A look at art direction, performance, and sci-fi sensuousness in the 1980 version of Flash Gordon directed by Mike Hodges.
Audio Commentary: Wild Style (Charlie Ahearn, 1983)
A look at “Stoop Rap” as performed by Double Trouble in the seminal hip-hop movie Wild Style.
Audio Commentary: They Live (John Carpenter, 1988)
A look at scenes from John Carpenter’s satirical alien-invasion movie They Live, released four days before the 1988 presidential elections and relevant to this day.
Audio Commentary: The Blues Brothers
A look at the shopping-mall car chase from The Blues Brothers, including some of the recent history of the Dixie Square Shopping Mall.
Audio Commentary: Persona (Bergman, 1966)
A look at a crucial “dream sequence” from Ingmar Bergman’s Persona, drawing on ideas in the book Mindscreen by Bruce Kawin.
Audio Commentary: Prospero’s Books (Greenaway, 1991)
A look at the opening credits sequence of Prospero’s Books, including some of the paintings that inspired director Peter Greenaway’s visuals.
Audio Commentary: Drunken Master 2 (Lau, 1994)
A look at a fight sequence from Drunken Master 2, including a brief comparison of the original Hong Kong audio and the dubbed, re-scored, and re-foleyed U.S. release version.
Audio Commentary: Se7en (Fincher, 1995)
A look at the opening titles sequence for Se7en; some of the work by Joel-Peter Witkin, Stan Brakhage, and Norman McLaren that inspired it; and the Mark Romanek music video for “Closer,” which served, in a remixed version, as the movie’s theme song.