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Tango01 | 20 Mar 2018 12:12 p.m. PST |
… Making-Of Documentaries Ever Made. "When it comes to making a Star Wars movie in the modern era, everything is kept under lock and key. Audiences know precious little about the film, its characters, or its plot until opening day, which is a rarity when it comes to blockbuster filmmaking. For the home video release of these new Kathleen Kennedy-produced Star Wars movies, however, there's an opportunity to let fans behind the curtain a bit. While the bonus features on the Blu-rays of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story are compelling and insightful in their own ways, the feature-length documentary The Director and the Jedi included on the Blu-ray release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi blows them out of the water. In fact, this documentary is so good it stands as one of the best movie making-of documentaries ever made. Like most feature-length making-of documentaries, The Director and the Jedi offers an extensive look at how the film's director and writer Rian Johnson steered the Last Jedi ship through production. This documentary begins in pre-production so we don't get to see any of the writing process, and it concludes with the last day of principal photography so we also don't get invited into the editing room. It is solely focused on the preparation for the main shoot—which includes some pre-shoots in September 2015, a couple months before The Force Awakens opens—and the herculean task of filming a brand new Star Wars movie…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
Augustus | 20 Mar 2018 2:43 p.m. PST |
This sounds like propaganda to buoy the making of a catastrophe. |
Herkybird | 20 Mar 2018 4:59 p.m. PST |
I never bother with special editions with extra 'behind the scenes' documentaries, as I never watch them after one viewing! I am in 2 minds whether to bother getting The Last Jedi on DVD, I really didn't care for the film. |
Vigilant | 21 Mar 2018 2:25 a.m. PST |
I'm the opposite to Herkybird. I frequently find the extras more interesting than the films and watch them as part of the whole experience. I'll definitely be getting this. I enjoyed the film for what it was, a space fantasy to entertain for a couple of hours, not a matter of life or death that some fans seem to consider it to be. Certainly more entertaining than that pretentious mess Dunkirk. |
Thomas Thomas | 23 Mar 2018 10:19 a.m. PST |
It would have nice had they made an interesting space fantasy to entertain for a couple of hours (like The Empire Strikes Back and Rogue One) – instead of a slow burn chase and poorly done battle scenes. Not to mention negated all that was accomplished in the far better "middle" trilogy. TomT |
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