In my previous post I discussed a fanedit entitled Psycho: The Roger Ebert Cut (2009) as an example of new form of film criticism in which the critic demonstrates his or her arguments through creative recutting of the film itself. To my knowledge, the Ebert case is the first of its kind. However, Roger Ebert did not participate in […]
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Fan Editing as Film Criticism and ‘Psycho: The Roger Ebert Cut’
“I feel it’s tremendously satisfying for us to be able to use the cinematic art to achieve something of a mass emotion. And with Psycho we most definitely achieved this … That’s why I take pride in the fact that Psycho, more than any of my other pictures, is a film that belongs to filmmakers, to […]
Defining the Fan Edit (or Fanedit)
A “fan edit” can be defined as an alternate version of a film made by a fan. Increasingly we find there are fan edits based on other media by creators of different backgrounds, so a fan edit could be generally understood as an unsanctioned alternate narrative made by enthusiasts or fans. Typically these are edits […]
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On this site I will share some of my research and projects pertaining to fanediting, film revisionism, and stories about conflicts that arise between creativity and copyright. In the forthcoming posts I will develop discussions of fanediting as forms of film criticism and research, conduct “redux retrospectives” that trace the official and unofficial versions of […]