tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post2404495038160180935..comments2024-03-28T11:52:29.432-04:00Comments on Cockeyed Caravan: What the Matter with Hollywood: America’s Vanishing National Resource: The DVD CommentaryMatt Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-29211823428272255512016-03-06T23:56:35.708-05:002016-03-06T23:56:35.708-05:00Oh yeah, a scholarly commentary is usually even be...Oh yeah, a scholarly commentary is usually even better than a director and/or writer commentary.Matt Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-48069361585522051472016-03-06T23:14:50.409-05:002016-03-06T23:14:50.409-05:00It really is a problem. I keep expecting some plat...It really is a problem. I keep expecting some platform to start offering commentaries as an alternative audio track, and it never happens. And the filmmaker commentaries aren't the only thing, I usually appreciate the critical commentaries more. I'm always up for a free film studies lecture, especially if they focus on analysis more than history. Some filmmakers are great at giving you a few interesting stories, what they were thinking for certain scenes, why they made the decisions they did... but younger filmmakers tend to stick to anecdotes instead of discussing process in any meaningful way. In any case, the entire DVD/Netflix disk era seems to be a golden age of accessibility, or at least affordable accessibility, that is disappearing into the past.J.A.noreply@blogger.com