This is making me question a lot of things… I would’ve sworn that it was in the original cut, I distinctly remember the DVD special features talking about that scene having been restored from the original cut. I’m gonna have to go back and find that.
George definitely talks about it like it was always there. To be fair he shot the scene for the film and intended to include it. So George views it as a scene intended for the original cut, but it wasn’t.
This is almost certainly what I am remembering, and I definitely remember seeing the VHSs when I was a kid too so this checks out. Thank you for doing the legwork to find this!!!
This is making me question a lot of things… I would’ve sworn that it was in the original cut, I distinctly remember the DVD special features talking about that scene having been restored from the original cut. I’m gonna have to go back and find that.
I can’t speak to the DVD special features, but the VHS intro has an interview with George (jump to 7:30).
George definitely talks about it like it was always there. To be fair he shot the scene for the film and intended to include it. So George views it as a scene intended for the original cut, but it wasn’t.
This is almost certainly what I am remembering, and I definitely remember seeing the VHSs when I was a kid too so this checks out. Thank you for doing the legwork to find this!!!