This is an interesting audio interview with Faye Dunaway from 1981. Chinatown is discussed for a few minutes, beginning at 23:35. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOGskigbjwY
Unfortunately, Dunaway declined to be interviewed for the Chinatown DVD extras, which were produced around 10 years ago, presumably because the making of the film was an unhappy experience for her.
Unfortunately, Dunaway declined to be interviewed for the Chinatown DVD extras, which were produced around 10 years ago, presumably because the making of the film was an unhappy experience for her.
I didn't mean the Chinatown commentary track, but rather the making-of featurettes and one-on-one interviews in which most of the principals took part (Polanski, Towne, Nicholson, Evans). Many of these DVD extras are made by one guy—Laurent Bouzereau (check out his IMDb page)—and Dunaway did participate in the Bouzereau-produced extras for Bonnie and Clyde and Network. Dunaway and Polanski may have finally reached a detente—forty years later—as Polanski has mentioned that they chatted at the Cannes Film Festival a few years ago, and evidently she praised his work in her interview at the TCM Festival earlier this year.
shareOkay. Though aside from that, have you noticed there are very few women included in DVD commentary tracks? It's usually several guys. Or 1 male director along with 1 male star.
Maybe it's because the offscreen creative team for most films (director, writers and producers) are male. But really, they don't seem to go out of their way to include leading ladies in commentary tracks at all : ( At least, in those I've listened to.
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I haven't listened to any commentary tracks in a while, but you're probably right that it has to do with the fact that it's such a male-dominated industry. One exception that comes to mind is Jeanne Moreau (alongside author Serge Toubiana) for Jules and Jim, though I think that dates back to the 2002 French DVD release.
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