The documentary shares a great deal of the challenge of making this film, from the innovative camera work by Bill Butler to the daunting task of tooling a convincing amnitronic shark. Along with director Spielberg, producers David Brown and Richard Zanuck, screenwriters Carl Gottleib and Peter Benchley, actors Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider and composer John Williams, share their memories of making Jaws . The transfer elements are rock solid resulting in a consistently crisp picture. You can delight to the sparkle in Shaw's eyes as he enjoys the chasing his fate or remembering the past or even discern the startled eyes in the shark cage don't look too much like those of Richard Dreyfuss. The bleached out look of the beach scenes works very well in this DVD presentation.
Colors still manage to stand out vibrantly under the hot sun.
It moves in and out in sense of depth, echoing the movement of a shark through the water. Surround information is not very aggressive, though I recall one dramatic front to back pan that almost made me duck. The powerful image-making of Zhang Yimou has revealed itself in virtually every film he has made. This month's featured star is James Mason Frank Darabont is the cover interview in the current online issue of Fade-In Magazine. Check it out along with other savvy features of this excellent book Doug Pratt's been doing almost longer than anyone in the business, reviewing laser discs, that is, and now DVDs too.