The biographies and theatrical trailers are on the first disc along with the film. The rest of the extras are on the second disc.
Interview with Dario Argento
Dario seems in a very sombre mood during the interview but I think this may have something to do with the questions he is asked. There are a couple of occasions where he has to correct the interviewer which is never a good sign. And when he is asked ' how did you prepare spiritually to work with insects?' you can almost see the disdain on his face. You certainly don't learn much about PHENOMENA from this line of questioning.
The interview also suffers from clumsily translated (at least the English ones) subtitles. At times it was difficult to understand what the question being asked actually was!
Interview with Claudio Simonetti
This is a much better effort and actually asks some questions that are pertinent and has answers that we don't already know. I particularly enjoyed 'why don't you write some original work instead of recycling old Goblin tunes?', or words to that effect.
Claudio comes across very well and doesn't seem the egomaniac I thought him to be. This interview must have been conducted some time ago as he says nothing about Goblin getting back together to do NONHOSONNO. The English subtitles are still rubbish though.
Interview with Luigi Cozzi
I was also surprised at what a nice guy Luigi seems from this interview. He speaks in English and this time I believe is interviewed by Michael, the head of Dragon Entertainment, in the basement museum of the Profondo Rosso store in Roma.
He talks frankly about his early days and how Dario kick started his career and has helped ever since.
Behind the Scenes Segment
Yes, this is exactly the same segment as on the Anchor Bay dvd! There must be something out there about PHENOMENA that has not already been released on dvd?
VALLEY music video
Where have you seen this before?
JENNIFER music video
And this?
Simonetti plays JENNIFER
This is a recording of Claudio's piano rendition of the tune especially for this disc. It's OK but its not that special either.
PHENOMENA postcard
This is just a picture of a postcard signed by Dario, Claudio and Luigi. Initially the reason for this is not apparent (why is it not part of the PHENOMENA gallery?). However, there is an Easter Egg hidden here which is quite amusing. If you want to know how to access it, click here.
PHENOMENA gallery
Much as you would expect, this is a gallery comprising of stills, behind the scenes photos, Posters, Video jackets, and Lobby cards presented with a music soundtrack. However, you can't control anything; it just scrolls through the ../images at a pre-determined rate.
JENNIFER CONNELLY gallery
Same thing again here; a scrolling collection of stills and publicity photos taken from various sources including one of the wallpapers from the Tribute to Jennifer Connelly site. |
