RE: Total Recall commentary track
RE: Total Recall commentary track
I`d tried to blank this from my memory. Possibly the worst commentary track ever.
RE: Total Recall commentary track
RE: Total Recall commentary track
RE: Total Recall commentary track
The commentary is on there. It was the first release to feature it and I bought it partially for that reason. Thank Christ it had better audio/video.
RE: Total Recall commentary track
RE: Total Recall commentary track
I started listening - yes it`s the genuine article. I got about 30-40 mins in and found I had better things to do. It`s basically Arnie chatting with the director, Paul Verhoeven (who doesn`t feature in the above clip but is equally banal). I`ll probably listen to a bit more another time.
One thing I did learn was that prior to Verhoeven picking the project up, it was in the hands of Dino De Laurentis, and at that time, Quaid was an accountant, due to be played by Jeff Bridges! But when Verhoeven took it over, and signed up Arnie, they knew the Governator was never meant to play an accountant, so he became a construction worker, to suit the physique. Prior to Bridges, I think they said Dustin Hoffman was going to play the part. The script was rewritten so many times, and different directors kept picking it up, which was why the lead actor changed a few times...
But that WAS the only thing I learned, and I dare say most of you knew it already anyway. 
RE: Total Recall commentary track
I sat through it in its entirety, once. If you listen to the end they discuss something that may make you look at the film in an entirely different light, unless you`re a Philip Dick fan in which case you probably guessed it anyway.