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Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

NOTE: These commentaries are only available on the Criterion Collection DVD and laserdisc releases of "Life of Brian." The Anchor Bay DVD releases had no commentary tracks.

Commentaries on this DVD:

Commentary 1: Director Terry Jones, and actors Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle Rating:8.5/10 (20 votes) [graph]Login to vote or review
Reviewed by TommyT on June 7th, 2004:Find all reviews by TommyT
Actually both tracks are great!
Reviewed by bassdrum on June 17th, 2004:Find all reviews by bassdrum
Even though you may think these people are maniacs , listening to them speak will soon clear that up . The deeper issues behind the film are explored . I personally love to see people get so worked about a movie - I mean , these guys have made millions of people laugh . They should get medals . They talk about scripting and how they work , when to cut out lines or scenes . Seeing that both Terry's are directors , you will get more of that sort of information . Eric thinks deeper about the group dynamic - he wrote by himself , where the others wrote in teams , so he talks about competition as a result . Terry G did visuals as well as writing .
Hear how it all came about .
Commentary 2: Actors John Cleese and Michael Palin Rating:7.7/10 (20 votes) [graph]Login to vote or review
Reviewed by bassdrum on June 17th, 2004:Find all reviews by bassdrum
John is the intellectual and thinks a hell of a lot about all this , which is to say , he gets upset that people took the film the wrong way and discusses religion , which may upset some people . Michael Palin seems to be the most easygoing Python and his contribution reflects that . The track is balanced because of both men's differences . Not many people can put their thoughts across as well as the Pythons .
   
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