Mike701

Hey, I'm wondering if you guys know any special 2 disc addition DVDs with good behind the scene footage on how the movie was made, the process of everything and stuff I recently bought Transformers 2disc DVD and they had some interesting stuff on it and I wanted to see more lol

so any idea guys?

EdTheRipper

The Devil's Rejects and Rob Zombie's Halloween both have excellent documentaries on the making of the films.

E. Honda

Try the extended editions of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

AnonomusBob15

the Alien DVDs each have a three or so hour documentary, and they are all some of the best i've ever seen, even the one for Alien: Ressurection.


The Thing (Terror Takes Shape)
From Dusk Till Dawn (Full Tilt Boogie)
12 Monkeys (The Hamster Factor)
Taxi Driver
Aliens (Superior Firepower)
King Kong (The Eigth Wonder of the World)
Abyss (Under Pressure)
Black Hawk Down
Jaws
Empire of Dreams and The Beginning (Star Wars)
Magnolia (Diary)
Naked Lunch (Naked Making Lunch)
Raging Bull
The Devil's Rejects and Halloween (07)
Dazed and Confused (Making Dazed)
Hellboy (Seeds of Creation)
Hostel (Dissected)
The Lord of the Rings (any bonus from the EE or the LE)
Psycho
Transformers
X2
The Frighteners
The Green Mile
Zodiac
The Fly (Fear the Flesh)

many more

a few I didn't like. The Exorcist. Face/Off. Fifth Element. Iron Man. Gladiator (this one was just alright).

An American Werewolf in London is a purchase I will be making soon. The doc on that disc is supposed to be fantastic.

JimRochester

The Rock Criterion had some nice making of footage.

islandclaws

Street Trash has a phenomenal making-of that runs longer than the film itself.

Pointyskull

The supplements on those discs are outstanding.

Ditto for King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries, another wonderfully comprehensive collection.

On the other end of the spectrum, I was watching Quarantine last night (the US remake of the Spanish film [Rec]). It's an enjoyable little horror film, and I was surprised that I found the behind-the-scenes extras - brief as they were - to be pretty interesting, given the film's small budget.

Giles

Chris Marker did a fascinating behind the scenes documentary of Kurosawa's Ran called A.K.

wd40cloud

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Criterion has an amazing documentary that chronicles everything from the film's development to its release.

AnonomusBob15

tried to make somewhat of a Master List....


12 Monkeys - The Hamster Factor
2001 - The Making of a Myth
The Abyss - Under Pressure
All the President's Men - Telling the Truth About Lies
American Gangster - Fallen Empire
Blade Runner - Dangerous Days - The Making of
Black Hawk Down - The Essence of Combat - Making BHD
Blade II - whatever it's called
The Making of Bottle Rocket
Blue Velvet - Mysteries of Love
The Making of Benjamin Button
Making Dazed
Fargo - Minnesota Nice
The Fly - Fear the Flesh
The Making of the Frighteners
Lord of the Rings stuff
From Dusk till Dawn - Full Tilt Boogie
Gladiator - Strength and Honor
Miracles and Mysteries - Making The Green Mile
Michael Lives - Making Halloween
30 Days of Hell: Making the Devil's Rejects
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Hostel - Dissected
The Making of Jaws
Jackie Brown: How it Went Down
This is An Adventure: Making The Life Aquatic
King Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World (from the EE)
I Am Iron Man
Die Hard 4 - Analog Hero in a Digital World
Magnolia - Diary
The Making of Psycho
The Making of Raging Bull
Snowball Effect: The Story of Clerks
Inside the Labrynth: Making The Silence of the Lambs
Making the Amazing: Spider-Man 2
Superman Returns: Requiem for Krypton (or something like that)
The Making of Taxi Driver
Vengeance is Mine: Making Man on Fire
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
The Ususal Suspects documentary
Transformers: Our World. Their War.
Love, Death, Elvis, and Oz: Making Wild at Heart
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - X2
Zodiac Deciphered
Empire of Dreams: Making Star Wars
The Beginning: Making Episode 1
The Making of The Indiana Jones Trilogy
Platoon: Tour of the Inferno
Heart of Darkness: A Filmmakers Apocalypse
The Beast Within: The Making of Alien
Superior Firepower: The Making of Aliens
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien 3
From the Ashes: The Making of Alien Resurrection

Groucho

The Hamster Factor (already mentioned) is a great full length behind the scenes doc included with 12 Monkeys that follows the film all the way through production.

My favorite part is when the ad guy pitches the tag line "The future of the world is in the hands of a man who has none".

Giles

The New World (bluray) has a 10 part 82 minute documentary.
Citizen Toxie: Apocalypse Soon: Making of Citizen Toxie
Dawn of the Dead: Roy Frumkes' Document of the Dead
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 102 minute documentary
Jaws 2 hour documentary on laserdisc edition, edited down to 1 hour for DVD edition
Cannibal Holocaust: In the Jungle
West Side Story: West Side Memories
Zombie: Building a Better Zombie (98min.)

AnonomusBob15

I was reading about documentaries and I didn't know that the Alien 3 doc was originally titled

Wreckage and Rape: The Making of Alien 3

and contained 30 minutes of footage detailing Fincher's departure, all of which got scrapped from the final product. Charles de Lauzirika had his name removed from that disc. What a shame.

There is also humbug over The Crow, which has a 90-minute documentary completed, that Proyas never approved, so it got scrapped along with his commentary.

Titanic also has a documentary that is awaiting the HD release and some participation from Leo.


i'd love to see each one of these!

Mondo Kane

Hostel:Dissected is still my most favorite BTS.

Giles

for what I've read, the import of Ponyo on DVD has a 10 hour making of ?? (someone correct me if I'm wrong)

OldBoy

Oldboy Tin (3^rd disc is complete making of which runs like 3.5 hours! haven't seen it though)

Iron Man (have seen this nearly 2 hr. doc and it is fantastic!)

OldBoy

why is it so good? i have it, but haven't seen it and am now curious...

AnonomusBob15

Eli Roth takes you into a foreign restroom and tells you that in this particular country, they don't put enough water in the bowl and you can feel the heat from the shit on your ass.

It's just funny, and BTS are usually good for horror films with lots of cool practical effects.

Ash Ketchum

Hands-down best making-of featurette is the 41-min. "Yo Yo Girl Mission" on the YO YO GIRL COP disc. But some 6th sense tells me that's not what you're looking for.

DJariya

Blackhawk Down

The Making of Documentary is actually longer than the movie itself.

Same goes w/ Michael Lives: Making of Halloween (2007) That Documentary runs almost 4 1/2 hours.

OldBoy

thanks.

Damone

Wait......what???

AnonomusBob15

screencaps were in order

DJariya

Ewwww, that's gross did we really need to know that you don't scrub your toilet.

AnonomusBob15

not my shit, that more than likely belongs to Eli Roth.