Zack Snyder Responds to calls for the Snyder Cut to be released
When it was announced that Zack Snyder would be holding a three-day eventscreening his director’s cuts, and holding Q&A sessions, you knew it was coming. Someone was going to ask about The Snyder Cut for Justice League. In this case, they shouted about it, and Snyder didn’t have much of a response — other than to nod and drop a line about “subversion.” Here’s a transcript of the conversation, with a video below so you can hear for yourself:
Audience member: You probably have the most director’s cuts out of most Hollywood directors, so congratulations on that, because that’s…
Zack Snyder: I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not.
Audience member: No, well you definitely fight for your visions, and that’s definitely inspiring to the artists that want to get out there, so, you know, hopefully that tradition continues on in the future.
Zack Snyder: I hope so, too. [turns to Debbie Snyder] Is that right? Is it right to hope for that? I guess…
Another audience member: Release the Snyder Cut!
[The audience applauds]
Zack Snyder: [nods in acknowledgment] I see. Subversion. It’s fine.
Some fans thought they heard him say “some version” instead of subversion, thinking he meant to release some version of Justice League. But it sounds like he was making a joke about fans being subversive, to undermine the authority of Warner Bros. and push for his director’s cut on Justice League.
Here’s a video from Twitter so you can watch and listen for yourself.
ZACK TALKING ABOUT ALL HIS DIRECTOR’S CUTS AND SOMEONE SHOUTING “RELEASETHESNYDERCUT” IN THE BACK pic.twitter.com/pueYSmmicb
— 214 (@boomborks) March 24, 2019
The “I hope so too” — and the way he said it — to me, that said the most. I’m kind of surprised he didn’t take that moment to thank the passionate fans for pushing for his vision of Justice League. They are the ones that still tweet #ReleaseTheSnyderCut. The Justice League cast would like to see Snyder’s intended director’s cut too; Jason Momoa said he was obsessed with the Snyder Cut and wanted to see it.
Zack Snyder ended up stepping away (or was forced away) as the director of Justice League due to a personal family tragedy. Joss Whedon took over for reshoots, and a lot changed from what Snyder had envisioned for the film — and pretty much negated what he had planned to do next. The resulting Justice Leaguefilm made a decent amount of money ($657,924,295 worldwide) but it didn’t really make anyone happy.
Recently, one of Zack Snyder’s longtime collaborators, photographer Clay Enos, said what happened with Justice League would “go down in film history as some sort of terrible wrong that can be righted, creatively.” He said we need a cultural shift that prioritizes auteur filmmaking from director’s with a specific vision.
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Zack Snyder’s Response To Fans Wanting A Justice League Snyder Cut