0:00 The Alien 3 You Don't Remember
2:04 Making Alien 3 Was a Disaster
4:38 What's an Assembly Cut?
7:05 The Xenomorph's Capture
8:38 Golic, the Missing Prisoner
11:23 Two Ways to Edit a Scene
12:46 Getting to Know the Inmates
15:21 Dog vs. Ox Alien
17:02 Ripley's Death
18:15 Theatrical vs. Assembly Cut
19:16 Outro
Plenty of movies have alternate versions called director's cuts, but Alien 3 has an "assembly cut." What is that? Why isn't it called a director's cut? And the big question: is it better than the version that made it to theaters?
Edited by Kyle Warnke.
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Sources:
"Wreckage and Rage: Making Alien3" directed by Charles de Lauzirika
Alien 3 audio commentary
"Finding Fincher" from Digital Bits, via Strange Shapes blog:
https://alienseries.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/finding-fincher/
Cinephilia and Beyond article on Alien 3:
https://cinephiliabeyond.org/take-all-of-the-responsibility-because-youre-going-to-get-all-of-the-blame/
Interview with James Cameron by Yahoo Entertainment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdmVIp9xeK4&
Alien 3 Trailer C, uploaded by Forever Horror Video Archive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei7IvP8Qzqo
Siskel & Ebert Classics - 5/27/92 - Alien 3, Far & Away, Sister Act, uploaded by andyfilm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDH77NH4u88
Interview with Charles de Lauzirika by Alien vs. Predator Galaxy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2SW9Az0KdE
Audio commentary of Alien 3 with Charles de Lauzirika by Perfect Organism Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRGv1DAOBe8
Interview with David Fincher by Quint of Ain't It Cool News:
https://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/35179
Premiere magazine article on Alien 3 by John Richardson, via Strange Shapes blog:
https://alienseries.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/mother-from-another-planet/
Interview with David Fincher by Mark Salisbury:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/feb/03/david-fincher-interview-transcript
Empire magazine article on Alien 3 by Garth Pearce:
https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/alien-empire-set-interviews-sigourney-weaver-david-fincher/
Interview with David Fincher by Mark Burman, via mossfilm blog:
https://mossfilm.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/alien-3-fincher-talks/
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