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Witt was surrounded by the Japanese soldiers, he probably knew how they treated POW's so he would rather die than be taken prisoner.
Seeing as how the original cut of the film was almost 6 hours in length, if any film has ever warranted a Director's cut, it's this one. However, this would depend on whether or not the almost 3 hour theatrical cut was done because director Terrence Malick's artistic vision brought about the Theatrical cut, which in essence would make it his "director's cut" or the studio cut it down in order to maximize revenue.There is currently a petition circulating online from fans, requesting 20th century fox to release a director's cut here: http://new.petitiononline.com/ttrlcut/petition.html
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