Oh, I’ve never heard that, I’ll have to look it up!

It was apparently too intense for test audiences, and this was in the pre-DVD-special-features era when no one bothered to keep cut footage. Maybe they cut too much. I watched it recently because I had heard fantastic things and I was just... generally unimpressed. It was an interesting concept that really wasn't very well explored, and the writing was so stiff.

I would love to see some sort of remastered directors cut of that movie. It has definitely started showing its age, but it’s still high up on my list of great movies.