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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • EVE'S BAYOU Director's Cut Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded in 2002, features director Kasi Lemmons, producer Caldecot Chubb, cinematographer Amy Vincent, and editor Terilyn A. Shropshire.

  • 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.

  • EASTERN CONDORS Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded in 2024, features film critic Tony Rayns.

  • MONTEREY POP Commentary

    Recorded in 2002, this commentary features MONTEREY POP producer Lou Adler and filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker.

  • GIMME SHELTER Commentary

    Recorded in 2000, this commentary features directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, along with collaborator Stanley Goldstein.

  • BASQUIAT Commentary

    This commentary track, recorded in 2024, features director Julian Schnabel and writer and curator Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan.

  • THE AMERICAN FRIEND Commentary

    This audio commentary, recorded in 2002, features director Wim Wenders and actor Dennis Hopper.