There was once a time when having a director’s personal commentary on your favorite DVD was the best way to hear their behind-the-scenes thoughts on the movie. No longer.
Last month The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan had a live chat with thousands of people who watched the movie synchronously on their own Blu-ray players from their own well-worn couches. Viewers used their remote controls and the interactive format called BD-live (BD=”Blu-ray Disc”) to send in questions; Nolan answered in kind, and could even pause all the viewers’ Blu-ray players when he had to answer the call of nature. (According to one blogger, Nolan said Dark Knight “is a 2-pee movie. I need to make a shorter film next time.” Yeah, just think about what that ending that never ended did to all of us who saw it in the theater, buddy.)
