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I seem to recall that commentator wrote or spoke about his process for preparing the DVD commentary somewhere a while ago, anyone know where that would have been?

ryannichols7 wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2026 9:13 pm I loved Scott Eyman's commentary, I had never heard him before, despite reading a blog post years ago where he talked about coming up with the commentary for this film and the struggles that came with it. I can't find it now but it's a great piece

domino harvey wrote: Fri Jul 03, 2026 11:40 pm I seem to recall that commentator wrote or spoke about his process for preparing the DVD commentary somewhere a while ago, anyone know where that would have been?

I believe it's here

Thank you!

That’s excellent. Thanks for finding

Back in the days when I commissioned commentaries directly, I made a point of sending a copy of his article out to debutants, as much as a warning as for any other reason, as some people think it's a lot easier to do than it actually is!

I haven't actually heard one of his commentaries—I have to record, edit or otherwise listen to so many for work that I rarely seek them out for pleasure—but I absolutely agree with his general approach. In particular, I think it's important not to lose sight of the film; rather too many commentaries are essentially separate audio essays with just a handful of clear sync points, and in some cases with none at all*. True, they're presumably much easier to put together, and given the pittance that non-Criterion commentators typically get paid I can understand this, but for me a truly effective commentary should take the form of a constant back-and-forth dialogue with what's actually on screen.

(*I remember realising that one commentary duo had recorded to a PAL DVD, and the track therefore stopped some four minutes early. So I contacted them to see if I should slow it down—I've had to do this in the past under similar circumstances—only to be told that since there were no sync points they'd simply record another four minutes and tell me where to drop them in.)