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In response to "After watching 3 and a half hours of Ben-Hur this weekend I reached this conclusion." by Fuzzy

I know you're just being snarky, but where do people get the idea that "editing" = "taking stuff out"?

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Jul 26 '09, 21:30

by that logic, the best edited movie should just be the title card and the end credits.

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Bah, a REAL editor could get it down to just the credits. -- nm - Ender Jul 27, 05:47
You're right of course. And I am just being snarky. There are certainly many stories which need more then 2 hours to tell. - Fuzzy Jul 26, 21:43 3
- Well, it was also made in a time when people had attention spans longer than 91 minutes and didn't depend on Megan Fox bent over a car to sell it. - Trish Jul 27, 03:58
- Depends on what baseline you're comparing it to - The Maltese Falcon, or The Bourne Identity? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 26, 22:53 1
  - Dune probably has a plot per page and a whole movie per chapter, you could probably make a chapter by chapter serial of LRDRN -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 27, 00:16

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