Jun 17, 2021, 14:17 pm
There was a positive response to the Blood Simple commentary I posted and people started requesting more of these silly "character commentaries" so I've assembled what I suppose could be a master post for as many as I could make.
Blood Simple
I've got a DVD of the Coen brothers neo-noir Blood Simple with a rather unusual commentary track. The Coens scripted an entire commentary delivered by British actor Jim Piddick (various Christopher Guest movies) as a fake film historian dryly delivering made-up trivia about the movie, such as the opening scene had to be filmed backwards and upside down to create the right visual effect and this was very tough on the actors. It's not a riff exactly, but it is very funny and I thought it might be of interest here. Anyway, I pulled the commentary from my DVD and attached it to a HD file pulled from a Criterion blu ray. Subs and chapter headings are also included.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xOSmFVY...sp=sharing
Schizopolis
This bizarre and surreal dada comedy from Steven Soderbergh has yet to make the leap to blu ray, but I did find a HD copy pulled from Criterion Channel. The original audio is included along with a very silly commentary of Steven Soderbergh interviewing himself and a regular cast and crew commentary. Subs are included.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cCDJpZa...sp=sharing
Bubba Ho-Tep
One of my favorites. Original audio included, along with a commentary track of writer/director Don Coscarelli and Bruce Campbell and a commentary track of Bruce Campbell as "The King." Subs and chapter titles are included.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PjpKec-...sp=sharing
Cannibal! The Musical
This early effort from Trey Parker and Matt Stone is an amateurish delight, and much sweeter than a musical named Cannibal has any right to be. It has yet to find its way to HD, so I pulled this directly off of the Troma 35th Anniversary Shpadoinkle Edition DVD. Original audio is included along with the infamous sloppy drunk commentary as well as a newer commentary featuring people involved with the production who weren't on the original commentary.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JZlOc1v...sp=sharing
This Is Spinal Tap
No need to explain this one. We all know this movie. I have included the original out of print Criterion commentaries featuring the actors and filmmakers as well as the MGM commentary with the cast in character as the band. Subs and chapter titles included.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/160c9-a_...sp=sharing
Tropic Thunder
You may recall Robert Downey Jr.'s actor character Kirk Lazarus saying that he doesn't break character until after he's recorded the DVD commentary. Sure enough, this version includes a regular commentary with the filmmakers, and an actors' commentary with RDJ as Kirk Lazarus as Lincoln Osiris, although he does occasionally hand the mic off to RDJ. It's a hoot. I pulled this one from my director's cut blu ray.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14o3vDUW...sp=sharing
I realize that most of these are very large files. I apologize to those for whom that is a problem. I just really value picture quality.
Blood Simple
I've got a DVD of the Coen brothers neo-noir Blood Simple with a rather unusual commentary track. The Coens scripted an entire commentary delivered by British actor Jim Piddick (various Christopher Guest movies) as a fake film historian dryly delivering made-up trivia about the movie, such as the opening scene had to be filmed backwards and upside down to create the right visual effect and this was very tough on the actors. It's not a riff exactly, but it is very funny and I thought it might be of interest here. Anyway, I pulled the commentary from my DVD and attached it to a HD file pulled from a Criterion blu ray. Subs and chapter headings are also included.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xOSmFVY...sp=sharing
Schizopolis
This bizarre and surreal dada comedy from Steven Soderbergh has yet to make the leap to blu ray, but I did find a HD copy pulled from Criterion Channel. The original audio is included along with a very silly commentary of Steven Soderbergh interviewing himself and a regular cast and crew commentary. Subs are included.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cCDJpZa...sp=sharing
Bubba Ho-Tep
One of my favorites. Original audio included, along with a commentary track of writer/director Don Coscarelli and Bruce Campbell and a commentary track of Bruce Campbell as "The King." Subs and chapter titles are included.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PjpKec-...sp=sharing
Cannibal! The Musical
This early effort from Trey Parker and Matt Stone is an amateurish delight, and much sweeter than a musical named Cannibal has any right to be. It has yet to find its way to HD, so I pulled this directly off of the Troma 35th Anniversary Shpadoinkle Edition DVD. Original audio is included along with the infamous sloppy drunk commentary as well as a newer commentary featuring people involved with the production who weren't on the original commentary.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JZlOc1v...sp=sharing
This Is Spinal Tap
No need to explain this one. We all know this movie. I have included the original out of print Criterion commentaries featuring the actors and filmmakers as well as the MGM commentary with the cast in character as the band. Subs and chapter titles included.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/160c9-a_...sp=sharing
Tropic Thunder
You may recall Robert Downey Jr.'s actor character Kirk Lazarus saying that he doesn't break character until after he's recorded the DVD commentary. Sure enough, this version includes a regular commentary with the filmmakers, and an actors' commentary with RDJ as Kirk Lazarus as Lincoln Osiris, although he does occasionally hand the mic off to RDJ. It's a hoot. I pulled this one from my director's cut blu ray.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14o3vDUW...sp=sharing
I realize that most of these are very large files. I apologize to those for whom that is a problem. I just really value picture quality.
