by Taylor Sheridan (“Yellowstone”, “1923”) deplores that this modern western released in France in 2001 was completely reshaped by the studio.
Taylor Sheridan is formal: one of the most promising modern westerns in the history of cinema was ransacked by the studio that was responsible for it. The creator of Yellowstone recently supported his friend Billy Bob Thornton and one of his rare director films and who, at the time of his release, was massacred in editing.
“In defiance of his vision”
Columbia Pictures Matt Damon and Penelope Cruz
“If you look at such pretty horses, [Billy Bob] embarked on this project with the intention of making a great epic film of two hours and forty minutes “explained Sheridan to Deadline. “This is the 135 -page scenario that everyone has bought. And now it is reduced to 90 minutes to be able to be screened two or three times more [cinéma]in defiance of his vision? And at the end the director has no control about it? “
The manager of these cuts was the feared producer Harvey Weinstein who also replaced the music initially composed by Daniel Lanois by another signed Marty Stewart. Matt Damon, film star with Penelope Cruz will declare :: “You cannot cut 35% of a film and expect it to be the same as before.” Thornton confirmed that he still owned his original version. Will we see her one day?
“Doing mediocre is secure”
Press / Bestimage action Taylor Sheridan
In any case, the amputated version of Si pretty horses was released in 2000-2001 and is poorly welcomed by American criticism (32% on Rotten Tomatoes) like French (2.7 on Allociné) and Bide at the box office, with only 15 million reported worldwide for a budget of 50 million. A scandal for Sheridan:
“For anyone who dedicates such a quantity of time, energy, passion, time far from his family to things that the making of a film implies, not then having control over the finished product, that’s where it gets stuck. We have all seen any directors having made shiny films entering the studios system, we were waiting for it [encore] brilliant, and we had mediocre. It’s the machine. This is because the machine is designed to do mediocre, because it is reassuring and familiar. “
And Sheridan took his revenge by working twice with Billy Bob Thornton (1883 and Landman) while completely erasing the name of Harvey Weinstein from his film Wind River (2017) a few weeks before the outcome following the many accusations against the producer, since recognized sexual assault.
Season 2 of Landman, created by Sheridan and with Thornton arrives next November, still on Paramount+.
