yeah, sure, it’s a nice essay about the movie – lot’s of interesting facts and thoughts. criterion is always very good about that. makes for a good audio book in a way. but still …
The thread title states the obvious so in the future just avoid these "dreadful" audio commentaries as you travel around this forum.
There a few more out there scattered like a minefield so be careful.
now you’re putting more into my comment than what I have intended. I didn’t say it was dreadful in any way. I even gave it a listen – I have a couple of Akira Kurosawas movies from the Criterion collection. I admire your intention, but without the visuals it’s hard to really relate what he means.
There was no disrespect or anything intended. but hey, thanks for thinking I’m an idiot, thinking you were gonna post the soundtrack when it said audio commentary.
now you’re putting more into my comment than what I have intended. I didn’t say it was dreadful in any way. I even gave it a listen – I have a couple of Akira Kurosawas movies from the Criterion collection. I admire your intention, but without the visuals it’s hard to really relate what he means.
There was no disrespect or anything intended. but hey, thanks for thinking I’m an idiot, thinking you were gonna post the soundtrack when it said audio commentary.
No worries, you left yourself wide open with your "why?" comment.
Many people enjoy these commentaries and just because you don’t doesn’t necessarily make you a terrible person.
The Criterion Collection release of Black Narcissus has an outstanding commentary track which includes Ian Christie film historian and voices of stars Marius Goring and Moira Shearer, cinematographer Jack Cardiff, composer Brian Easdale and Martin Scorsese, and director Michael Powell. This commentary is just a collection of interviews and is not scene specific and is easier to grasp without the visuals.
I really enjoyed the commentary on Seven Samurai, I forgot who did it tho, but it was so full of insights into the production and all kinds of details about so many things, that it was really amazing to listen to and watch the scenes with it. It was kind of experiencing the movie a second time, but with someone to guid you through it – and in the case of Seven Samurai, there was so much that went into how the scenes were made, that it would have been hard to see all that on my own (maybe if i watched it very often in a row I don’t know).
I only wish they would put those kinds of commentaries on the DVD’s here, but german companies are pretty cheap about extras. In the case of the Matrix, there wasn’t even a third of the bonus material on it and the german dvd cost double of what it cost everywhere else.
In the case of Ikiru I sadly haven’t seen the movie yet, I read it is a very sad but also beautiful movie and I usually enjoy Kurosawa’s movies. I don’t watch them too often, but when I am in the mood for it, I was never dissappointed.
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