Behind the Scenes Video Blog for Superman Returns

Video blogs are the new black for Hollywood directors. Peter Jackson had an extremely successful production diary for King Kong, and I recently discovered the a behind-the-scenes vlog for Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns (thanks to James for pointing this out).

I enjoyed watching a number of these short videos. I appreciated their focus on a particular production element, their ability to tell a story in four or five minutes, and the lack of vapid interviews with actors. Speaking of Jackson, the best selection involves Bryan Singer flying from Australia (where they’re shooting the film) to New Zealand to help the King Kong director out. When Singer arrives, he finds Jackson nearly incoherent with exhaustion, falling asleep in the middle of a conversation like a narcoleptic.