Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted August 15, 2019 Share 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Connolly Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 what Doovde? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aron Meinhardt Posted September 5, 2019 Share 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted September 30, 2019 Author Share 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Igor Trajkovski Posted January 28, 2020 Share 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Connolly Posted January 28, 2020 Share 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn Martin Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Rob Hahn has an interesting one with Frank Oz on "The Score". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AJ Young Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Road Warrior Blu-Ray has an excellent commentary from the DP. Also Scott Pilgrim vs. The World 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 The Blu-ray Indiana Jones collection has many hours of great commentary and archival footage from Spielberg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 Deakins has full commentary on Bluray of 1917. Also separate commentary by Director. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 Night on Earth by Jim Jarmusch has full commentary by DP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robert Hart Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Drysdale Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 "The Duelists" has a very practical commentary by Ridley Scott Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 (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 by Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tristan Noelle Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 The “Bright Lights, Big City” special edition DVD has a solo commentary by Gordon Willis that is very informative and typically salty. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 (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 by Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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