Comment by jajko
Its often not directors defining pacing and length of the result, but producer/studio. A lot of bitter conflicts came up from this.
Its often not directors defining pacing and length of the result, but producer/studio. A lot of bitter conflicts came up from this.
That's why the director is listed as "Alan Smithee"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee
"Alan Smithee (also Allen Smithee) is an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project."
Yeah. He seemed pretty torn up about it. I believe he said he “died a death” over it.
Here’s more into for anyone interested.
https://www.cinedump.com/reviews/2021/6/3/dune-alan-smithee-...
This is the the most famous, if not the only instance of Lynch giving up control of the final edit. He seemed angry about the way it turned out.