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  • THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded for the Criterion Collection in 1994, features director Jonathan Demme, actors Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, screenwriter Ted Tally, and former FBI agent John Douglas.

  • THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST Commentary

    Recorded by the Criterion Collection in 1997, this commentary features director Martin Scorsese, actor Willem Dafoe, and screenwriters Paul Schrader and Jay Cocks.

  • HIGH ART Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded in 2004, features director Lisa Cholodenko.

  • FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Terry Gilliam Commentary

    This commentary features director Terry Gilliam and was recorded exclusively for the Criterion Collection in Lonson in 2002.

  • BIGGER THAN LIFE Commentary

    Recorded exclusively for the Criterion Collection in 2009, this commentary features critic Geoff Andrew, author of The Films of Nicholas Ray.

  • GHOST WORLD Commentary

    This audio commentary from 2017 features cowriter-director Terry Zwigoff, comic-book creator and cowriter Daniel Clowes, and producer Lianne Halfon.

  • FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS Hunter S. Thompson Commentary

    This conversation with the late author Hunter S. Thompson was conducted by producer Laila Nabulsi and recorded exclusively for the Criterion Collection at Thompson's home near Aspen, Colorado, in 2002.

  • DR. NO Commentary

    This audio commentary features director Terence Young, writer Richard Maibaum, editor Peter Hunt, production designer Ken Adam, and Bruce Eder.

  • FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE Commentary

    This audio commentary features director Terence Young, writer Richard Maibaum, editor Peter Hunt, and Steven Jay Ruben.

  • GOLDFINGER Commentary

    This audio commentary features Guy Hamilton, Richard Maibaum, Peter Hunt, Ken Adam, and Bruce Eder.

  • REPO MAN Commentary

    This audio commentary, recorded in 2000, features director Alex Cox, executive producer Michael Nesmith, casting director Victoria Thomas, and actors Sy Richardson, Zander Schloss, and Del Zamora.

  • THE DARJEELING LIMITED Commentary

    This audio commentary, recorded in March 2010, features director Wes Anderson and coscreenwriters Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman.

  • THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH Commentary

    This commentary by director Nicolas Roeg and actors David Bowie and Buck Henry was recorded in 1992. Roeg was recorded in October and again with Bowie in November; Henry was recorded in October.

  • KILLER OF SHEEP Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded in 2007, features director Charles Burnett and film scholar Richard Peña.

  • HARD BOILED Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded exclusively for the Criterion Collection in 1993, features director John Woo, producer Terence Chang, filmmaker Roger Avary, and film critic Dave Kehr.

  • COMPENSATION Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded in 2023, features director Zeinabu irene Davis, screenwriter Marc Arthur Chéry, and director of photography Pierre H. L. Désir Jr.

  • SAFETY LAST! Commentary

    Recorded in 2005, this audio commentary features film critic Leonard Maltin and Harold Lloyd’s longtime archivist, director Richard Correll.

  • 8½ Commentary

    This commentary combines an audio essay, read by actress Tanya Zalcon and interviews with Fellini friend and documentarian Gideon Bachmann and NYU film professor Antonio Monda. It was recorded in New York and Berlin in 2001.

  • A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE Commentary

    This audio commentary, recorded by the Criterion Collection in 2004, features cameraman Mike Ferris and sound recordist–composer Bo Harwood. Ferris and Harwood first worked together on A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE and went on to collaborate on The Killing of a Chinese Bookie and Opening Night.

  • BURDEN OF DREAMS Commentary

    This commentary features director Les Blank, editor and sound recordist Maureen Gosling, and director Werner Herzog. Blank and Gosling were recorded together in San Francisco in September 2004. Herzog was recorded in Los Angeles in January 2005.

  • THE KILLER Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded exclusively for the Criterion Collection laserdisc in 1992, features director John Woo and production executive Terence Chang.

  • GREY GARDENS Commentary

    Recorded in 2001, this audio commentary features filmmakers Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, and Susan Froemke.

  • PRINCE OF BROADWAY Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded in 2011, features director Sean Baker.

  • THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD Commentary

    This commentary track, produced in 2025, features director-cowriter François Girard and cowriter-actor Don McKellar.