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VAMPYR Commentary
Recorded in 2008, this commentary features film scholar Tony Rayns.
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HÄXAN Commentary
Recorded in 2001, this commentary features Danish film scholar Casper Tybjerg, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Copenhagen.
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THE BLOB Commentary 2
This audio commentary, recorded in 2000, features director Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. and actor Robert Fields.
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BREAKING THE WAVES Selected-Scene Commentary
This selected-scene audio commentary features director Lars von Trier, editor Anders Refn, and location scout Anthony Dod Mantle.
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THIS SPORTING LIFE Commentary
Recorded in Los Angeles and London in 2007, this commentary features Paul Ryan, editor of “Never Apologise: The Collected Writings of Lindsay Anderson,” and David Storey, author of both the novel “This Sporting Life” and the screenplay.
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WALKABOUT Commentary
The following commentary, recorded in 1996, features director Nicolas Roeg and actress Jenny Agutter.
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THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN Commentary
This commentary features two of the major figures of the New German Cinema: Michael Ballhaus, cinematographer on many Fassbinder films; and Wim Wenders, Fassbinder’s friend and colleague, and the director of KINGS OF THE ROAD (1976), THE AMERICAN FRIEND (1977), and PARIS, TEXAS (1984), among many...
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BEFORE THE RAIN Commentary
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LORD OF THE FLIES Commentary
This audio commentary, recorded in 1993, features director Peter Brook, producer Lewis Allen, director of photography Tom Hollyman, and cameraman and editor Gerald Feil.
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DHEEPAN Commentary
This French-language audio commentary, featuring DHEEPAN director Jacques Audiard and coscreenwriter Noé Debré, was recorded in 2016. It is presented here with English subtitles.
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BOYHOOD Commentary
Recorded in Austin, Texas, in December 2015, this audio commentary features writer-director Richard Linklater, producer Cathleen Sutherland, editor Sandra Adair, coproducer and first assistant director Vince Palmo Jr., production designer Rodney Becker, costume designer Kari Perkins, casting dire...
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TOPSY-TURVY Commentary
The following commentary features director Mike Leigh and was recorded in 1999.
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BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB Commentary
This audio commentary, featuring director Wim Wenders, was recorded in 1999.
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EATING RAOUL Commentary
This commentary, recorded by the Criterion Collection in 2012, features screenwriter Richard Blackburn, production designer Robert Schulenberg, and editor Alan Toomayan.
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LA HAINE Commentary
Recorded in 2006, this audio commentary features director Mathieu Kassovitz.
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L’AVVENTURA Commentary
Recorded in 1989, this audio commentary features film critic Gene Youngblood.
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MAN PUSH CART Commentary
The following commentary, recorded in 2005, features director Ramin Bahrani, director of photography Michael Simmonds, assistant director Nicholas Elliott, and actor Ahmad Razvi.
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RASHOMON Commentary
Recorded in 2001, this commentary features noted critic and historian Donald Richie, author of “The Films of Akira Kurosawa.”
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SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG Commentary
This audio commentary featuring director Melvin Van Peebles was recorded in 1997 for the Criterion Collection’s laserdisc edition of SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG.
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AFTER LIFE Commentary
Recorded in 2021, this audio commentary features Linda C. Ehrlich, PhD, author of “The Films of Kore-eda Hirokazu: An Elemental Cinema.”
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LIFE IS SWEET Commentary
This audio commentary features director Mike Leigh and was recorded in London in 2013.
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THE CELEBRATION Commentary
This commentary track, recorded in 2005, features director Thomas Vinterberg.
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THE EMPEROR JONES Commentary
Cultural historian Jeffrey C. Stewart, professor of history at George Mason University and the editor of Paul Robeson: Artist and Citizen, recorded this commentary in 2006.
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ROME OPEN CITY Commentary
Recorded in 1995, this commentary features film scholar Peter Bondanella, author of “The Films of Roberto Rossellini.”