I guess it was a matter of time before these hit Youtube! great find Roxy, thank you for posting.
Not just becuse Nic is in them, but it is a great shame that the church scene, the scene about fathers and sons and the extended transformation scene were edited out of the final cut I feel they would have added extra levels to the movie and the flow of it! and of course.... more NIC!!
The pre CGI footge of the penance stare scene shows just how much of the final film was done in camera and by Nic himself! great to see! and not CGI heavy as some would say!
I guess so, Lula! It is a shame, that they cutted those scenes out, or didn`t added them, at least also to the special features on the dvd-version, as well! Because, not everyone has a blu-ray player at home! But, glad, someone uploaded them to youtube, for everyone to see! And, indeed! I agree with you! To see the "penance stare"-scene without CGI, just the pure performance of our nouveau shaman makes this scene even more impressive!
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They had quite a long part in the movie extras about the scene where he wipes out on the bike, showing the process of planning and filming it and all. Then it just gets left out! Wow, all that time, energy, talent and money wasted, is what I was thinking while watching it. I could never be an editor, my movies would all be 6 hours long, lol!