Movie Music Archives #013: “Flash Gordon” director’s commentary
“Flash Gordon”. One of our favorite sci-fi films, with one of the best soundtracks in the history of soundtracks, courtesy of Queen. It’s been out-of-print on DVD here in the U.S. for years now, but it’s still available in the U.K., complete with a director’s commentary track by Mike Hodges, who also helmed “Croupier” and the original “Get Carter.”
On the track, Hodges reveals that he took over for fellow British director Nic Roeg during pre-production, and that during the shooting of the film, basically he had absolutely no idea what he was doing, and was making everything up as he went along with the cast and crew day-by-day. Not exactly the kind of thing an uber-fan of a film wants to hear, but we’re still no less entertained by the film after having known this. And — we know this isn’t exactly music, but it’s better filed under the “Movie Music Archives” banner than the other categories we have going.
“Flash Gordon” Region 2 DVD commentary track - Mike Hodges, director (MP3)