DVD is worth buying just for the commentary

I see this film has got a high rating of 7.7 out of ten - but with only 16 votes! So clearly not many many people have seen this - it certainly took me a long time to obtain a copy, which I had to get from abroad.

I'm asuming that most people who may buy the dvd will have read the book, but if you're still confused after taking in both then I would like to say that the commentary by J G Ballard is very interesting and helpfull in explaining what it's about, and what drove him to write such a book. It's not quite a full length commentary, but it's over an hour long and covers most of the film. In it he explains the relationship between science and pornography; what he meant by the question "does the angle between two walls have a happy ending?"; how technology and the changing media landscape inspired the structure and form of the novel/film; how the death of his young wife was also an underlying factor determining it's formation; and many other things beside. I've heard and read quite a few interviews with Ballard attempting to explain the book, but never as lucidly and indepth as he does here.

I'm not quite sure about the film yet - haven't decided - and so I shall reserve judgement for a little while. But either way I'm glad I bought it just for the commentary. (The DVD also has a separate full length commentary from the director, but I haven't listened to it yet.)