TOO MUCH JOHNSON Found!

[jbrooks]

Ray, great interview with Massimiliano Studer. Thanks for posting.

[Byron Stayskal]

I happened to notice that on the free movie site, TubiTV (movies will have a couple of interspersed advertisements) Too Much Johnson is available.

https://tubitv.com/movies/502443/too_mu ... start=true

This is the 66 minute Mr. Bongo release, which is rather expansive and includes many similar shots & sequences that Welles (or most any other editor) would have certainly cut down. Personally, though, I don’t mind this “supercut” version. Yes, the redundant shots don’t really help the narrative, and they probably do make the story harder to follow, but there are so many interesting, beautiful, and innovative shots that I’m glad to see them all. I’m also glad to report that the music consists of a piano score that, while a bit hyperactive, still sounds appropriate to a comic silent film.

For a more coherent version, Roger Ryan has already posted a link to Scott Simmon’s version (see Roger’s post on Tue May 05, 2015 12:33 pm). The Simmon’s edit cuts the Johnson material down to about 33 minutes, includes intertitles, and adds a piano score that matches and enhances the action. It was great fun to become reacquainted with Too Much Johnson through TubiTV and quite enjoyable to read through the interesting comments of Roger & others on this thread.

https://www.filmpreservation.org/preser ... reimagined