Ég veit ekki með ykkur hin, en ég var persónulega mjög vonsvikinn yfir Sin City DVD útgáfunni sem kom út fyrir stuttu síðan. Hljóð- og myndgæði voru að vísu stórkostleg, en aukaefnið svo slappt að því verður varla með orðum lýst.
Nýja útgáfan sem kemur út 13. des (á amerísku svæði a.m.k. – er ekki alveg klár á íslenska deginum) stendur allavega vel undir væntingum safnarans, og rétt rúmlega það. Ekki aðeins er um að ræða pakka sem inniheldur bæði bíóútgáfuna og lengdu útgáfuna (með viðbættum 23 mínútum), heldur er aukaefnið svo troðið og fjölbreytt að það er ekki mögulega hægt að kryfja eina kvikmynd eitthvað nánar. Jafnvel er boðið upp á þann möguleika að fá að skoða hverja sögu út af fyrir sig (The Hard Good-bye, That Yellow Bastard o.s.frv.) í stöku formi (með viðbættu senunum, að sjálfsögðu).
Já, þessi pakki er svo sannarlega blautur draumur fyrir hvern DVD safnara og þá sem fíla Sin City-fyrirbærið í heild.
Til að útskýra aukaefnið örlítið nánar, þá kem ég bara með beint afrit af þeim lista sem sýnir efnið sjálft eins og það verður á pakkanum – frekar en að vera að þýða allt saman yfir á íslensku (hvað er annars gott íslenskt orð yfir Commentary??)
Diskur 1:
• Original Feature Film Presentation
• Feature Commentary with Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller
• Feature Commentary with Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino
• Feature Commentary of Austin Premiere Audience Reaction
• Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes
— A Hard Top With A Decent Engine: The Cars of Sin City
— Making the Monsters: Special Effects & Make-Up
— Trench Coats and Fishnets: The Costumes of Sin City
— Booze, Broads & Guns: The Props of Sin City
— How It Went Down: Convincing Frank Miller to Make The Film
— Special Guest Director, Quentin Tarantino
• Sin-Chroni-City Interactive: As the viewer watches Sin City, it becomes apparent that the characters and their stories are not isolated, but intertwined. It is also revealed that the timelines for these stories are not in synch—and yet not entirely independent. This interactive feature allows the user to get a timeline view of the happenings of Sin City. The user can see the overview schematic of the scenes in chronological order and then zoom in for more detail on any of the events.
• Teaser and Theatrical Trailer
Diskur 2:
• Robert Rodriguez DVD introduction
• Sin City Recut-Extended-Unrated Feature Film Presentation (with 23 added minutes)
• Full-length expanded cuts of each individual episode (“Customer Is Always Right,” “The Hard Goodbye,” “Big Fat Kill” and “That Yellow Bastard”) split out into short films – each with their own title cards and in their own complete form; viewers can watch separately and in any order desired.
• 15 Minute Flick School – See how everything was done, including the development of the look of the movie before there was financing, plus early screen tests, rehearsal tapes, final effects. Narrated and cut by Robert Rodriguez.
• All Green Version – A high speed look at the entire movie with only its green screen elements.
• The Long Take – A full uninterrupted 17 minute take during the filming of Quentin Tarantino’s segment. See what it is like to sit in the middle of a whirlwind of creativity while the camera is rolling. It’s an up-close and personal view of the directors and the stars as they do their creative thing.
• Sin City: Live in Concert – The Sin City filmmakers, cast and crew head over to Antone’s restaurant one night after shooting “That Yellow Bastard.” Bruce Willis’ band and Robert Rodriguez’s band Chingon play a benefit show. Included are the full versions of Bruce and his band playing the song Devil Woman and Rodriguez and his band playing the “Theme from Sin City.”
• 10 Minute Cooking School: Sin City Breakfast Tacos – Discover Robert Rodriguez’s meal of choice during the long night hours of making Sin City. This featurette shows how to make Rodriguez’s grandma’s secret homemade flour tortilla recipe as well.
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