Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 3.0
Great commentaries by Scott, editor, cinematographer
Ridley Scott dominates the commentary track, which also features the editor and the cinematographer, offering insights into not only how scenes were shot but how the script developed and how the second act was expanded from the original draft. He also mentions Hans Zimmer's score quite often, which he was pleased with, and how it augmented intimate scenes and played a role to the extent of becoming "another character in the film". Zimmer has his own documentary on the second disc, too. Like Wolfgang Peterson, Scott is a fascinating listen when it comes to balancing talk of his approach to directing while sharing production anecdotes from the field. Listen for the inside joke about the two horses on Maximus' breastplate device!