On this track we cover:
- The flawed story and what could have been
- The physics-defying techno babble
- Visual effects and designs
- We explain why we love the film unconditionally anyway
- And why, in the future, we're still going to need old-fashioned pens
DOWNLOAD
Download the mp3 file here. Link.
Subscribe to the commentary podcast in iTunes. Link.
STATS
Participants: David Bjerre and Dennis Rosenfeld.
Day of recording: September 11th, 2014.
Version: Bluray version.
Movie runtime: 1.35.57
SCREENSHOTS
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| Laurence Fishburne as Captain Miller, and Sean Pertwee as "Smitty". |
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| Cool sci-fi design. |
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| Best scene Paul Anderson ever staged? Discuss. |
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| Entering the haunted house... erhm ship. |
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| The meat grinder! |
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| Goth designs. |
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| Poor Jason Isaacs. |
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| Visions of hell. Indistinguishable from footage more or less removed from a major Hollywood film. |
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| Where we're going we don't need eyes. Ironically the audience didn't see fit to face that problem. |
ADDITIONAL IMAGES
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| The gigantic daylight station model. |
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| Lewis & Clark to the rescue. |
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| The Event Horizon was built at almost full size. |
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| David's costume from the movie! (Scenes cut. Lawsuit pending) |
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| No matter how advanced we get, we'll always need pens. From Alien (1979), 2010 (1984), Total Recall (1990), and Event Horizon (1997). |
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| Paul WS Anderson likes to steal from Alien. Top right and left: Alien (1979). Bottom left: Alien vs. Predator (2004). Bottom right: Event Horizon (1997). |
ARTICLES
Cinefex, March 1998, article by Kevin H. Martin
American Cinematographer, August 1997, articles by Ron Magid
Fangoria, August 1997, article by Dave Hughes
AUDIO/VIDEO
Commentary and making of from the Special Edition.
Event Horizon miniature effects. Link.
LINKS
Alternate film studio logos. Link.
Fire in zero G. Link.
Planet distances. Link.
IMDb. Link.
