I've seen the release cut on video a number of times, but this early version, titled WHISPER, is an even better version of the film, if missing a couple of things. There's just the one married print, quite red-faded, and Cohen implied it would never see the light of day or projector again. Which would be a shame, albeit understandable (it's temp-scored with all Bernard Herrmann with no rights).
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