Lately Ive been falling asleep to movies with commentary tracks. I think they are rather underrated, and if you like a movie enough I think you should definitely take the time to listen to the commentary, even if just in the background. The first audio commentary was featured on the Criterion Collection release of the original King Kong movie, on laserdisc in December 1984. It featured film historian Ronald Haver and his first words were: Hello, ladies and gentlemen, Im Ronald Haver, and Im here to do something which we feel is rather unique. Im going to take you on a lecture tour of King Kong as you watch the film. The laserdisc technology offers us this opportunity and we feel its rather unique — the ability to switch back and forth between the soundtrack and this lecture track... The idea for the commentary track arose in the film-to-tape transfer room when laserdisc producers, Peter Crown and Jennifer Scanlin of Romulus Productions, Inc., thrilled by Havers incredible commentary, suggested to Bob Stein and Roger Smith that this material needed to be included on the disc. They played back the completed movie as Ron watched and ad libbed his comments.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 07:49:05 +0000
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