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Synopsis
[font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.[/font]
Purpose of the edit
The original movie is pretty perfect in my eyes but I was curious to see if I could cut the dialogue from the film and it still retain its power and narrative. While it wasn't possible to completely remove dialogue I have trimmed about 60% of it and subtitled the dialogue where I felt it was necessary. The removal of a lot of dialogue and a faster pace now means the movie runtime is 111 minutes cut down 28 minutes from the original 139 minute version.
Cut list
There are numerous edits to remove dialogue throughout the movie but these are the significant cuts
Ball cutting scene trimmed
Soanzo leaf discussion cut
Jaguar Paws wife first introduction cut
Evening Tribal ceremony partially cut
Village raid trimmed
Cliffhanger partially cut
First night captured cut
Encounter with diseased prophet girl partially cut
Trip to the pyramid partially cut
Sacrificial Ceremony trimmed
Run to the corn trimmed
Final Chase sequence numerous trims throughout
Epilogue cut
Mel Gibson's Apocalypto
Ive been looking for an excuse to do an edit of this film for a while, it's easily my favourite film of the last 20 years or so.
I 've always thought this film could work completely without dialogue on a purely primal level.
Edit
Considered going the silent route with this but gonna go for a more streamlined version of the original film now without any descriptive dialogue or the need for subtitles. I want the edit to work purely on its visuals, music and ambient sound. Edit2 As I'm progressing through it I'm finding I will have to leave small amounts of dialogue in,managed to do it though so far when only a handful of words are uttered and its simple to interpet whats being said So no need for subs. I am going to subtitle the priest at the sacrificial ceremony though.
Synopsis
[font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.[/font]
Purpose of the edit
The original movie is pretty perfect in my eyes but I was curious to see if I could cut the dialogue from the film and it still retain its power and narrative. While it wasn't possible to completely remove dialogue I have trimmed about 60% of it and subtitled the dialogue where I felt it was necessary. The removal of a lot of dialogue and a faster pace now means the movie runtime is 111 minutes cut down 28 minutes from the original 139 minute version.
Cut list
There are numerous edits to remove dialogue throughout the movie but these are the significant cuts
Ball cutting scene trimmed
Soanzo leaf discussion cut
Jaguar Paws wife first introduction cut
Evening Tribal ceremony partially cut
Village raid trimmed
Cliffhanger partially cut
First night captured cut
Encounter with diseased prophet girl partially cut
Trip to the pyramid partially cut
Sacrificial Ceremony trimmed
Run to the corn trimmed
Final Chase sequence numerous trims throughout
Epilogue cut
Mel Gibson's Apocalypto
Ive been looking for an excuse to do an edit of this film for a while, it's easily my favourite film of the last 20 years or so.
I 've always thought this film could work completely without dialogue on a purely primal level.
Edit
Considered going the silent route with this but gonna go for a more streamlined version of the original film now without any descriptive dialogue or the need for subtitles. I want the edit to work purely on its visuals, music and ambient sound. Edit2 As I'm progressing through it I'm finding I will have to leave small amounts of dialogue in,managed to do it though so far when only a handful of words are uttered and its simple to interpet whats being said So no need for subs. I am going to subtitle the priest at the sacrificial ceremony though.