[Gojirosan]

Originally Posted by Daemonia

It would be preferable if films in times past hadn't used techniques like this, but unfortunately they did. So I'm kind of torn between wanting the film preserved in the form it was intended and at the same time not wanting the material present in the films. That's a bit like wanting the nude children painted out of the old masters bacause it's a bit paedophilic, it all seems rather pointless. Personally, I think films should be restored, preserved and presented as the director intended, even if we find the methods of executing that material somewhat horrific. To remove those scenes tends to almost prove apologist and lets the director off the hook. I say keep the scenes in and let's not rewrite cinema history and whitewash what some of the old directors got up to.

Yep, I agree with you wholeheartedly.