They tried. Then the studios...I am so tired of director's cuts, extended cuts, new edits, and ultimate editions. "Oh, but this isn't the real version of the film; you need to see the Ultimate Extended Director's Final Cut!" Just get it right the first time, for Christ's sake.
These are (in my opinion) movies that were worsened by studio interferences and that are wayyyyyyyyyyyyy better in the Director's cuts:
- Blade Runner
- Once Upon A Time In America
- Daredevil (yep!)
- Touch Of Evil
- Kingdom Of Heaven
- Brazil
- Watchmen (The addition of the Black Freighter comic was fantastic)
- Dark City (my God here the studio SPOILED THE BIG SURPRISE in a stupid narration in the first two minutes of the movie).