Raging Bull

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From 'Raging Bull' to 'Gone Girl', The Best Movie Commentary Tracks (Collider.com)

From Ben Affleck with Armageddon to Martin Scorsese with Raging Bull, here are the most fascinating movie commentary tracks.

[David Fincher](https://collider.com/mindhunter-david-fincher-not-coming-back/) on this incredible commentary track for [Gone Girl](https://collider.com/movies-like-gone-girl-to-watch-next/). Church refers to his body as "billowing flesh," his nose being a "vesuvian tent on the plane of my face," and his rear being "dueling pillowcases full of milk." The most notable feature of this commentary is the inclusion of Scorsese's most vital collaborator, his long-time editor, [Thelma Schoonmaker](https://collider.com/tag/thelma-schoonmaker/). [Paul Giamatti](http://collider.com/tag/paul-giamatti/) and [Thomas Haden Church](https://collider.com/tag/thomas-haden-church/) evokes the same feeling that drives Sideways: The sense that you are on a pleasant vacation. Throughout the film, he is mocking the ridiculousness of the plot and [Michael Bay](https://collider.com/tag/michael-bay/)'s broad characterization of the heroic working class and the button-pushers working for NASA. It is quite endearing to hear Anderson express initial feelings of regret when casting Burt Reynolds, as he feared that the casting of an old relic of the '70s would appear too on the nose and as a cheap novelty. [Rian Johnson](https://collider.com/tag/rian-johnson/) was finally able to break through and record a commentary for [Glass Onion,](https://collider.com/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery/) released on Netflix. [Ben Affleck](http://collider.com/tag/ben-affleck/), whose one-man show is a hilarious heat-check performance. The star of this track is unquestionably [Martin Scorsese](http://collider.com/tag/martin-scorsese/), and that passion is on full display in the commentary for one of his many masterpieces. He sounds the proudest whenever he is in awe of all the set pieces of 1940s New York City. The average streaming service has unfortunately disregarded the various forms of insightfulness, film education, and pure comedy that DVD/Blu-ray commentaries have to offer.

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