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I had never seen the original German cut of the film. Although not much footage is added, it does change the tone and pacing and oddly, it seems more suited to this story than the cut I'm familiar with. Regarding the film itself: although it's a pretty simple story with a novel twist (ha), there is perhaps no other children's film that illustrates better the importance of creativity and imagination. The puppets, sets, and special effects show their age but nothing that the film's target audience would mind. Adults will perhaps notice more about the story than children will. It wasn't until I rewatched the film as an adult that I realized who the 'others' were that accompanied both Atreyu and Bastian on their journey through Fantasia (hint: you know one of them very well ;).

The film's imagery can be a bit emotionally wrenching in places, but as far as Eurocentric children's fare goes, at least it's not Watership Down.

Technically, didn't find any visual issues. The reincorporated/alternate music was edited well. Might be my imagination, but G'mork seemed to have a new voice? The only potential audio issue I heard was right around the final voiceover line in the film; seemed like the music suddenly muted during the line. I couldn't tell from memory whether this was endemic to the original.

Still a one-of-a-kind film. Really enjoyed this edit.