Butt Load Of Images From HISSS: Plus Jennifer Lynch Says "I Didn't Make That Film!"
Whoa is right! We've been wondering all this time why Jennifer Lynch's Hisss hasn't gotten any distribution yet and maybe this is some of the reason. According to the international site Finel and Bollywood Lynch left India where Hisss was filmed and producer Govind Menon put together the final product, which differs from what Lynch filmed dramatically. Lynch's cut was more of a love story and the new cut is more of a genre film. Lynch did comment on the film a little saying;
"Hisss was taken away from me in the edit. I have no idea what the film looks like. I came close to a directors’ cut, which Mallika, Venus and producers (Govind Menon and Vikram Singh) referred to as ‘European, languid and sensual’ all the things I thought were compliments. Apparently, that did not make them happy. I have no idea what is out there. Good or bad, I cannot take credit for it. Aside from shots and performances that I pray have not been butchered. ... They took the songs out; they wanted more horror. ... My name is all over it (the film). I can do nothing. But I want to come back [to India].”
Some fans of Lynch and people who have been wanting to see this movie (like me) will be turned away by this. Here's to hoping it's not too butchered but we've seen other directors go through this and totally leave projects behind trying to distance themselves from the final cut. I hate this for Jennifer because she is such and up and coming talent. Maybe we will see a director's cut one day.
Anyway on another note, here's a butt load of new images from Hisss for y'all to check out.