New York Times: Anatomies of Scenes (with commentary by directors)

HereComesMongo

These are great, don't have patience to sit through entire movie with commentary:

https://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/?action=click&contentCollection&region=TopBar&WT.nav=searchWidget&module=SearchSubmit&pgtype=Homepage#/anatomy+of+a+scene/since1851/allresults/1/allauthors/newest/

May hit pay wall:

David

Watched the Dunkirk one, not overly fond of commentaries - I want to watch the movie not analyse it.

HereComesMongo

Think I watched the entire commentary to Airplane, which was a blast, so comedy commentary better.

David

I tried to watch a couple of others...just find it, over-analysed? 

jayn_j

Depends.  I only watch the commentary when I really love the film.  You find wonderful tidbits that way.

For example, listening to the commentary for Singin in the Rain, I learned that Jean Hagen dubbed Debbie Reynolds voice in the scene where Kathy Selden (Debbie) is dubbing Lina Lamont's (Hagen) voice.  I find that priceless and well worth listening just for that bit.