously there are many small details ommited and added to each of the versions and the perfect Rob Zombie Halloween would be a blending of them, so that both the rational and the irrational sides of Michael Myers can both end and meet.
Only in that occupied space can this film truly be deemed a masterpiece of contemporary horror.
Until then, the people who love it will love it and the others who hate it will hate it, but what this film could truly be is most intriguing (to me anyways).
Cameron Cloutier
www.bodianstfilms.com
1. In the workprint, Michael tells his mom calmly, "It's over." In the theatre version, this line is omitted, thus giving Michael the darker edge and not allowing him to be so rational.
2. In the workprint, the nurse comments on how Laurie is a cute baby and could not possibly be related to Michael. Michael then slowly takes his fork and kills her.
In the theatre version, the nurse only makes the comment that Laurie is a cute baby, before it cuts away to Dr. Loomis and Michael's mom, and then immediately cuts back when Michael stabs the nurse, thereby showing irrationality on Michael's part.
3. In the workprint, Dr. Loomis takes Michael outdoors exclaiming that it was difficult to get a release to allow him outside and Michael keeps saying he needs to "get out of here." Michael then says, "I have nothing more to say," when Dr. Loomis says he can not do anything about helping Michael in that regard. Michael does not say a word for the rest of the film.
In the theatre version, that scene is replaced with an outdoor scene between Michael and his mom taking a stroll outside where Michael is in good spirts, then the next scene shows Michael no longer talking.
The workprint shows Michael making a conscious choice not to talk anymore.
The theatre version shows Michael as being irrational in his thoughts and actions.
4. The ending in the workprint shows Michael listening to Dr. Loomis and Laurie and setting Laurie free and dropping the knife, as if Dr. Loomis finally was able to break through to him.
The ending in the theatre version shows Michael irrationally grabbing Dr. Loomis and possibly killing him before hunting down Laurie in the house.
Again, the workprint shows Michael thinking and making a conscious decision and the theatre version shows him as a no holds barred monster.
5. In the workprint, Danny Trejo is nice to Michael in the hospital and later on retires and presumbly has a nice life.
In the theatre version, Michael kills him too, as well as most of the hospital staff. The theatre version of Michael does not care who is nice or mean to him when he breaks out, all are disposible.
The workprint version of Michael has a darkened soul.
Obviously there are many small details ommited and added to each of the versions and the perfect Rob Zombie Halloween would be a blending of them, so that both the rational and the irrational sides of Michael Myers can both end and meet.
Only in that occupied space can this film truly be deemed a masterpiece of contemporary horror.
Until then, the people who love it will love it and the others who hate it will hate it, but what this film could truly be is most intriguing (to me anyways).
Cameron Cloutier
www.bodianstfilms.com