Miramax took a famous painter and turned her art and life into the stuff of which good films are made. The biopic Frida, starring Salma Hayek, is just as enjoyable on the small screen as it was in theaters, if not more so. The packed, educational, two-disc DVD is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, complete with razor-sharp colors and realistic flesh tones. The 5.1 Dolby Digital track is adequate for this dialog-driven movie. No big sound effects were present to test the audio, yet Elliot Goldenthal's score sounds amazing. French is the alternate-language track, while subtitles are in Spanish. On the first disc, the "Conversation with Salma Hayek" provides insight into the actress' eight-year struggle to get Frida to the big screen. Director Julie Taymor provides an extremely detailed and pleasant audio commentary, complete with plenty of artistic inspirations and explanations. Composer Goldenthal's commentary on the musical aspect of the film is also worth listening to. This disc wraps up with some trailers and promo fluff. On disc two, Taymor is interviewed in two segments: a Bill Moyers interview and the American Film Institute's question-and-answer session. Both offer plenty of insight into the director, the cast, and the film in general. Chavela Vargas, singer and Frida Kahlo's lover, is interviewed in a moderately long and rather rambling segment. Three more brief, yet entertaining, music-based extras follow: "The Voice of Lila Downs," "The Music of Frida," and "Salma's Recording Session." "The Portrait of an Artist" is a traditional, behind-the-scenes fluff piece almost required on all DVDs today. It's worth watching, but the more in-depth information is found in the five featurettes. The first of those is "The Vision of Frida." This brief segment deals with the film's cinematography. "The Design of Frida" and "A Walk Through the Real Locations" both deal with Kahlo's art and recreating a historical setting in the film. "Amoeba Proteus" is about special effects, as is "The Brothers Quay." Finally, there is a fact-filled segment on Kahlo facts and trivia. No DVD-ROM extras are included.