Photo: Paramount PicturesĪnd then there is the DVD commentary – the extra soundtrack featuring the director, producer, star, etc. Producer/Star Tom Cruise, director Christopher McQuarrie and co-star Rebecca Ferguson working on a scene in Mission: Impossible - Fallout.

I’ve seen some discs that have early audition tapes for the actors showing how much of their performance arrived fully-formed and how much developed on set. Often there will be behind-the-scenes ‘making of’ documentaries offering PR-approved insight into the production. Another reason is that you can lend that disc to a friend and – with any luck – they might lend you something in return.īut for many film fans, the reason to prefer discs over downloads are the extras – all that juicy bonus content (and I’m not talking about the annoying trailers or piracy warnings you have to watch before the feature starts).

Films appear and disappear from online streaming and rental services all the time according to the whims and whimsy of international content contracts. One reason is, once you own a physical copy that you can play whenever you want. With most big blockbuster movies making simultaneous home video appearances online ( Apple, Lightbox) at the same time as physical media, and with rental availability for silver discs getting ever more slim, why should we still bother with DVD and Blu-ray? Tom Cruise acting and flying simultaneously in Mission: Impossible - Fallout.

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