The new version of The Warriors isn't a director's cut, per se. Walter Hill has filmed a short "introduction" explaining his ideas behind the changes. Since he'd always thought of this movie as being based in a comic-book world, he added comic-book-style transitions between the scenes. Instead of plain cuts or wipes, some scenes freeze and fade to a comic-book rendition and include comic-book titles ("Meanwhile, in Gramercy Park ...") before and after the wipes. The opening credits are preceded by a crawl and voiceover that draw a parallel between the movie and a Greek myth about soldiers far from home who are trying to get to the sea, narrated by Hill. Apparently, Hill wanted Orson Welles to record this voiceover and crawl for the original 1979 cut
