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Bansheelinks · 03-30-2006, 02:31 PM

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KONG'S ROAR: Peter Jackson is one of the kings of the DVD extras. You lack for nothing in the new King Kong Special Edition DVD.

Critically, you get the film in a gorgeous widescreen transfer that reinforces the visual excellence that earned King Kong its three craft Oscars. And you get extensive, high quality extras that -- if you find King Kong as exhilarating as I do despite needing a few judicious trims -- are a treat to watch.

Among them is a well-organized, two hours and 40 minutes of post-production diaries, continuing the process that fans enjoyed on the Production Diaries DVD which was released along with the film last year. Each aspect of the filmmaking process is exhaustively explored. Jackson pulls back the curtain and Oz is revealed as a place of joyous, if exacting toil.

Just as interesting are the two documentaries. In 28 minutes, Kong's New York, 1933, tells the true story of New York in the early part of the 20th Century, including chapters on Vaudeville, the Great Depression (including the Hooverville shantytown in Central Park) and the building of the Empire State Building at the height of the economic collapse.

In contrast, the 17-minute Skull Island: A Natural History is a wonderfully inventive, mock scientific doc which purports to tell how this remote island, aided by thermal vents opened by earthquakes, harboured the planet's last remaining dinosaurs until it was swallowed by the sea during the 1940s. Using a methodical, scientific approach you would find in a National Geographic special, the filmmakers never deviate from their ruse -- so warn the children not to believe everything they see. Especially when it's the smiling face of Peter Jackson delivering the news.

03-30-2006, 02:31 PM
Bansheelinks Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,023	'King Kong' DVD exhilarating...article http://jam.canoe.ca/Video/2006/03/26/1506836.html KONG'S ROAR: Peter Jackson is one of the kings of the DVD extras. You lack for nothing in the new King Kong Special Edition DVD. Critically, you get the film in a gorgeous widescreen transfer that reinforces the visual excellence that earned King Kong its three craft Oscars. And you get extensive, high quality extras that -- if you find King Kong as exhilarating as I do despite needing a few judicious trims -- are a treat to watch. Among them is a well-organized, two hours and 40 minutes of post-production diaries, continuing the process that fans enjoyed on the Production Diaries DVD which was released along with the film last year. Each aspect of the filmmaking process is exhaustively explored. Jackson pulls back the curtain and Oz is revealed as a place of joyous, if exacting toil. Just as interesting are the two documentaries. In 28 minutes, Kong's New York, 1933, tells the true story of New York in the early part of the 20th Century, including chapters on Vaudeville, the Great Depression (including the Hooverville shantytown in Central Park) and the building of the Empire State Building at the height of the economic collapse. In contrast, the 17-minute Skull Island: A Natural History is a wonderfully inventive, mock scientific doc which purports to tell how this remote island, aided by thermal vents opened by earthquakes, harboured the planet's last remaining dinosaurs until it was swallowed by the sea during the 1940s. Using a methodical, scientific approach you would find in a National Geographic special, the filmmakers never deviate from their ruse -- so warn the children not to believe everything they see. Especially when it's the smiling face of Peter Jackson delivering the news.