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Message: [QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 3745091, member: 833"] [B]The Current War - Director's Cut (2019)[/B] - This movie is about the rivalry between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse. It ended up in development hell after Harvey Weinstein feuded with the Director right before he was thrown out of his production company. Apparently Martin Scorsese saved the Director's Cut version in which several scenes needed to be reshot because Scorsese had a "final cut" clause in his EP contract. The movie is good, but you can tell that production was a mess when you watch it. There could have been a great movie here, but it feels unfinished. The tone of the movie is inconsistent, and some characters that are really important, like Nicola Tesla or Edison's wife, don't get nearly enough screen time. There are several scenes where it feels like the director pieced together bits of filming to get through plot points. This movie needed to be another 30 minutes. What you get is a 19th century version of Gates/Allen vs. Jobs/Wozniak, and it is a compelling story. The movie captures the uncertainty of developing and delivering revolutionary technologies in a way that makes the story very relevant and relateable today. The movie focuses on the two main antagonists, Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Westinghouse (MIchael Shannon). Edison, much like Steve Jobs a century later, is as much a promoter as an inventor, and much like Jobs, pisses people off everywhere he goes, but ultimately ended up revolutionizing entertainment as much as electricity. There is this weird sideshow into the morality of electric chairs that seems bizarre but was actually relevant to the rivalry between Edison and Westinghouse in real life. The supporting cast gets a little lost because the movie is too short. I wanted more Tesla in particular. The story of a brilliant, crazy Serbian immigrant that would transform the lives of every single American almost gets lost because there just isn't enough time for it. I recommend the movie, not because it is a great movie, but because it tells a great story. [/QUOTE]

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