Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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I'm tempted to buy it, but there are zero extras.
Nah, if your going to get Se7en on DVD, pick up the New Line Platinum two disk set.
It's got great commentary from Finch, Freeman and Pitt on one track, Finch, the DP and the Production Designer, and one from Finch, wri9ter Andrew Kevin Walker and author Richard Dyer where they talk about genre, the look and structure of the film, and their presentation of evil.
Plus there's a whole other commentary by Fincher, Dyer, Sound Designner Ren Klyce, and composer Howard Shore on the sound design/music of the film, and how that effects the mood of the picture.
It's some great commentary.
I have to say that SciFi doc smelled like a hoax to me from the beginning. I've been watching their corp hijinks from the outside for a while, and it seemed like the natural extension of their skating up to the edge marketing style.
Stupid, tasteless, and hopefully earning them a bite in the corporate ass, but completely in line with expectations.
Yeah, the
Fight Club
single-disc edition at least has all four commentary tracks, so I'm okay with it. One day, I want to get the second disc, with all the behind-the-scenes stuff.
Not to pick on you, but you honestly thought otherwise?
I totally assumed it was a hoax.
Anyone want Ned Kelly on DVD? First person to email me gets it.
[Aaaand it's gone!]
I totally assumed it was a hoax.
I didn't, although I assumed that the marketing was blowing whatever "scoop" they had completely out of proportion. Which is certainly par for the course with the SFC folks.
Bait-and-switch? Sci-Fi Channel? Never.
rassinfrassin two-year commitment for Farscape my eye
We talked a little about that doc being a viral marketing thing at the end of the last movie thread.
This is me...out of the loop.
I missed the end of the last movie thread (must. visit. more. often.) and I don't actually have a tv, so all my news comes from the 'net and well...Buffistas! Never saw the SciFi promos, which might have given me a whiff of fraud.
I think my 'sheesh' meter is calibrated so high, I don't doubt anyone who says they want/intend to trash someone else, regardless of the veracity of their claims.
I wasn't thinking anything about the 'sekrit', only that someone wanting to make a buck would be willing to exploit a successful person. The fact that M. was involved just makes me sad. Bad Choices.
And Sean--not feeling picked on.
Loved the reminder about Se7en. It's been so long, I might not have remembered that there was very little actual violence but I do remember commenting on how effective it was that they didn't show the head in the box. Genius.
I ALSO remember the knife with all the edges and curves that they claimed the one victim had been raped with. That was enough for me.
It really is great filmmaking when things are left to our imaginations. Martin Scorcese talks about it in my favorite documentary ever...A Personal Journey Through American Movies. There is a scene with Kirk Douglas where he plays a movie producer trying to make a big hit. He points out that there is nothing scarier than what we think is in the dark.
Se7en really played on that.
The thing that bugged me about Se7en was that it was so good. No really - the acting was good, the directing was good, the writing was good, the art direction was good, the editing was good. Everything was amazing. For THAT subject matter. All this talent to make something disturbing.
