Which DVD do you think is the best Filmschool in a box?
The Magnolia Diary is one of the best one I've seen.
The 'Filmschool in a box' theory is, I think, Brett Ratners. I haven't seen the Red Dragon DVD though...
Chris
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Contempt. The Dinosaur & the Baby interview is absolutely the best extra I've ever seen.
also, Hard Eight, with the Sundance footage and the two commentaries, is pretty great.
Boogie Nights is the one I've watched the most, though it's more for movie excitement, rather than cold hard info.
The Brotherhood Of The Wolf (canadian) triple disc is also amazing. There's an on-the-set doc that is just as good as the Magnolia one. Also, the deleted scenes run an hour, with the director explaining about each one in between, and showing a lot of edits and behind the scenes stuff at the same time.
Hi, I'm new and thought this would be a great thread to contribute my first post. If you're a scifi filmmaker, then the Star Wars episode 1 and 2 DVDs are definetly mandatory viewing. Very inspirational to any scifi filmmaker. The Gladiator DVD shows tons of behind the scenes too... for not CGI movies, I love the Swingers and Made DVDs... they are both full of tons of info about the filmmaking process.
Nick
I love the Requiem For A Dream DVD.
Great behind-the-scenes footage [with a commentary by Aronofsky], and two really awesome commentaries [one of which is a DOP commentary, possibly the single most informative thing I have heard in my life].