Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted August 15, 2019 Posted August 15, 2019 (edited) Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing' has great commentary by Ernest Roscoe Dickerson (Beside DVD...YouTube, Vimeo interview or audio interview also works.) Edited August 15, 2019 by Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
Aron Meinhardt Posted September 5, 2019 Posted September 5, 2019 Deakins does the commentary on Fargo. It's interesting because it's so minimal, a lot of the times he runs out of stuff to say well before the film is over. Reminds me how simple great cinematography can be. For "In the Mouth of Madness," John Carpenter does a commentary with DP Gary Kibbe. It is essentially an interview, with Carpenter asking Kibbe about his approach to each scene. I always love Carpenter's commentary, he's so humble and takes such an honest interest in the work of his collaborators. 1
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted September 22, 2019 Author Posted September 22, 2019 Good interview of the late Muller in Criterion's 'Down By Law' by Jim Jarmusch Simple and clean high quality BW work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robby_Müller
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted September 30, 2019 Author Posted September 30, 2019 (edited) A Hard Day's Night has good commentary on a number of the 3 disk Criterion set. Especially from editors. Edited September 30, 2019 by Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted October 5, 2019 Author Posted October 5, 2019 Although not the DP, Director of 'They Shoot Horses Dont They' did some of the shooting on skates and gives a good technical commentary.
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted October 6, 2019 Author Posted October 6, 2019 My Fair Lady had some good commentary about how they did things in the old days. As far as lighting tests, etc. I think it was the 50th Anniversary edition, but saw it a while back. They used stand-ins and shot the scenes for lighting and film tests days before the actual shoot. They left very little to chance. Real masters of their craft. Also great restoration before and after examples.
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted January 9, 2020 Author Posted January 9, 2020 There is a good behind the scene film on how Delicatessen was shot in the specials features. Fascinating. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicatessen_(1991_film) I got my copy from the library. Great film.
Igor Trajkovski Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 "Blade 2" has nice extras, including some storyboards (If i remember correctly), BTS explanation of lighting of the scene ("1K's up there, 2K gelled with..." etc) and actual BTS shooting of the scene.
Phil Connolly Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 I do miss DVD's commentaries, shame they aren't replicated on streaming platforms. I do remember Steven Soderbergh commentaries used to be good (e.g the Limey and Traffic), he served as the DOP on those films and discussed the cinematography in a decent amount of technical detail. He's also just generally interesting articulate. Soderbergh did a masterclass at the NFTS when I was a student there, it was one of the best classes I ever attended. He's a great film tutor. 1
Shawn Martin Posted February 13, 2020 Posted February 13, 2020 Rob Hahn has an interesting one with Frank Oz on "The Score".
AJ Young Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 Road Warrior Blu-Ray has an excellent commentary from the DP. Also Scott Pilgrim vs. The World 1
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted May 19, 2020 Author Posted May 19, 2020 Terminator 3 Rise of the machines has 3 commentaries, bluray ed. VG info from actors, crew and esp the director who goes into lots of tech aspects.
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted May 20, 2020 Author Posted May 20, 2020 The Blu-ray Indiana Jones collection has many hours of great commentary and archival footage from Spielberg
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted January 19, 2021 Author Posted January 19, 2021 Deakins has full commentary on Bluray of 1917. Also separate commentary by Director.
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted January 27, 2021 Author Posted January 27, 2021 Night on Earth by Jim Jarmusch has full commentary by DP.
Robert Hart Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 The second of a two-disk DVD set of "Master and Commander" has a generous and comprehensive set of presentations. The single-disk DVD issued has the topic titles in the disk extras menu but nothing happens if you select any of them. Somebody got it a bit wrong. You need to have the second disk of the two-disk set. 1
Brian Drysdale Posted January 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2021 "The Duelists" has a very practical commentary by Ridley Scott
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted February 9, 2021 Author Posted February 9, 2021 (edited) If you have an interest in the early film days of Ken Burns get a DVD copy of his 1984 film 'Shakers.' It has some good behind the scenes specials of Burns working with 16mm. I got a copy from the library. Edited February 9, 2021 by Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
Premium Member Tristan Noelle Posted March 22, 2021 Premium Member Posted March 22, 2021 The “Bright Lights, Big City” special edition DVD has a solo commentary by Gordon Willis that is very informative and typically salty. 1 1
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted March 23, 2021 Author Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzcarraldo Fitzcarraldo by Werner Herzog has some interesting commentary. Although not that much technical discussion. He talks about one cameraman having a toe bitten off by piranha fish. Another cameraman had his hand ripped open and operated on with no anesthesia except having his head cradled between the boobs of one of the 2 camps prostitutes. He said in this part of the world prostitutes are expected just as food is expected to be supplied. He talks about his distaste for storyboarding and working with hundreds of native Amazon Indians. Werner said one of the Indians offered to murder the main actor over dailey temper tantrums on the set. Highly recommended Edited March 23, 2021 by Daniel D. Teoli Jr. 1
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted October 28, 2021 Author Posted October 28, 2021 If you want something different, see Basketcase. It is an old comedy horror film done on a $33,000 budget. It is a cult classic with a great commentary on the Blu-ray version.
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted January 21, 2022 Author Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) 'I wanna hold your hand' 1978 has some great commentary by Spielberg and Zemeckis. See the specials as well. Edited January 21, 2022 by Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted January 22, 2022 Author Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) In the specials of I wanna hold your hand, the principals talked about their AD...Newt Arnold. He sounded like he was quite a character. Clip of Newt Arnold 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' 1978 : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive There were to shoot this barbershop scene and the actor to play the barber did not show up. From what I recall, they said the actor was 5 hours late from a drinking binge. Newt pulled out a SAG card and said he would do it. They said Newt asked them for a butt pad and did the scene in one take. Spielberg has a fantastic 40min+ talk in the specials going way back to his beginnings and discussing mentorship. They said when Newt would direct, sometimes he would shoot a pistol with blanks in the air to get everyone's attention. Dunno if that would fly now with the recent movie shooting tragedy, but that was how it was back then. Newt died in 2000. They go on to discuss the importance of the DP. Back in the day before video taps, the DP was depended on to say whether they thought they got the shot or not. ...what about the rest of you? Anyone see any good commentary? A forum is only as good as the members that participate. You can't have a good forum if everyone are lurkers and only take. Give back a little once in a while! Edited January 22, 2022 by Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted August 19, 2022 Author Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) DDTJRAC - VHS / Betamax Archive After seeing Top Gun: Maverick, I went back to the original Top Gun to refresh my memory. The DVD has a great commentary about the 1986 film. Art Scholl, aerial cameramen, died shooting it. Cruise is 5' 7" and Mcgillis is 5'10" (They said she was 6 feet tall in the commentary. Maybe that was in heels.) They had to work to shrink her down and extend Cruise up. He had special cowboy boots to give him a raise. Edited August 19, 2022 by Daniel D. Teoli Jr. 1
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