Cinema Science

I found this over at Cigarettes and Red Vines, the unofficial PT Anderson website. Below are a few details on the There Will Be Blood DVD, no release date but some info on the special features. For some reason the administrator only types in lower case letters.

now for something equally disheartening for most of you: since it seems there will be blood dvd information has begun popping up around the internet, i think it’s safe to let you know the few things i learned about the dvd release when i was last with paul:

• there is no commentary track, nor will there ever probably be one again. paul mentioned to me how alot of the buzz has been taken from doing them because people quote them back verbatim to him in interviews and fun/flippant comments are regarded as gospel. (not a quote, but the gist of what was said)

• the behind-the-scenes footage we reported ages ago that was being shot by austin lynch will, as of this point, not be included on the dvd as a ‘that moment’ style feature. paul said it all turned out wonderfully but that the footage might take away the magic of the film itself saying “it’s just a bunch of people in a desert standing around making a movie.”

• there is an extremely old documentary/footage that was found about mining and oil production from the era. they are planning to cut in jonny greenwood’s score over top of it and make a presentation out of it.