DVD Review: Kiss Of The Spider Woman Two Disc Collector's Edition - Page 2

Not only has the movie been remastered; the two-disc collector’s edition includes a second DVD that includes the documentary Tangled Web: Making Kiss Of The Spider Woman, the odyssey from novel to film.

At 109 minutes, the documentary is almost as long as the movie itself. I enjoyed seeing how difficult it could be to turn a novel into a movie, especially one as deep as this novel, a movie that almost didn’t get done. The workings behind the scenes such as Burt Lancaster’s obsession with the project, director Hector Babenco and author Manual Puig having massive battles over every detail, even the lack of independent places to show the movie, they all played a part in the struggle of this movie, a struggle that helped take it from a movie to a masterpiece.

The other extras, including a mini documentary about putting Kiss Of The Spider Woman on Broadway, are well done and well worth the cost of admission.

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