A Reused Shot in "Varan: The Unbelievable" (1962)
Channel: OverdueVideoRentals
Date: 2023-09-14

In 2022, I started making a widescreen reconstruction of "Varan: The Unbelievable" (1962). The U.S. cut of "Giant Monster Varan" (1958), that's only been available on a full screen VHS release.

I never finished the reconstruction. But when the project was active, I noticed this shot was reused twice in the movie. The first time had the zoom and it cuts out dialogue to make it shorter.

The second time, the shot is short, but portions during the middle of it wasn't cut out to make it shorter. In this comparison, I also show the Japanese version of the shot. To show how the U.S. cut edit it.