Title: Desecration of a Beautiful Film
Product review: There is a reason why copies of this edition of "The New World" are selling for $.32, and buyers who are not savvy deserved to be warned. The original release shown in theaters was 172 minutes. This disc has a cut version, 135 minutes I think, which, believe it or not, seems much longer than the longer version. In the theater, 172 minutes passed like lightning, because its pacing was exactly appropriate to the near ecstatic experience which Malick set out to convey. If you are at all interested in this film, go for the longer version. If you care for film as an art, you will be well rewarded for your time and money.
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