I spent a good portion of the night listening to Richard Barrios' commentary for the roadshow of SOUTH PACIFIC. Now, the poor guy does have three hours to fill, but his comments are so full of repetition that it really constitutes about an hour of material repeated and elaborated on a bit over and over: about Mitzi Gaynor, about the color filters, about Josh Logan's movie directorial career. All suitable topics for discussion certainly, but the same opinions recited endlessly. He's done some really fine commentaries, but I think this one is too rambling. Perhaps a partner could have helped bring up other topics or engaged in some differences of opinion.
I still have about 20 minutes of film to go!