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Yes, I already reviewed the movie (here), but that was from Unbox; now we've got the DVD, so I have a few things to add.
First and foremost: if you haven't seen the movie yet (and maybe if you have), don't look at the back cover of the box. Jeepers, that makes it look even sicker than it is! (and might possibly hint at developments within the movie).
I still, of course, recommend the movie highly. And from the extras I'll use the line from David Hewlett that had my Brilliant Husband scrabbling for a pen and paper; he wrote it down and said, "For your blog."
So what David Hewlett said about making indie movies is: "The key is to hire geniuses and not pay them." He does say that he told everyone they'd get paid for one of his first two films (which will no doubt create a large group of people eager to be in his second film, especially if they've never been paid for the first!).
He surrounded himself with the best people he could, who then had all kinds of suggestions. His sister Kate rewrote some of her lines (and then, annoyingly, they were funnier!). Many of his technical people came from Stargate: Atlantis. John Lenic co-produced, along with Jane Loughman (David's wife), Jim Menard was the cinematographer, James Robbins did production design, and so on.
Extras include "The Making of" "The Film and the Fans" and various other tidbits; now they kind of flow one into another in my mind, and I can't recall the specific list. Most feature David and Jane talking about what they did, with nice doses of Kate Hewlett and Paul McGillion, and a little of others (like Chris Judge). There are a few glimpses of make-up (scarier than you might think!) and stunts. Deleted scenes are included (but one can understand why they weren't used, except that one little scene between Marilyn and Patrick referring to previous boyfriends might have been nice). There are no bloopers as such, but some of the clips of scenes being filmed comes close. Ouch. Ouch ouch ouch! David Hewlett is a maniac. He does some very physical comedy in the movie, and I can only think the man has years of chiropractic in his future.
The extras come to about 40 minutes, I think. We have not yet watched the movie again with commentary; I have a low tolerance for repeating shows, movies, or even most books, and I don't want to get sick of the movie. I just saw it again last week with some relations (who also enjoyed it very much).
So once again I exhort you: buy the movie, if you can; at least rent it. Buy it for friends as a present! (Hey, I gave it to my brother!)
First and foremost: if you haven't seen the movie yet (and maybe if you have), don't look at the back cover of the box. Jeepers, that makes it look even sicker than it is! (and might possibly hint at developments within the movie).
I still, of course, recommend the movie highly. And from the extras I'll use the line from David Hewlett that had my Brilliant Husband scrabbling for a pen and paper; he wrote it down and said, "For your blog."
So what David Hewlett said about making indie movies is: "The key is to hire geniuses and not pay them." He does say that he told everyone they'd get paid for one of his first two films (which will no doubt create a large group of people eager to be in his second film, especially if they've never been paid for the first!).
He surrounded himself with the best people he could, who then had all kinds of suggestions. His sister Kate rewrote some of her lines (and then, annoyingly, they were funnier!). Many of his technical people came from Stargate: Atlantis. John Lenic co-produced, along with Jane Loughman (David's wife), Jim Menard was the cinematographer, James Robbins did production design, and so on.
Extras include "The Making of" "The Film and the Fans" and various other tidbits; now they kind of flow one into another in my mind, and I can't recall the specific list. Most feature David and Jane talking about what they did, with nice doses of Kate Hewlett and Paul McGillion, and a little of others (like Chris Judge). There are a few glimpses of make-up (scarier than you might think!) and stunts. Deleted scenes are included (but one can understand why they weren't used, except that one little scene between Marilyn and Patrick referring to previous boyfriends might have been nice). There are no bloopers as such, but some of the clips of scenes being filmed comes close. Ouch. Ouch ouch ouch! David Hewlett is a maniac. He does some very physical comedy in the movie, and I can only think the man has years of chiropractic in his future.
The extras come to about 40 minutes, I think. We have not yet watched the movie again with commentary; I have a low tolerance for repeating shows, movies, or even most books, and I don't want to get sick of the movie. I just saw it again last week with some relations (who also enjoyed it very much).
So once again I exhort you: buy the movie, if you can; at least rent it. Buy it for friends as a present! (Hey, I gave it to my brother!)