Encounters at the End of the World (Blu-ray)

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Audio:
The DTS-HD MA 5.1 English track is quite grand, with a wide dispersal of the majestic music and solid reproduction of Herzog´s calm, authoritative voice. Although you don´t get a lot of pyrotechnics blowing out your rear speakers, the sound design makes effective use of whispering winds to convey the vast desolation of the bottom of the Earth.

Extras:
There´s an audio commentary by Werner Herzog, producer Henry Kaiser, and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger. As with his narration, Herzog´s dry wit is very amusing, though the three participants also discuss the details of life in Antarctica as well as various aspects of the production.

"Under the Ice", "Over the Ice", "Dive Locker Interview", "South Pole Exorcism", and "Seals & Men" are featurettes with additional footage shot during the production of this movie as well as before Herzog ever got to Antarctica.

The only extra on Disc 2 is an hour-long presentation of a chat between Jonathan Demme and Werner Herzog at the Museum of the Moving Image. This is a wide-ranging discussion that is philosophical and frequently quite moving.

You also get the movie´s theatrical trailer.

--Miscellaneous--
The nice thing about Blu-ray is that the movie and all of the extras fit on one platter--no disc swapping necessary, as with the DVD edition.

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