This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: June 30, 2009

I haven't explored all the features yet, but I did watch the film on Blu-ray and it is remarkable. The last time I watched this film it was from Netflix and it was a non-anamorphic version and of no particular quality. Watching it on Blu-ray was like seeing it for the first time. I also took the time to listen to Lee's new commentary, which was just as good as I expected it would be. I have always thought Lee's commentaries were quality, primarily due to his ego something I think is necessary for a quality commentary from a director. You need to appreciate your work so you can tell others about it and what you did and what your intentions were. Occasionally I think Lee allows his mouth to get him into some trouble, but for the most part I think he is incredible to listen to and what better movie than this one?

Now, just a couple of quick vids from the film. The first one is a comparison between one scene in Do the Right Thing, which Spike lifted directly from Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter and the second is simply one of my favorite scenes from the film, at least my favorite comical scene in which Frank Vincent plays Charlie and gets his car drenched. The best part comes when he's being questioned by the cops and says (sarcastically) their names were "Moe and Joe." When asked for their last name he says, "Moe and Joe what? Moe and Joe what?! Moe and Joe Black. How's that?" To which Officer Ponte played by Miguel Sandoval says, "They're brothers sir?" Classic stuff… and then you get Ossie Davis's classic line, "Those that'll tell don't know and those that know won't tell." Vincent has a comical line after that too. Really good stuff.