Directors and DVD Commentary: The Specifics of Intention

The DVD is not merely a digital recording of a film. Through the transfer process and the addition of supplementary materials, the DVD becomes a reconstruction of a particular movie. In this respect, the director commentary track provides the most interesting reconstruction of a film and actually co...

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Published in:The Journal of aesthetics and art criticism 2004, Vol.62 (1), p.13-22
Main Author: Parker Parker, Deborah, Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Art criticism
Author
Cinematography
Concepts
DVD commentaries
DVD format
Entertainment
Film criticism
Film directors
Film editing
Film producers
Film theory
Film viewing
Interpretations
Mendes, Sam
Motion picture criticism
Motion picture directors & producers
Motion picture industry
Movies
Optical storage
Philosophy
Philosophy of art. Aesthetics
Soderbergh, Steven
Storyboards
Textual Criticism
Verhoeven, Paul
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Summary:The DVD is not merely a digital recording of a film. Through the transfer process and the addition of supplementary materials, the DVD becomes a reconstruction of a particular movie. In this respect, the director commentary track provides the most interesting reconstruction of a film and actually constitutes a distinctly new text. Director commentaries - such as those by Paul Verhoeven for his "Robocop," Steven Soderberg for his "The Limey," and Sam Mendes for his "American Beauty," among others - often focus on directorial intentions and open new interpretative possibilities for viewers. As the DVD format becomes more popular and the demand for supplementary materials such as the director commentary increases, philosophical interest in the concept of authorial intention, which has often been neglected in favor of an emphasis on the creation of meaning by consumers, may also increase.
ISSN:0021-8529
1540-6245
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-594X.2004.00131.x