Thoughts on American Beauty DVD
The “Awards Edition” DVD is well-stocked with extra features. The DVD contains feature-length commentary by writer Alan Ball and Director Sam Mendes, “Look Closer” a 20- Minute Behind the Scenes featurette, an hour-long Storyboard to film presentation with Mendes and Director of Photography Conrad Hall, two trailers for the film; cast and crew bios; and some fairly extensive Production notes, in addition to some DVD-ROM features. While the materials provided really help the viewer to “Look Closer” into the film, in the first few moments of the commentary, it becomes clear what was not included. A much discussed alternate ending and opening scene cut from the film, mentioned by Director Sam Mendes are not included on the DVD. This is extremely unfortunate, because, the alternate ending is quite different from that which ended up in the movie and sounds as if it would be quite intriguing. That being said, however, the feature-length commentary is fantastic. While Mendes does a bit more of the talking than Ball, the two really go into the imagery used in the film, the process of making t
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