First off -- great interview Gene.
I was wondering if anyone knew the details about the footage that Ronny Yu cut. From what I read, he chopped off almost 40 minutes and took out all of Michelle Yeoh's scenes. Will there ever be an uncut version available, or will that footage likely be lost since the director himself made the cuts (as opposed to when American film companies do their own editing)? Being a huge Michelle Yeoh fan, I obviously was looking forward to seeing her, plus the scenes she was in seemed, from what I understand anyways -- while perhaps not absolutely necessary, were at least very integral to setting up and framing the story. Ronny claimed that the scenes interfered with the pacing, and since it's his movie, that's his decision to make, but hopefully us die-hard fans will be able to see the full version eventually (a guy can hope right?)
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