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The Keep was meant to be much longer, studio interference caused it to be the badly edited mess that it is.
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I actually rewatched it because of the recent conversation. It was the mess I remember, and very, very 80s, so badly edited that it felt more like an 80 minute trailer or music video. Your explanation makes sense, although there were plenty of films made at the time that were very similar and didn't have that excuse.
itsbruce
Accurate. I recall enjoying the vibe but also thinking "this is a mess" while watching. The plot has a series of stages to go through and it just proceeds through them without doing much to hold it together.