from Lee
But, do you think we're ever going to get any kind of special edition? It seems like all of the players have gone on to other things and "forgotton" our beautiful film.
I admit I'm gettting worried.
One reason that I remain so exceedingly peeved at the AMPAS for handing the Best Film Oscar where it didn't belong, is that I'm absolutely sure there would have been a collector's edition BBM if our film had gotten the "Best Film" nod. But still, it is a contemporary classic, it defined contemporary cultural discussion (and talk show jokes) for a good while, it got more awards than any other of its year, and so I can't believe Focus would not want to prepare a DVD with more in-depth, informative and better bonus material than the meagre stuff on the currently available retail DVD.
But there's been no word that a collector's edition film is forthcoming. And even if it does happen somewhere down the road, the more time since the filming, the less spontaneous will be the commentaries. Which will be such a pity! Filming took place several years ago - the filming process will be dwindling in everyone's memory unless they get to it soonish. All those little things that die-hard fans like us would love to hear will be forgotten.
Focus, can you heaaaaaaar me?
**stamps foot while making pleading puppy dog eyes**From Katherine
it's not that I find anything intrinsically unappealing about shades-wearing Aussie Heath (au contraire!). But one of my personal BBM-related psychological frailties is the confusion I get from seeing Jack and Ennis looking so different.
Jake as himself looks pretty much like young Jack, I think, so there's not so much of a problem there. But Heath seems and looks to be Ennis's very opposite in many respects. I can say in all honesty that watching Heath Ledger interviews, apart from making me appreciate the actor himself a lot, has given me a better understanding of what pure and true
acting is all about. It's not so much what he says, but his behaviour while he says it. He fidgets and twitches and is constantly all over the place, seeming absolutely unable to keep his face, hands or eyes still for as much as a second. (Very charming, distinct personality, and it makes him seem like a completely *real* person, without artifice of any kind.) That he managed to transform himself into creating our Ennis Del Mar is a marvel of acting and a fantastic gift to acting appreciation. (And here I go, back to beeing peeved at the AMPAS some more, this time on Heath's behalf.
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