Scott Lawlor, project
audio director for Overwatch, said he was in awe of what the company pulled off.
Kris Zimmerman was the English
audio director for the Metal Gear Solid series since day one — if anyone has a feel for if a series can continue without its creator, she should know.
Not exact matches
[24:40] Most entrepreneurs attempt too many businesses in the beginning [24:50] Find your flagship, that you will commit everything to [25:20] Business is also about your own psychology [25:30] Master one thing at a time [26:30] Massive focus and big risks [27:00] The 3 beliefs you must have when starting a business [28:00] Learning how to maximize [28:20] The business you're in and the business you're becoming [28:50] The 80 % of what I do [30:00] The business you are in and the business you are becoming [30:20] Intertwining your personal and professional brands [31:30] The importance of intent [33:20] Tony's take on social media [34:00] Why Tony prefers
audio over text [36:40] The value of Facebook Live [37:20] Tony's social media
director weighs in on Instagram Stories [38:00] Success without fulfillment is the ultimate failure [39:00] Learning how to master the mind [39:40] What's a magnificent life
for you?
Romney's folks provide stills and clips a la the Chevy Tahoe campaign
for director - wannabes to use in their own creations, and future ad geniuses can also create their own
audio / video clips as long as they don't break copyright.
So I got in touch with Karlheinz Brandenburg, who, in addition to being
director of the Fraunhofer Institute
for Digital Media Technology in Ilmenau, Germany, is also the
audio technology legend who largely developed the MP3 file.
A summary of its recommendations, endorsed by WHO
Director - General Margaret Chan on 11 July, was released in a statement today and discussed during a press briefing (
audio file) by Marie - Paule Kieny, head of WHO's Initiative
for Vaccine Research.
«The 3.5 mm headphone jack is ancient, and Apple could reasonably claim that using the Lightning port improves
audio fidelity,» said Avi Greengart, research
director for consumer platforms and devices at Current Analysis.
Paramount has chosen quality over quantity
for the Blu - ray release of «The Fighter,» with a strong collection of bonus material headlined by an
audio commentary with
director David O. Russell where he discusses the filming of the movie and how it compares to its real - life subjects.
EXTRAS: In addition to an
audio commentary by
director Travis Knight, there's a series of featurettes on making the film (from animating the monsters and water effects to composing the score), a closer look at the Japanese inspiration
for the story and more.
On another track, find an extremely convivial
audio commentary with
director Kenneth Branagh and screenwriter Michael Green, both of whom convey a healthy respect
for and deep - cut knowledge of Agatha Christie's work (Branagh notes,
for instance, that Christie describing not Poirot's moustache but his «moustaches» unlocked his unique take on the detective's facial hair) that makes their rationalizations
for the many liberties they took with the source material all the more palatable.
This is a high end analog synthesizer that will be used by composer and
audio director Ludvig Forssell (who also composed music
for Metal Gear Solid V).
Along
for the ride are
audio commentaries by
director Roland Emerich, producer Dean Devlin and FX supervisors Volker Engel and Doug Smith, theatrical trailers, interactive games and a trivia track.
Blu - ray Highlight: Instead of the typical
audio commentary,
director Marc Forster sits down
for a somewhat brief discussion about the movie, including the challenges of maintaining the story's authenticity, filming in South Africa, and casting the lead roles.
Why Listen: Plenty of great
directors struggle to maintain one's attention during an
audio commentary
for a movie close to three hours long.
Although some might lament the lack of an
audio commentary by
director Gary Ross and the cast, the ridiculously in - depth making - of featurette «The World is Watching» (which runs just over two hours long) more than makes up
for it, covering an array of topics like adapting the script, casting, production and costume design, stunts, special effects and more.
Director Michael Stokes and Producer Sally Helppie provide an
AUDIO COMMENTARY
for the film.
The New York Times has a
audio commentary slideshow with Aaron McBride, the visual effects art
director for Iron Man, describing how the suit up machine was created
for the film, featuring concept art like the photo seen above.
Blu - ray Highlight: There's not much in the way of special features, but if you don't mind sitting through the movie a second time, writer /
director Lesyle Headland's
audio commentary is worth a listen, especially
for any aspiring filmmakers interested in what it's like to shoot your first feature.
Director Stephen Anderson supplies an
audio commentary of the movie, as well as
for three deleted scenes.
The
audio commentary, by Glenn Ford's son Peter, actor Paul Mazursky (Stoker), actor Jamie Farr (Santini, and billed as Jameel Farah), and assistant
director Joel Freeman, actually made me pine
for the dulcet tones of Dr. Drew Casper.
Presented in a widescreen 2.35:1 video transfer and a Dolby Digital 5.1
audio track, the
director's cut of «Daredevil» is a completely different film
for the better.
For the Blu - ray debut of «Snatch,» Sony has brought over most of the bonus features from the two - disc special edition DVD — including an
audio commentary with
director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn, deleted scenes, and a making - of featurette — as well as some exclusive extras found only on BD - Live.
First up comes an
audio commentary by
director Michael Mann and James Caan recorded together in 1995
for laserdisc.
Mediocre as the film may be, the Blu - ray release
for «The Last Kiss» actually delivers a solid collection of extras including two
audio commentaries (one with
director Tony Goldwyn and star Zach Braff, and another with Goldwyn, Braff and fellow co-stars Jacinda Barrett, Rachel Bilson, Michael Weston and Eric Christian Olsen) and a 40 - minute making - of featurette on everything from casting to the actor's favorite scenes.
Director Ryan Coogler reveals the inspiration
for Black Panther's Wakanda Forever salute in the film's
audio commentary on the Blu - ray.
Running time: 95 minutes Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVD Extras: «Nimrod and Stinky's Antarctic Adventure,» «Ladies and Gentoomen» and «Ready
for Their Close - up» featurettes, deleted scenes with optional commentary by
director Mark Waters, editor Bruce Green and visual effects Supervisor Richard Hollander, gag reel,
audio commentary with
director Mark Waters, editor Bruce Green and visual effects supervisor Richard Hollander, original story sampler, theatrical trailer and a sneak peek.
Extras: Two
audio commentaries from 2003, one featuring
director Ken Russell and the other screenwriter and producer Larry Kramer; segments from a 2007 interview with Russell
for the BAFTA Los Angeles Heritage Archive; «A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible,» Russell's 1989 biopic on his own life and career; interview from 1976 with actor Glenda Jackson; interviews with Kramer and actors Alan Bates and Jennie Linden from the set; new interviews with
director of photography Billy Williams and editor Michael Bradsell; «Second Best,» a 1972 short film based on a D. H. Lawrence story, produced by and starring Bates; trailer; an essay by scholar Linda Ruth Williams.
Extras: New
audio commentary featuring film scholar Joseph McBride («Searching
for John Ford: A Life»); «Omnibus: John Ford, Part One»:
director Lindsay Anderson's profile of the life and work of
director John Ford before World War II; talk show appearance by actor Henry Fonda from 1975;
audio interviews from the seventies with Ford and Fonda, conducted by the filmmaker's grandson Dan Ford; Academy Award radio dramatization of the film; an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien and an homage to Ford by filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein.
With unprecedented access to hundreds of hours of Marlon Brando's personal
audio recordings and film footage,
for director Stevan Riley to cull this mess into a coherent whole would seem like a nearly impossible task.
Extras: New program on the film's cinematography featuring a conversation between Lassally and critic Peter Cowie; excerpt from a 1982 episode of «The Dick Cavett Show» featuring Finney; new interview with actor Vanessa Redgrave on
director Tony Richardson, to whom she was married from 1962 to 1967; new interview with film scholar Duncan Petrie on the movie's impact on British cinema; illustrated archival
audio interview with composer John Addison on his Oscar - winning score
for the film; new interview with the
director's - cut editor, Robert Lambert; an essay by scholar Neil Sinyard.
Disc 1 offers the movie and an
audio commentary by
director Stefen Fangmeier — and is all you will get if you opt
for the single disc DVD release of Eragon, being sold in either wide or full screen presentations.
DVD Extras: Music videos
for «Iron Man» by Nico Vega and «Fade» by Egyptian, the film's trailer, a selection of deleted scenes including an equally unsatisfying alternate ending and a mind numbing
audio commentary with writer /
director Matthew Leutwyler,
director of photography David Jones and writer Gillian Vigman.
But the main draw is an
audio commentary from writer -
director Damien Chazelle and composer Justin Hurwitz, in which it emerges that almost every tune in the entire film, starting with «Another Day of Sun», was at one point or another destined
for the cutting - room floor.
Blu - ray Highlight: It may seem a bit weird to hear people like Patton Oswalt and Adam Brody on an
audio commentary
for a movie they're barely in, but the two actors help make the track — which also includes writer /
director Lorene Scafaria, her mother Gail, and producer Joy Gorman — more lively and entertaining.
Writer /
director Neil Burger provides an
AUDIO COMMENTARY
for the film.
Included is an excellent new
audio commentary by the always informative film historian / author Troy Howarth; an additional
audio commentary by
director Peter Duffell and author Jonathan Rigsby; a new 10 - minute interview with second assistant
director Mike Higgins; A-Rated Horror Film, a 17 - minute vintage featurette about the film featuring interviews with
director Peter Duffell and actors Geoffrey Bayldon, Ingrid Pitt, and Chloe Franks; the English and Spanish theatrical trailers
for the film, both in HD; 4 radio spots; an animated image gallery with 68 stills containing on - set photos, promotional materials, and advertisements; and a collection of Amicus radio spots and still galleries
for Asylum, At the Earth's Core, From Beyond the Grave, Madhouse, Scream and Scream Again, Tales from the Crypt, The Beast Must Die, The Land That Time Forgot, The Mind of Mr. Soames, The People That Time Forgot, and Vault of Horror.
Along with an especially informative
audio commentary by
director Karyn Kusama and writer Diablo Cody, the two - disc effort also includes a handful of deleted scenes that were likely cut
for time, a short featurette on the making - of the pool scene, on - set video diaries with the cast and crew, and an episode of «Life After Film School» with Cody.
Disc One features an unrated version of the movie (it's only three minutes longer than the theatrical cut), an
audio commentary by the
director, Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Rose Byrne and a couple others, and three in - depth featurettes, including one on the making of the movie and one on the music written
for the movie (that one's a can't miss).
Lastly there is a short Q&A Discussion with Writer /
Director Jordan Peele and the Cast, as well as an
audio Commentary with Writer /
Director Jordan Peele, which is a must listen
for sure.
Just when you think you've gotten through nearly all the supplements, the last listing is
for a feature
audio commentary by
director Michael Lembeck, available exclusively on the widescreen version.
For an indie film, Paradise gets a decent collection of extras, starting with an
audio commentary by writer /
director / executive producer Diablo Cody.
Special Features Conversation between
director Robert Altman and actor Tim Robbins from 2004 Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country, a feature - length 1993 documentary on the making of Short Cuts To Write and Keep Kind, a 1992 PBS documentary on the life of author Raymond Carver One - hour 1983
audio interview with Carver, conducted
for the American
Audio Prose Library Original demo recordings of the film's Doc Pomus Mac Rebennack songs, performed by Rebennack (Dr. John) Deleted scenes A look inside the marketing of Short Cuts PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Wilmington
But saving the best
for last, there is a brand new
audio commentary with
director William Lustig and Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn («Drive», «Only God Forgives»).
The 20 - minute biographical portrait Tati Story features generous clips of Tati on film, stage and TV, the six - minute Au - del de Playtime reveals rare behind - the - scenes footage from the city set he built on the outskirts of Paris, there's a rare
audio interview with Tati from the Q&A of the U.S. debut of Playtime at the 1972 San Francisco Film Festival and Jacques Tati in Monsieur Hulot's Work, a 1976 program on the
director made
for the BBC art series Omnibus.
Excellent (4 stars) Rated PG - 13
for profanity, sexuality, drug use and mature themes Running time: 106 minutes Distributor: Fox Home Entertainment Blu - ray Extras:
Director's
audio commentary; deleted scenes; Abstract: Movie
for Rachel; This Is Where You Learn How the Movie Was Made; A Conversation with Martin Scorcese and Alfonso Gomez - Rejon; Greg Gaines and Earl Jackson Productions; Greg's trailer; stills gallery; and more.
Distributor: Fox Home Entertainment Blu - ray Extras:
Director's
audio commentary; deleted scenes; Abstract: Movie
for Rachel; This Is Where You Learn How the Movie Was Made; A Conversation with Martin Scorcese and Alfonso Gomez - Rejon; Greg Gaines and Earl Jackson Productions; Greg's trailer; stills gallery; and more.
Other extras include
audio commentaries on their respective films by The Abominable Dr. Phibes
director Robert Fuest and Witchfinder General producer Philip Waddilove and co-star Ian Ogilvy; an hour - long interview with Price that was conducted in 1987; a rare prologue
for The Pit and the Pendulum that makes no sense in the context of the film (is there also a long - lost epilogue that ties it all together?)
The second feature by British writer /
director Peter Strickland, Berberian Sound Studio is named after the film's setting: a fictional Italian post-production studio doing the post-synched
audio recording
for a particularly nasty 1976 giallo film titled The Equestrian Vortex.
Extras on The Transformers: The Movie (available
for viewing in either widescreen or full frame) include
audio commentary by
director Nelson Shin, story consultant Flint Dille, and co-star Susan Blu; a retrospective making - of piece; storyboards; and TV spots.
Special features include a feature - length
audio - commentary track in which
director White details the movie's cold Park City, Utah shoot (which substitutes
for summer in Colorado) and his attempts at subtly tweaking genre expectation.