# DVD commentary tracks: best/worst/oddest

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**Created:** [December 2, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-commentary-tracks-best-worst-oddest/277777 "2004-12-02T22:07:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-commentary-tracks-best-worst-oddest/277777/41 "2004-12-03T20:43:27Z")

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Oddest: Run Lola Run, a German language film, has a commentary by the German director and German star in English. Nice, but very unexpected.

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**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-commentary-tracks-best-worst-oddest/277777/42 "2004-12-03T21:15:55Z")

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> [@SmackFu](#):
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> Oddest: Run Lola Run, a German language film, has a commentary by the German director and German star in English. Nice, but very unexpected.

“The City of Lost Children”, a French film, is done sort of the same way. The director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, is French but speaks English for the commentary. The other guy on the commentary is Ron Perlman, American.

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**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-commentary-tracks-best-worst-oddest/277777/43 "2004-12-03T21:53:20Z")

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Best: Roger Ebert on _Dark City_ (this put a movie in context better than most any other commentary), Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Lem Dobbs on _The Limey_ (this put the script to screen conflict into context better than most any other commentary), and Kurt Russell and John Carpenter on _Bit Trouble in Little China_ (this one was mentioned as a worst, but I liked it because I came away with a great sense of these two as people and how they approach movies).  
Worst: Roger Ebert on _Citizan Kane_ (I know it has several mentions of best, but it was obviously done in segments and repeated itself terribly; it isn’t bad, but I give it worst since it should have been so much better). Beyond that there are many worst from me, if it isn’t good I usually just stop listening right away.

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