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Après avoir lu ce qu'il dit (mais j'ai pas tout pigé), je rêve de voir un director's cut de Cyborg (qui a franchement l'air hallucinant)

I think the interview was a bit lost in translation, but pretty accurate. The then I was trying to point out was that there exists this totally different version of the film, which yes, we did screen in black and white. It was a very early attempt to give the film a look that has become more common today -- monochromatic and with strong contrast. Sort like Sin City. But back in 1988 it was not well received as the way a film should look. The soundtrack was also different. Much more a Wagnerian styled operatic heavy metal score. I hope one day people get to see this version with the amazingly intense and emotional score composed by Tony Riparetti and Jim Saad. Since Cyborg was really created as the recoupment of funds already spent on Masters of the Universe 2 and Spiderman, I had thought I had more leeway creatively. I shot the film with very little dialogue because I imagined a opera where heavy metal ballads would carry the story. Anyway, I tried. I left the film after screening my initial cut and have never seen the finished film as it was really quite depressing to have lost control of the film. I am finishing a film now called "Road to Hell" which is my attempt to revisit the style of film I had imagined for Cyborg. That Cyborg is clunky now is probably the result of trying to alter the film I shot into a more straightforward and conventional action film. That they wanted to do that is not wrong and was their right, but disappointing to me on creative level.

The character names were going to be reflected thematically by the instruments used in the rock opera arrangements. That was the concept. I wish you could hear the great score Tony and Jim composed. You would hear the character's name instrument in their theme music.

Obviously, it wasn't well received or understood about how cool it would be. A sci fi martial arts opera. I think it might have been better received today.