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There are some film productions that are a failure at the box office, but that need a few years or a new version for a certain audience to appreciate it. This is the case of Until the end of the worlda film that was released in 1991 with a duration of three hoursfew dared such a long duration at that time.
The film was a failure at the box office, with very high production costs, failed to generate profits. Warner Bros. invested 23 million dollars at that time and in the United States alone, profits did not even exceed one million.
The cast was also very attractive at the time, with actors such as William Hurt, Solveig Sommartin, Sam Neil and Max von Sydow, among others. The interesting thing about Wim Wenders’ project was that He thought of a film so big that in its edition it reached 20 hourssomething that is not possible to see in the cinema or on any service currently.
“A woman takes a trip with an enigmatic individual while the world is on the verge of a possible nuclear disaster.”
This was one of the many problems, since they had to create two versions, one that lasted 158 minutes in the United States, while the one in Europe was 179 minutes. Maybe both were very far from the original work.
When everyone thought the franchise was dead, the director had a last resort. Wenders managed to create a secret version of the filmfor this he took negatives of the original film and converted it into one with five hours long. A detail that turned it into a cult production years later.
Until the End of the World is not available on any streaming platform, but you can purchase the Criterion Collection on Amazon Mexico, where They restored the film in 4K resolutionwith additional content and the duration of 287 minutes.
