For All Mankind (The Criterion Collection)
The Criterion Collection DVD makes this indispensable record of theApollospace program even better. The likable interaction between director Al Reinert andApollo 17astronaut Eugene Cernan creates a noteworthy audio commentary. Reinert focuses us on how the images here are better than any other NASA footage and on curious mission facts (why the earlierGeminiprogram created superior shots of the earth, for instance). Cernan, the most philosophical of the 12 moonwalkers, discusses at length the life-altering experience of space travel. By using the subtitle menu, each onscreen astronaut (and astronaut's voiceover) is identified. The film's sound and Brian Eno's evocative musical score has been remixed for a Dolby Digital 5.1 mix.--Doug Thomas