August
31
Here's Something Fun for You to Do
Now here’s a novel idea: John August has posted an audio commentary for his new movie The Nines, which opens in NY and LA this weekend. On his blog, August suggests you watch the movie once (“The movie is confusing enough … on your first viewing,” he warns), then download the audio file to your favorite MP3 player, buy another ticket and see what he and star Ryan Reynolds have to say about the movie. As August puts it, “in the age of iPods, there’s really no reason why audio commentary has to be relegated to DVD.”
In theory, I love the idea, although theatrical volume levels being what they are, my ears are on the verge of bleeding already, and I don’t think my poor little iPod could compete. On the other hand, if you don’t feel like spending the $20 and four hours that August's suggestion entails, you can settle for a game my friend Charlie Fonville and I indulged over lunch:
1. One Night at McCool’s
2. 2 Days in the Valley
3. Thr3e
4. Fantastic Four
5. The Fifth Element
6. Leonard Part 6
7. Se7en
8. 8MM
9. Nine Months
10. The Ten
There are so many movies with numbers in the titles (a handful of ’em in theaters now), you can make your list a million different ways (the only rule: no sequels). I chose to go with some of the worst/most unpleasant movies of all time. Your turn.
—Posted by Peter Debruge
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Kevin Smith did this over a year ago with Clerks 2. He was the first.
See http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=11366
Posted by: gollytolly | August 31, 2007 at 04:33 PM
Audio descriptions are regularly created for major film releases. While the primary audience for these tracks are people who are blind or visually impaired, we hear that others enjoy them as well. The tracks are synced to films via DTS timecode, and are delivered to patrons via fm or infrared systems and headphones. A list of theaters with the systems installed, and of films, lives at www.mopix.org.
Posted by: Mary Watkins | September 04, 2007 at 10:38 AM