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Mr Deakins:
I was wondering if you could elaborate on the 2049 Spinner Flyover scene that was completely cut from 2049. My understanding was that VFX was completed and it was cut very late, which is a shame as another flyover like LA and San Diego Junkyard would have been provided framing for the new narrative location.
Are there any plans for a special edition 4k re-release of the film and could a completed segment like that ever see the light of day?
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Yes I believe so – Joe Walker (editor on 2049) stated the following in an interview back in 2017:
For example, there was a really magnificent aerial sequence when K and Joi fly to Las Vegas. It was one of those rare occasions when it was raining on the hills outside Las Vegas, God’s contribution to Blade Runner 2049. But it just felt more impactful to go straight to the pilot fish’s view of this strange landscape and hear K’s distorted commands, to skip ahead of the audience for a while.
I do recall the scene from the shooting script as well, but I’m not sure if vfx was completed for it. Just curious if you had any recollection as the mention of rain, hills and your lighting would have been something to see. (Maybe one day?)
Beyond that scene, the only other deletions (as far as I can tell from the script) seemed to be some of the Baseline Test narration, a brief scene with K in the markets and from that same interview the Deckard/K fight being longer and more slapstick so it was cut with less holograms and more silence to make it ominous (editor’s words).
The fight in Vegas was shot to be a little longer and there were many more lighting changes during the “show” but slapstick? I don’t think so. And I have no memory of a “magnificent aerial sequence” in the rain. I will have to ask Joe when I see him.
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