SLC Punk

"A surprisingly accurate and tender coming-of-age picture centered on a 1980s subculture, SLC Punk receives an excellent DVD release from Sony Pictures Classics. A real cult favorite that has found an audience on cable and video since its 1999 theatrical release, the disc features a pristine widescreen anamorphic transfer of SLC Punk and its better-than-average rock soundtrack on a separate audio track. This is a great option, even if you have to play the movie at the same time (the dialogue track gets muted out). Writer/director James Merendino drew on his own experiences growing up in Utah for SLC Punk (SLC stands for Salt Lake City) and he's joined by star Matthew Lillard in a very entertaining audio commentary track that offers insights into making the movie along with very funny insider anecdotes about the cast and crew. Merendino went on to adapt his own movie into a comic book and this edition of the DVD also provides a digital housing of the first issue of that stark, black-and-white comic, which is edgier and less humanistic than the film."