Roger Deakins on 'The Assassination of Jesse James' Extended Cut
179Roger Deakins on 'The Assassination of Jesse James' Extended Cut
Filmmaker Andrew Dominik’s haunting 2007 Western The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford has only grown in stature since its release, and fans of the film have been clamoring for it to be added to the Criterion Collection for years. That has yet to happen, but if it does, there’s an extended cut that the film’s cinematographer—the legendary Roger Deakins—would like to see released.
Jesse James marks one of the highlights of Deakins’ esteemed career (which ranges from No Country for Old Men to Blade Runner 2049 to Fargo), and when Collider caught up with the filmmaker at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival to speak about his new film The Goldfinch, we asked about a possible Criterion release of Jesse James. Deakins not only agreed the film should be added to the Criterion Collection, but revealed there’s an even longer cut of the movie he’d love to see restored:
“It should be [on Criterion]. I would really like to see the long version, the first cut that I saw, released on Criterion. That’s what I’d hope for… It was over three hours. I don’t think it ever will, because last time I talked to Andrew about it he was quite happy with the version that got released. But I still remember that first early cut that I saw that was like three and a quarter I think, and it was pretty stunning. There was a four-hour version. The first cut was like four hours, I seem to remember.”
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