The Shadow Audio Commentary

"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?". The Shadow from 1994 was the first big budget Hollywood attempt to make a film about the classic pulp anti-hero. Did they succeed? We investigate. The film was directed by Russell Mulcahy, written by David Koepp, based on the work of Walter B. Gibson, and produced by Martin Bregman. On this track we cover: • Creating a modern retro action adventure • The origin of The Shadow • The pulps and the radioplays • Visual effects • The utter implausibility of being able to cloud men's minds. • And David talks about Alec Baldwin's hair