"The Cutting Room" is rather weak, but all worthwhile for one feature. This section allows people to edit a few scenes from the movie in different ways, but it's rather boring. You can also play with the audio to learn how that comes together, but again, it's not very entertaining. Three scenes that required various cameras are included and viewers can choose which camera to see the sequence from.
The best feature here is "Why Letterbox?" which shows just why the format is superior to pan & scan. The commentary explains why films are shot widescreen in the first place, what happens when they are cropped, and why pan & scan is evil (but maybe without using that term). It's short, but this is a lot more than most companies are doing to educate the public.
Rounding off this set is a slide shows of various stills, production photos, models, and more. When the Nakatomi logo appears on screen, viewers can see additional information pertaining to the picture. A short 7-minute cheap promotional featurette is included with the trailers and TV spots. Finally, DVD-ROM users can watch the film with the script and download some game demos, none of which are related to the film. (****)
The entire "Die Hard" series is available as a 6-disc box set. Nothing extra is included, but you will save a little money buying all 3 films at once. Regardless of how the purchase is made, "Die Hard" is one of those "your collection is not complete without it" films and one of the best action movies of all time.
Article comments
1 - Eric Olsen
Excellent job Matt, the first one was creative and very exciting and they did a pretty good job of keeping it going with the other two. I'm not sure if I would describe Willis as a virtual unknown before this one, but it certainly turned him into a movie star