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We do see the opening of Scene 143, up to and including that long moment while Quentin -
- stares up - however, everything beyond that point in Scene 143 is missing from the film, and is indeed on the list of unrecovered footage - and one thing that's interesting is how abruptly the background music ends before the film switches to the next scene that is in the film - but more on that in a later post.
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Here'a a video of how things play with the VHS/Laser:
The background music slowly fades and a footstep is heard.
And here's how things play with the Blu-ray/DVD:
No footstep is heard and an abrupt cut off with the music would make it seem as if things should have continued:
143 QUENTIN - HIGH ANGLE 143
SEEN from third floor as he looks TOWARD CAMERA. HOLD FOR A LONG MOMENT until it seems he is about to start up the stairs. Instead, he turns and practically runs down the stairs to the first floor and EXITS THE SHOT. HOLD ON EMPTY CORRIDOR until the SOUND OF THE FRONT DOOR can be heard OPENING AND CLOSING O.S
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But Darren indicated on his Restoration Web site:
The following is a list of scenes that are still lost and which are not present in the 129 min version recovered in 1999.
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HIGH ANGLE. Quentin runs from the house. EXT.COUNTRYSIDE. Quentin struggles, stops has flashback.
1971.COUNTRYSIDE.NIGHT. Quentin in trance returns to house.
And the missing material in indeed not on the recovered list. And all that makes it something of a mystery as to why the music abruptly cuts off if the missing footage wasn't a part of the 129 minute version, particularly with other examples of music being different on the Blu-ray/DVD versus the VHS/Laser it's because footage was cut during the marathon editing but it was recovered when the 129 minute version was found. But who knows...