Content comparison between the domestic release version and the overseas version
Wang Xiaoshuai's "Long Time" was released on the French Blu-ray on January 7 this year, and the corresponding streaming service is also available on iTunes. According to the information displayed on the French Amazon product page, the international version is 185 minutes long, while the domestic version is 175 minutes long, and the streaming version launched on video sites such as iQiyi is also 175 minutes long.
Here is an interview with a reporter from the Beijing News:
Some netizens said that the domestic release version of "Long Time" has been edited and edited compared to the version at the Berlin Film Festival. For example, the scene of Wang Liyun and his wife being named an advanced family planning leader and accepting an award after they had an abortion was deleted. In this regard, a reporter from the Beijing News verified director Wang Xiaoshuai in the on-site question and answer session. Before the reporter could finish speaking, Wang Xiaoshuai interrupted the question directly: "This movie is based on what you see in the movie theater. Don't talk about these hearsays."
So, what is the difference between the overseas version (international version) and the domestic release version? Here is a comparison between the French streaming media version and the domestic video station streaming media version, not to determine which version is better, and it is impossible to know which one is more in line with the director's intention, just to show the difference between the two. First of all, it is pointed out that both the overseas version and the public version of the video have a dragon logo at the beginning, and the end credits are all simplified Chinese. The frame rate of the two versions used for the comparison is the same (both 24fps), and the international version is 185 minutes long, excluding the publisher information at the beginning and the list of credits at the end, from the appearance of the dragon logo to the end of the "Long Time" title disappears, a total of 179 minutes; the public release version of the video is 175 minutes long, from the appearance of the dragon logo to the end of the "Long Time" title disappearing on the black screen, a total of 170 minutes.
The two versions have deletions and additions to each other and some editing differences. Based on the international version, a brief comparison is as follows:
1. The family is eating. The international version shows Wang Liyun's instructions to Liu Xing, a teenager who came home from school, to wash his hands with soap, and the process from when she brought the dishes to the table until the three sat down, and asked her husband Liu Yaojun if he wanted to eat scrambled eggs. and drinking; there are some deletions in the release version.
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2. After the home was flooded, a group photo of the three was taken out to trigger memories. Along with the song melody of "Friendship Lasts Forever", the international version only made a sound when the memory screen appeared, and the public version made a sound in the photo lens.
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3. The workers in the factory said goodbye to Liu Yaojun. Liu Yaojun replied that there were still two holes. The international version stayed here for a longer time, and the public version was reduced.
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4. Liu Yaojun asked Wang Liyun if he needed to buy additional items the night before he went into the city. The international version will enter the background sound earlier than the public release version; Liu Yaojun walked out of the door of the newspaper office and returned to the car. The public release version deleted the complete opening scene, here The interruption of the background sound is also more abrupt.
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5. Broadcasting in the workshop, the international version has a clear and bright pronunciation, while the public version is slightly blurred. The voice content is a speech about "Strike Hard in 1983", such as "Why can't we organize one, two and three times to crack down on criminal activities?" battle?"
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6. Broadcasting after get off work, the international version has a clear and bright pronunciation, while the public version is slightly blurred. The content of the voice is "Open Letter on Controlling my country's Population Growth", such as "In order to strive to control the total population of China at XX billion by the end of this century. within".
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7. The international version includes the plot of Wang Liyun and his wife being rated as advanced by family planning after their abortion and taking the stage to accept the award. Before the award, he sang for the Young Pioneers. When accepting the award, Li Haiyan reminded Wang Liyun in a low voice that there is a bonus, "Don't keep holding on to it. A face"; this section of the public release version is replaced by the sad and reluctant clip of Wang Liyun lying on the hospital bed after the operation, and this section does not appear in the international version.
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8. Before the official start of the "Laid-off Conference", the international version used a close-up of the microphone to match the noisy discussion of the participating workers as a voice-over. After the chairman of the Baotou Steel Plant tapped the microphone to signal, the crowd was quiet, and the factory director was still shown through a close-up at this time drinking. Water; the crowd in the public screening version here has been quiet, and the director of the factory will drink water.
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9. When the factory director speaks, the editing of the shots is quite different between the two editions, as the picture presented by a line is completely different in some shots.
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10. After the factory manager announced the list of layoffs, the workers were furious, and some people even rushed to the stage to ask for an explanation. This paragraph was deleted from the public release version, and the workers kept silently listening. The content of the factory director's speech is also different in the two editions. For example, in the international edition, it reads: "When the country is in trouble, it is the responsibility of the husband, and the inferior does not dare to forget to worry about the country; worry about the world before the worry, and enjoy the happiness after the world", the public release version The lines are shown in the picture.
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11. Emotional differences between the same workers in the two editions
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12. Li Haiyan calls out to the young Shen Hao in the distance, and the international version has one more back than the public version.
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13. Li Haiyan's family questioned the young Shen Hao. Some scenes in the international version were deleted from the public release version. For example, Li Haiyan said, "If you don't tell me, you won't be allowed to eat." Then she cried against the wall and asked her husband Shen Yingming, "Then what do you say? What should I do?" Then Shen Yingming walked into the next room and sat on the bed with the young Shen Hao.
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14. Li Haiyan and his wife visited Wang Liyun's house. In the international version, after the two left, Liu Yaojun's sister said angrily, "They still have a face", this paragraph was deleted in the public version.
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15. After Li Haiyan and his wife returned home after their visit, Jasmine and Li Haiyan had a verbal conflict. Li Haiyan said that it was not her fault, and this paragraph was deleted from the public version.
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16. After Jasmine said goodbye to Yaojun, the public release version of Han Yaojun crying and answering the phone in the car did not appear in the international version.
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17. Shen Yingming's family reunited with Zhang Xinjian after many years. The international version opens with Jasmine watching two children playing with fireworks outdoors. During the banquet, Shen Yingming said that Haiyan "always feels that someone is always scolding her behind her back". Jasmine is not shown here; In the public release version, when Shen Yingming and Zhang Xinjian were talking, they scanned the mirror to Jasmine next to them, and ended with Jasmine watching two children playing with fireworks outside.
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18. Haiyan wanted to invite Wang Liyun to get together, and the conversation with her husband Shen Yingming was presented differently in the two versions.
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19. Wang Liyun and his wife returned to their hometown. In the international version, the scene of Liu Yaojun's sister picking up the plane at the airport is longer, and the scene after the three people arrive at the old house is different.
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20. After the two families got together, the adult Shen Hao sent Wang Liyun and his wife back to their old house. On the way to the international version, Liu Yaojun saw the Mao portrait and waved to him. This scene was deleted from the public version. In the public release version, before the conversation between Shen Yingming and the adult Shen Hao, there is a scene of Shen Yingming pacing, which does not appear in the international version.
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21. On the way to the grave of Wang Liyun and his wife, the bus shot in the international version is slightly longer than the public version.
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(The specific duration and starting moment of each segment are not listed in detail, and there may be some very subtle editing differences. If you want to find out, you can consider purchasing the video that supports the overseas version. After all, the standard Mandarin pronunciation, although the French version only Having French subtitles does not affect viewing and comprehension. The English subtitles in the screenshots are plug-ins):
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