There are also four featurettes:
- Celluloid Apocalypse: An Interview with John Carpenter: An interesting short where Carpenter talks about his body of work and his experience creating Cigarette Burns.
- Working with a Master: John Carpenter: A typical hagiographic DVD-extra short in which participants in past Carpenter ventures talk about how cool it is to work with him. Despite my snarky summation, this featurette is pretty interesting. It offers a quick overview of some of Carpenter's highlights as seen by the people who were in them. When did the space aliens take over Julie Carmen's brain?
- On Set: An Interview with Norman Reedus: A short piece in which Reedus, in essence, rehashes the plot of Cigarette Burns and then offers a quick comment or two on working with Carpenter. It's kind of redundant, really.
- Behind the Scenes: The Making of Cigarette Burns: Another brief one - this is an amusing montage of behind-the-scenes footage. Much of the material is used in the other featurettes, but this is still fun. I could watch Udo saying, "Put the sausage in me!" all day.
The disc is rounded out with trailers for the first eight episodes of Masters of Horror, a still gallery that is surprising in its thoroughness and a well-written biography for Carpenter that also feels a bit redundant, being that Carpenter himself discussed much of this in the "Celluloid Apocalypse" featurette, but still provides enough information to justify its inclusion. Overall, this is a striking film which has received a very generous package on DVD.
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Article comments
1 - Matthew Milam
I got love for Carpenter, but that episode wasn't it. Even Steven Weber couldn't make it right, and he's a King follower (with his episode Jennifer).
The real horror director in this is the one who hasn't even aired yet. All I'll say is that if you know the movie "Audition", you know of the man I speak of.
2 - Steve C.
Who expected Steven Weber to do anything right? He's a no-talent. The only thing Jenifer was good for was adding to the proof that Dario Argento shot his wad on 1988's Opera.
Also... man, I hope the Miike turns out good. Word's been encouraging, but Lord knows the guy's been irritatingly uneven these past few years. (Gozu would have been amazing at 80 minutes; at 130, it's just too much.) Hopefully, the length restriction will keep him from getting too self-indulgent.