tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459020489719069582.post4486449534949833653..comments2024-01-15T11:16:48.226+01:00Comments on Magia Posthuma: Vampires in BerlinNiels K. Petersenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10136109970711449111noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459020489719069582.post-16043260107582600232013-02-17T10:43:00.491+01:002013-02-17T10:43:00.491+01:00Considering that the American distributor also add...Considering that the American distributor also added an animated sequence at the beginning of the film, I doubt that they thought that it would sell adequately well by understatement and subtle humor alone...<br /><br />According to <i>Horror: The Aurum Film Encyclopedia</i>:<br /><br /><i>'Officially a co-production between Polanski's Cadre Films, represented by Gutowski, and Filmways, the film was butchered for its American distribution by British-based American executive producer, Martin Ransohoff, who added an animated credit sequence, slicing away 16 minutes and re-dubbing some voices. The US print with the silly title, </i>The Fearless Vampire Killers or Pardon Me But Your Teeth Are in My Neck<i>, was rightly repudiated by Polanski who asked for the removal of his name from the credits.'</i>Niels K. Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136109970711449111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459020489719069582.post-68008023010616367802013-02-17T10:06:41.459+01:002013-02-17T10:06:41.459+01:00Shame Polanski's film is better known by the a...Shame Polanski's film is better known by the awful UMS . title. Aperture11https://www.blogger.com/profile/18303411174699969535noreply@blogger.com