The true version doesnt include the 'porn scenes'

Interesting. I'm not well-read on this movie, but your argument certainly sounds plausible because the penetration scenes seem out of place. They're so obviously spliced in, it's distracting.

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I'm not surprised to hear this. It means that the yellow colored dvd is more true to the directors original idea, and i think the film is much higher quality without those scenes. I guess it is a matter of personal taste.

You're right, The_Last_Outlaw. Something should be cleared up about this film. However, I'll let the director speak for himself.

On "Thriller", during an interview with Bo Vibenius, from Cinema Sewer, Issue #15:

"In the late 60's and early 70's there was a liberalization of porn in Denmark and Sweden, so I thought it was the right time to include hardcore elements in a regular film. But we didn't do it to arouse the audience. The situations where sex occurs are degrading. Very explicit. Though, it will be exciting to see how this plays today. The film has hardly been shown uncut since Cannes in May 1973."

"In Cannes, this American came up to me after the movie and cursed a lot and was very vulgar. Basically what he said was: 'that was a *beep* disgusting movie! When is the next show?' That man turned out to be Sam Arkoff of American International Pictures. They bought rights to the film worldwide. Then the morons not only removed all the sex scenes, but completely re-cut the movie into something very different."

Cinema Sewer: What were you thinking when you included the hardcore porn?

Bo Vibenius: "Well, I hoped that it would be shown the way it was made...there was a couple that worked in live sex shows. I ordered the material and some dude delivered it. I didn't direct those parts myself."

I hope that clears things up a bit, for those of you who were confused.

Yeah, based off what I've heard of the film the director always intended for the hardcore inserts in the film. That being said, since I wouldn't say this was a film intended to have an artistic vision placed upon it (the director himself considered this a throwaway film and an easy way to make a few dollars), so by "True version" it can be skewered in different way. One might mean "True Version" by directors intent (which includes the hardcore scenes) or "True Version" by which they refer to the one made popular in America during the Drive in and Grindhouse theater era. If they are referring to true version as the one that was successful before DVDs released Uncut versions of the film, then the one without the hardcore inserts is the way to go. And I believe it is this reason alone that Synapse distributed both versions- One which was the directors first intentions and the second which is the one that was most popular to American Audiences.

The debate to which is a better film is a separate issue also. Personally I would of like a Synapse DVD that gave both versions in one set. But I guess you can't blame a company who doesn't make tons of dough for trying to milk their catalogue whenever possible. They do make quality DVDs from films that are pretty much neglected, so don't think I'm trying to insult them.

But to the topic at hand: True version referring to the version that is most known would be without Porn scenes. Referring to the filmmakers "intentional vision" of the final product, it goes to the porn scenes. Although One could see how a distributor might be scapegoated. After all, they are ALL soulless, money whores who hate artists (or so modern audiences are convinced to believe whenever possible by cinephiles and pissed off filmmakers- Let's not forget we live in a world where things are either Black or white. You have to dumb things down like that for people to understand).

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Always thought they weren't needed.