What are your favorite actor/director DVD commentaries?

[SpandexFan]

Agreed; Zemeckis & Gale eally love these films, and it shows in their interviews and commentaries. I only wish they could've had Christopher Lloyd in there somewhere (since he rarely does interviews, and BTTF is one of his 2 most famous roles).

As for my other faves, I liked Laura Ziskin and Kirsten Dunst's comments regarding the first "Spider-Man" film, and Sam Raimi was great as well (he did a great job with Tobey on the second DVD).

I also like the scene-specific commentary by James Cameron & William Wisher for the "T2: Extreme Edition" DVD, and the religion/philosophy tracks were interesting on the 10-disc "Matrix" boxset, too.

To date, the biggest disappointment I've encountered was the lack of a commentary by either Christian Bale or Christopher Nolan on "Batman Begins"; it would've been interesting to hear their tales about the project. Hopefully, they'll correct that issue with the (eventual) DVD of "The Dark Knight".

Yes, I was frustrated that Batman Begins deluxe edition didn't have any commentaries. I spent five minutes exploring the second disc when I bought it trying to find out if it was hidden in a menu somewhere. LOL

Steven Spielberg isn't that big on commentaries either, is he? I would love to listen to more of his films on director's commentary.

I'll have to check out the BttF commentaries. Thanks.

 

[SpandexFan]

"Evil Dead 2" with Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, & others. It's truthful, informative, and most importantly HILARIOUS! You feel like you're there with them, kicking back with a cold one, watching old home movies. It's as good as the movie! (almost)

"Army of Darkness" - That's right, more of the same! The Raimi bros., Bruce Campbell, and LOADS of insider information. And what's even better is the rare "Boomstick Edition" dvd with the apocalyptic alternate ending.

"Big Trouble in Little China" with John Carpenter and Kurt Russell. Again, old friends reuniting with lots of laughs and reminiscent reviews of times past. ...I'm a big fan of DVD commentaries with a warm feeling to them.

I like those too. Where there were no hard feelings, a lot of old friends reuniting and touching base. It's especially interesting when they haven't viewed the film or talked about in a long time, and they're almost as fresh to it as you the viewer are. That's one reason why I recommended the Superman I commentary. It has that warmy, fuzzy feel.

 

[StrainedEyes]

I like those too. Where there were no hard feelings, a lot of old friends reuniting and touching base. It's especially interesting when they haven't viewed the film or talked about in a long time, and they're almost as fresh to it as you the viewer are. That's one reason why I recommended the Superman I commentary. It has that warmy, fuzzy feel.

Yeah, the commentary on the European version of Dawn of the Dead, included in the big 4 version Dawn box set, with all the main actors doing the commentary is very much like that. A bunch of old friends getting together to talk about their best flick.