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My take on NBK following Tarantino's script as closely as possible and using music from his films to give it a QT "vibe" as much as possible. I cut everything not in the script as much as was feasible. The run time is just under an hour now.
TRAILER (password is fanedit.org):
Original Film: Natural Born Killers
Fan Edit Title: Natural Born Killers – The Tarantino Cut
Original Run Time: 122 minutes
Fan Edit Run Time: 56 minutes
Goals: To edit NBK as closely to Tarantino’s script as possible, reducing odd Oliver Stone camera tricks and lighting, demons, wildlife etc, replace all music with music from Tarantino films
CUTLIST:
Added new title sequence and credits (music is “Stuck in the Middle with You”, used some title cards from Kill Bill)
Removed original intro with wildlife shots
Removed black and white shot of guy reading “666 death newspaper” and disappearing
Changed music Mallory puts on to Joe Tex – I Got Ya
Cut scorpion getting run over
Cut all of the punches after the first
Changed record change to “Misirlou”
Cut bullet delaying before hitting cook in the face
Cut end dancing scene and lighting change
REORDER – moved Scagnetti/Warden meeting to right after credits
Changed music during Scagnetti/Warden meeting to “Down in Mexico”
Added flashbacks to Mickey and Mallory killing her family after Warden mentions it (added Quincy Jones’ Ironside Excerpt as music for it)
Removed part about Scagnetti hating the media – we get the theme already
Removed bits of Mickey/Wayne Gale pre-interview to more closely match the script and changed music to Ennio Morricone – “Paranoia Prima”
REORDER – moved Mickey letter scene right after pre-interview (changed music to Link Wray and his Wraymen – Rumble)
REORDER – moved Wayne going through 1[SUP]st[/SUP] American Maniacs episode with crew to take the place of scripted scene where Wayne tells them to cut up the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] episode to make the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP]
Removed lines about how stupid the viewing public is and that this is junk for the brains – we get it
REORDER – moved all of the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] show and footage from the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] show intercut with Wayne talking to crew. Changed theme song to Billy Preston “Slaughter”
ADDED – Hun Bros scene, trimmed a couple lines to match script
ADDED – Courtroom scene – regrettably had to cut some of it. It’s all as scripted but that damn circus music is embedded DEEP on the audio track of the deleted scenes. I rebuilt the audio for the stabbing scene completely and trimmed some of the build up because of the music
REORDER – moved pre-interview Mickey and Wayne getting ready to after they’re looking at footage for the show. Changed music to Charles Bernstein/RZA “Crane/White Lightning”
Cut Wayne hugging prisoner – too over the top and not in the script
REORDER – moved Scagnetti talking to Mallory in private to after pre-interview stuff. Cut him bribing guards but left the rest of the conversation intact as it more or less captures the essence of the script (changed music to Bernard Hermann – “Twisted Nerve” and then the Green Hornet theme once the fighting starts.
Cut a lot from the beginning of the Mickey/Wayne interview. The stuff about god, demons and the Indian. What’s left is the best parts and best exemplify the tone of the interview in the script (IMO)
Changed music to Ennio Morricone – “A Silhouette of Doom” – pretty radical departure but I love how the crescendos and decrescendos play behind what Mickey is saying.
Changed music under warden getting riot call and Mickey telling a joke. It’s now Louis Bacalov – “The Grand Duel” which turns into Hotei Tomoyasu – “Battle Without Honor or Humanity” when Mickey finishes his joke
Changed music under beginning of riot as Mickey and co make their way through the hall to David Bowie “Cat People”
Changed music for scene where Mickey and Mallory reunite to Elliot Easton’s Tiki Gods – “Monte Carlo Nights”
Changed music when Warden realizes full scope of riot to Bullwinkle Pt. 2
Changed green lighting to black and white for scene where they prepare to break out of prison
Changed music for final standoff in front of the door to George Baker “Little Green Bag”
Cut a lot of dialogue from the final scene, to remove references to the Indian, demon and Oliver Stone trying to really let us know that we are the media and it is our fault for obsessing with them. I think that’s clear already. Changed music to Ennio Corricone “Il Tramonto”
End credits are April March “Chick Habit” and Smith “Baby It’s You” which are separated by the knob turning sound effect from the Misirlou/Jungle Boogie transition from Pulp Fiction
REMOVED COMPLETELY – Mickey and Mallory sitcom style scenes with parents, Mickey and Mallory meeting, all of the stuff with the Indian, Mickey and Mallory wedding scene, Mickey proposing a threesome, Mallory cheating on Mickey, Scagnetti murdering a hooker, as many of the weird black and white slo-mo cuts as possible, all of the demon and cartoon shots
Ideas and feedback welcome as always
TRAILER (password is fanedit.org):
Original Film: Natural Born Killers
Fan Edit Title: Natural Born Killers – The Tarantino Cut
Original Run Time: 122 minutes
Fan Edit Run Time: 56 minutes
Goals: To edit NBK as closely to Tarantino’s script as possible, reducing odd Oliver Stone camera tricks and lighting, demons, wildlife etc, replace all music with music from Tarantino films
CUTLIST:
Added new title sequence and credits (music is “Stuck in the Middle with You”, used some title cards from Kill Bill)
Removed original intro with wildlife shots
Removed black and white shot of guy reading “666 death newspaper” and disappearing
Changed music Mallory puts on to Joe Tex – I Got Ya
Cut scorpion getting run over
Cut all of the punches after the first
Changed record change to “Misirlou”
Cut bullet delaying before hitting cook in the face
Cut end dancing scene and lighting change
REORDER – moved Scagnetti/Warden meeting to right after credits
Changed music during Scagnetti/Warden meeting to “Down in Mexico”
Added flashbacks to Mickey and Mallory killing her family after Warden mentions it (added Quincy Jones’ Ironside Excerpt as music for it)
Removed part about Scagnetti hating the media – we get the theme already
Removed bits of Mickey/Wayne Gale pre-interview to more closely match the script and changed music to Ennio Morricone – “Paranoia Prima”
REORDER – moved Mickey letter scene right after pre-interview (changed music to Link Wray and his Wraymen – Rumble)
REORDER – moved Wayne going through 1[SUP]st[/SUP] American Maniacs episode with crew to take the place of scripted scene where Wayne tells them to cut up the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] episode to make the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP]
Removed lines about how stupid the viewing public is and that this is junk for the brains – we get it
REORDER – moved all of the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] show and footage from the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] show intercut with Wayne talking to crew. Changed theme song to Billy Preston “Slaughter”
ADDED – Hun Bros scene, trimmed a couple lines to match script
ADDED – Courtroom scene – regrettably had to cut some of it. It’s all as scripted but that damn circus music is embedded DEEP on the audio track of the deleted scenes. I rebuilt the audio for the stabbing scene completely and trimmed some of the build up because of the music
REORDER – moved pre-interview Mickey and Wayne getting ready to after they’re looking at footage for the show. Changed music to Charles Bernstein/RZA “Crane/White Lightning”
Cut Wayne hugging prisoner – too over the top and not in the script
REORDER – moved Scagnetti talking to Mallory in private to after pre-interview stuff. Cut him bribing guards but left the rest of the conversation intact as it more or less captures the essence of the script (changed music to Bernard Hermann – “Twisted Nerve” and then the Green Hornet theme once the fighting starts.
Cut a lot from the beginning of the Mickey/Wayne interview. The stuff about god, demons and the Indian. What’s left is the best parts and best exemplify the tone of the interview in the script (IMO)
Changed music to Ennio Morricone – “A Silhouette of Doom” – pretty radical departure but I love how the crescendos and decrescendos play behind what Mickey is saying.
Changed music under warden getting riot call and Mickey telling a joke. It’s now Louis Bacalov – “The Grand Duel” which turns into Hotei Tomoyasu – “Battle Without Honor or Humanity” when Mickey finishes his joke
Changed music under beginning of riot as Mickey and co make their way through the hall to David Bowie “Cat People”
Changed music for scene where Mickey and Mallory reunite to Elliot Easton’s Tiki Gods – “Monte Carlo Nights”
Changed music when Warden realizes full scope of riot to Bullwinkle Pt. 2
Changed green lighting to black and white for scene where they prepare to break out of prison
Changed music for final standoff in front of the door to George Baker “Little Green Bag”
Cut a lot of dialogue from the final scene, to remove references to the Indian, demon and Oliver Stone trying to really let us know that we are the media and it is our fault for obsessing with them. I think that’s clear already. Changed music to Ennio Corricone “Il Tramonto”
End credits are April March “Chick Habit” and Smith “Baby It’s You” which are separated by the knob turning sound effect from the Misirlou/Jungle Boogie transition from Pulp Fiction
REMOVED COMPLETELY – Mickey and Mallory sitcom style scenes with parents, Mickey and Mallory meeting, all of the stuff with the Indian, Mickey and Mallory wedding scene, Mickey proposing a threesome, Mallory cheating on Mickey, Scagnetti murdering a hooker, as many of the weird black and white slo-mo cuts as possible, all of the demon and cartoon shots
Ideas and feedback welcome as always
