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Bought a pre recorded DVD of a film i'd previously seen on the box and
was disappointed to find that it had suffered "The death of a thousand
cuts".

Nearly every scene had had 30secs - 1min cut and some scenes just
weren't there at all.

It was 97 Minutes in length as is the VHS version.

Is there anything inherrant in either format which would restrict the
movie company to 97ish minutes? Or might they think that "Home"
audiences wouldn't want anything longer? or are they just plain mean?

It's not as if it had had the naughty bits cut out in order to get a
lower rating.

If it's a good, ie pressed, pirate copy it will probably be a single layer
DVD rather than double, so they may have had to cut it down in length. The
dynamics of the background detail may also be dodgy in scenes where the
camera is moving.

bland.