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Fantastic article at MUBI on the "fan edit" phenomenon -- when a superfan (or group of fans) curate a "perfect" version of a classic movie and distribute it through unofficial/illegal channels, via torrents. In this case the pirate version eventually went legit:
In May 2024, I met James -- along with other key figures at Arrow -- on a video call in which Benji, Jordan, Willa, myself, and eventually Spencer, were officially brought in as consultants on Arrow’s forthcoming release of the Dollars trilogy. The expertise of the amateur enthusiast community was, at long last, aligned with an officially sanctioned organization with the resources and patience to make a fully realized, historically rigorous release happen. No internet trolling of label heads or NDA-breaking was necessary. The process took a very leisurely and considered year. And we still used the LaserDisc audio.
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