# I Would Really Like This Cut of *The Bourne Identity* Please [yep, turns out the movie still works without all the exposition](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RdcSFsQRsnc) by Danny Boyd for CinemaStix <div class=iframe-container> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/RdcSFsQRsnc?si=4PgCHPLwWP2yJM4n" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> I felt like YouTube was berating me with this recommendation. So many different thumbnails, I almost thought they were completely different videos. Curiosity won out and I am glad YouTube beat me over the head with this one. Sometimes [[The Algorithm Knows Me|the Algorithm knows you best]]. In the essay above, Danny Boyd pitches us all how *The Bourne Identity* could be a better movie if all the CIA/Treadstone scenes were dropped from the film, thus putting the audience in the same boat (heh) as Jason throughout the film as he pieces his life together. More important than a neat cut of a classic, Danny's channel—CinemaStix—reminds me an awful lot of Every Frame a Painting, which just [[Every Frame a Painting is Back*|finished]] its [[Return of the King and Queen|special]] [[What Would Billy Wilder Do – Every Frame a Painting|return]] [[Where Do You Put the Camera – Every Frame a Painting|run]]. Watching this video (and another on *[Ocean's Eleven](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hq4Hw3Q2LBs)*), Danny's work filled the hole in my heart that Every Frame a Painting created. Excellent work Danny.