Day 268 - 24 Jun 96 - Page 22

     
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     2   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If there is any doubt, I will rely on Mr.
     3        Atkinson to stand up.  So you can read "Quintana is cut
     4        into the film in 2 different parts near the end".
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     6   MR. MORRIS: "These 2 sequences consist of 4 cuts/pieces.  All
     7        these 4 cuts are syncranious/simultaneous - meaning
     8        authentic questions (in English from me/Peter Heller) and
     9        direct/original answers from him.  This everybody can see.
    10        Only one of my questions had been shortened - compared with
    11        the original transcript.  The film shows only a part of the
    12        whole interview with S. Quintana - this manipulation is
    13        usual..."
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    15        When he says the word "manipulation", we believe he means
    16        editing.
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    18   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
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    20   MR. MORRIS: "One has to shorten the speeches of the persons
         interviewed.  Only one sequence (cut 1 to 2) could have
    22        been meant from SQ as 'taken out of a different context'
    23        (16.2.95)."
    24
    25        I think that refers to his statements, Quintana's
    26        statements.
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    28        "But as Quintana speaks about supply of McDonald's, Burger
    29        King and others, he could have only meant the US market as
    30        in the local market of Costa Rica in 1984 no Burger King
    31        restaurants existed.  So where is the wrong context?  I
    32        enclose to this letter the exact text taken out from our
    33        film and the same original and uncut but marked transcript,
    34        so everybody can proof this - at least in German language."
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    36        And those documents have been referred to and quoted.
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    38        "Sincerely Peter Heller.
    39
    40        Enclosed:
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    42        1) some informations on my filmography/awards etc.
    43        2) copies of the film text and the (uncutted)
    44        translation-transcript of the original interview with S.
    45        Quintana."
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    47        If I may make one comment, the C.V. he enclosed is very
    48        extensive in terms of the amount of films and the length of
    49        time he has been a director and also the awards that he has
    50        received.  I actually have not got a copy of that with me
    51        so that is all I will say about that.
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    53   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Well, I have it here.
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    55   MR. MORRIS:  Maybe a little bit out of order, but I will read
    56        the last statement, and it is significant it came earlier
    57        because of what it says in it.
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    59        "Supplementary statement of Peter Heller for the defence,
    60        McDonald's vs. Steel and Morris, UK."