DIRECTOR'S CUTS VS. SPECIAL EDITIONS: THE BATTLE CONTINUES

HAN SOLO SHOT FIRST IN 1977! What makes one film’s “Director’s Cut” a good thing while another’s “Special Edition” constitutes an affront to the Film Gods? With this summer’s release of the “Blood Simple” director’s cut and now the special edition of “The Exorcist” scaring the bejeezus out of a new generation of moviegoers, now’s as good a time as any to explore the issue…