Drawing on interviews with producers, directors, and scholars, and examining the DVD's supplementary features, this book explores how the format, at its best, combines the enthusiasm of a fan, cinematic nostalgia, and scholarly insight.

Autorentext
Mark Parker is a Professor of English at the James Madison University. Deborah Parker is a Professor of Italian at the University of Virginia.

Inhalt
The DVD and New Media * DVD Production and DVD Producers * Setting the Standard: The History of The Criterion Collection * Directors and DVD Commentary: the Specifics of Intention * Directorial Commentary and Film Study: The Case of Atom Egoyan * Scholarly Commentary and Film Study * The Anthologizing Impulse