And South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut remains their defining statement, a work combining epic scale (a land war with Canada, a trip to the depths of Hades, a daylight raid on the Baldwin compound) with intimate character comedy (Satan's grief over his lover Saddam Hussein's infidelity is genuinely touching), wrapped in a biting
commentary on censorship and topped off with belting show tunes worthy of West Side Story.
Extras: Two optional English narrations, including one by actor Roy Scheider; audio
commentary from 2008 featuring Schrader and producer Alan Poul; interviews from 2007 and 2008 with Bailey, producers Tom Luddy and Mata Yamamoto, composer Philip Glass, and production designer Eiko Ishioka; interviews from 2008 with Mishima biographer John Nathan and friend Donald Richie; audio interview from 2008 with co-screenwriter Chieko Schrader; interview excerpt from 1966 featuring Mishima talking about writing; «The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima,» a 55 - minute documentary from 1985 about the author; trailer; a booklet featuring an essay by critic Kevin Jackson, a piece
on the film's
censorship in Japan, and photographs of Ishioka's sets.