I'm very happy to report that - despite David Lynch's forewarnings of a release that did not meet his standards - early reviews of the disc have been extremely enthusiastic, with Gary Tooze of DVD Beaver calling it "the definitive edition" of the film, and Dr. Svet Atanasov of Blu-ray.com noting that "the technical presentation is vastly superior" to prior releases both here and abroad. Dr. Atanasov also notes, "Most unfortunately, there are no supplemental features to be found on this release."
As you may have heard, or read here previously, supplementary materials had originally been planned for this release. I recorded a feature-length audio commentary that - along with some other materials - had to be scrapped at the last minute, owing to discovered contractual agreements made between Universal and Mr. Lynch that forbade any such supplementation.
Since the rights to my work have reverted to me, and since my time and effort have been remunerated, I've decided to make the unused track freely available as an mp3 download, which can be synched up to the Kino Lorber disc by anyone who may be interested.
Here is a link (right click, download linked file) to a zip file of my commentary, as well as a separate text file with some background and instructions.
Enjoy.
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