Good DVD audio commentaries

[J-Mac]

I've been watching some feature length commentaries recently, and I've noticed big discrepancies in how interesting and entertaining they can be. A lot of commentaries consist of actors saying things like, "Oh, and Bob, who did our sound, yeah, he was great. Oh, and Susan, who did the make-up, she did a great job. And our director was good. And in this shot, you can see my friend Tony, that nobody watching this DVD cares about AT ALL, eating a pizza. *three minutes of silence before actor remembers how good the stupid f--king gaffer was*"

Some commentaries, though, I have found to be really cool. For example, I got a lot out of listening to Roger Ebert's commentary on Citizen Kane. The most illuminating I have found so far was commentary by a professor of Japanese film on the Criterion Collection of "Seven Samurai." He was a little overly gushy with regards to Kurosawa, but he explained a lot about the troupe of actors and shot composition and the cultural significance of the film that I would have no way of knowing on my own.

There are two commentary tracks on Swingers, one with Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau and the other with the director and editor, and while they weren't outstanding, they did give some interesting insight into the reality of making a low-but-not-really-low budget film.

I'm in the middle of listening to Scorsese's commentary on Raging Bull, which I'm enjoying so far but it is a little more sparse with details than I was expecting/hoping so far.

Anyone who's heard particularly interesting commentary tracks, please post here. I'd like to check out some more good ones.