Split Unbreakable Glass

I haven’t been at this very long, but I’ve already seen some tremendously creative edits from very talented editors. Split Unbreakable Glass is the epitome.

I find M. Night Shyamalan endlessly frustrating. He has great directing chops and interesting ideas, but he can’t seem to get out of his own way. My favorite of his films is Unbreakable, but I liked elements of The Village, The Visit, Signs and The Sixth Sense. He’s an auteur in need of a collaborator, Bergman without Nykvist. After watching this edit, I’m convinced what he’s missing is an editor.

M. Night Shyamalan’s best film is this one.

As a radiologist, I’m trained to notice details, so there were a few transitions I picked up (literally a few), but that‘s the only thing I can criticize about this film. Wraith has taken one great film, one good one and one poor one and crafted a masterpiece. One of Shayamalan’s most effective scenes is the car accident flashback in Signs. This whole cut plays like that. Everything is stitched together for maximum effect, and each cut drives the narrative forward without giving too much away. It’s just riveting.

Watch this. It’s excellent.

Thanks to Wraith for linking me.

What I love about this fan edit is it helped me appreciate a story that I already appreciated. I love the M. Night trilogy and the surprise at the end of Split that it actually was a trilogy. This surprise connection is not a surprise in this fan edit. Framing techniques are used by Wraith to tell a narrative through more of a flashback structure. We know all three stories are connected at the beginning and this brings about a feeling of tense inevitability. I was concerned that the tonal differences of the three movies would be jarring when put side by side; however, the tone shifts only added to the story. As much as I love the slow burn of Unbreakable having it juxtaposed with the more intense Split added to the intensity and also broke up some of the formulaic elements of Glass. Wraith took a well-crafted trilogy and told his own well-crafted single film.

Can't recommend this edit enough...... Both audio and video editing was spot on but that is only half the story, the attention to detail is second to none. It is impossible to describe every little nip, tuck and re-purpose of so many scenes of these movies.

Do yourself a favour and watch Wraiths making of's before you watch the film thats been created, Its the only way to get a true insight into the amount of work, time and effort that has been put in to create this masterpiece.

No spoilers here, Just give it a try....... You'll love it........ A Full 10/10

What a blast ! Rediscovering the trilogy as one giant masterpiece is by far one of the best viewing experiences a had. There is no flaws in editing, the movie is so smooth that I didn't even feel the 3h and half. Well done!

The best way to describe this edit is that Wraith has essentially used three movies as raw footage and turned them back into a whole new movie.

It is a very interesting fan-edit experience watching this, and I definitely recommend getting to see it if you are interested at all in the art of fan-editing. There were some weird audio moments (the only one that reminded me this was an edit was when late Dunn was going on a walk inter-cut with his salad days) and the story of Glass will always just be a tricky one for me (though this edit did do a lot to mitigate it), but all in all, you are watching a fan-edit that has raised the bar high and completely redefined what a "fanmix" can be.