Mostly in order to be able to use the extra footage to fill in the narrative and to be able to tighten the story at the editing stage where the film is magically coming to life. Asked how he feels about home video in general and the adaption of films to the small screen, Ramis, a DVD owner himself, feels that video in general hasn t really changed filmmaking but rather changed the expectations. If a movie doesn t get seen so much in theaters and doesn t do too well at the box office, it always has a life on video. In the old days when I was a kid, if you missed movie, you missed it. There was no Blockbuster where you could rent it and watch it over and over again.
Video contributes a lot to the life of a film.
When TV proliferated our households, the industry wanted to kill it. Which one is funnier medium came around, the industry panicked. Movies are a great social experience and nothing can replace the feeling of being in a movie theater with others. Observing that sometimes the work he is the most satisfied with is not necessarily the most successful one, he mentions that it is in part because viewers just don t have the chance to notice all the details that were put into the film and that were important to the filmmakers. This was the fact that Robert DeNiro appeared in a comedic role that was far removed from his traditional perception as a serious character actor.