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Summary: Videos from "Out of Time," and some other neat stuff.
Review: A good collection of videos from the "Out of Time" songbook. The standards like "Losing my Religion" and "Shiny Happy People" are here, as are less-frequently aired videos, such as "Near Wild Heaven" and "Half a World Away." (Check out the duet between Mills and Stipe on "Love is All Around.") There's some bizarre footage between the videos, such as a ferris wheel and a huge tower being erected, but somehow it seems to fit.
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Summary: Some of R.E.M. very finest film moments
Review: As others have said, this collection includes the well-known classics like "Losing My Religion" and "Shiny Happy People", but there are other treasures to be found. The video for "Low" is one of the coolest videos I have ever seen by any artist. It has to be seen to be believed - I won't spoil it for you because I want you to see it for yourself. The video for "Radio Song" also has some very inventive things going on in it. The last 2 videos, "Half A World Away" and "Country Feedback", filmed on super-8, perfectly capture the mood of the songs - dark, lonely and forlorn. An essential companion piece to one of R.E.M.'s truly classic albums, "Out Of Time".
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Summary: Worth buying again and again and again
Review: I must really like this album since I have the CD, the Laser Video version and now have just purchased the DVD.This is a fantastic album. Period! What else is there to say? Buy it.
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Summary: Worth buying again and again and again
Review: I must really like this album since I have the CD, the Laser Video version and now have just purchased the DVD. This is a fantastic album. Period! What else is there to say? Buy it.
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Summary: Excellent Video, It's a must have video!!!!!
Review: If you enjoyed R.E.M.'s alblum Out of Time, you will definately enjoy this video. This video is a collection of the videos of the song's from that alblum. It has the widely known videos such as Losing My Religion and Shiny Happy people to some rarely played videos such as Country Feedback and Half a World Away. The duet between Micheal Stipe and Mike Mills on the song Love is All Around originally performed by the Troggs is quite possibly one of the best parts of the video. Also, included on the video is footage from the Late Show in the UK where R.E.M. performed Losing My Religion. Overall, this tape is a definate must have for any R.E.M. fan.
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Summary: Great Videos, Terrible Video
Review: These are some of my favourite R.E.M. videos! I was saddened by the terrible production quality on the DVD, however. There is extreme artifacting and poor colour through out. I will put-off purchasing other videos until they re-master this series.
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Summary: Great Videos, Terrible Video
Review: These are some of my favourite R.E.M. videos! I was saddened by the terrible production quality on the DVD, however. There is extreme artifacting and poor colour through out. I will put-off purchasing other videos until they re-master this series.
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Summary: Some of R.E.M.'s finest film moments
Review: This is a collection of music videos that were done for the Out of Time album, as well as a couple of promotional appearances in support of the album. Let's look at them clip by clip. First up is "Losing My Religion", which is undeniably one of the most indelible music videos ever to be emblazoned on our collective mind by MTV and one of THE most unforgettable videos of the 90s. Stunning visual imagery and some mighty groovy dancing by Michael Stipe come together to make this a classic. Though the clip is full of what seems to be blatant religious imagery and biblical references, the song is not about literally losing your religion. The band maintain to this day that "losing my religion" is a southern phrases that means that you are at the end of your rope and in actuality, has nothing to do with religion. Anyhow, it's a beautiful video from the pitcher of milk tumbling from the windowsill at the beginning (the moment at which the pitcher hits the floor coincides with the first note of the song) right up until the final shot of the band fades. "Shiny Happy People" is about the most colorful and happy video you'll ever see. It features the band (with Michael dressed in a very shiny happy type outfit), Kate Pierson (of fellow Athens, GA band The B-52's) and a large assortment of random people trying their damnedest to be shiny and happy. Notice that Peter plays a mandolin in the video even though there is no mandolin on the song. Watch for lots of blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments like little shy smiles from Michael and Bill smiling and poking his drumsticks out at you (it's guaranteed to crack you up). "Near Wild Heaven" shows the band hanging out at some kind of bar or cafe and looking hep. Michael looks like a bonafide beatnik here with his horn-rimmed glasses, a goatee and a fedora (worn extra high in true Stipean fashion). Scenes of the band hanging out are intercut with scenes of other hep folks hanging out and kids playing in the water from a fire hydrant. Also, the whole thing is shot in a beautiful pink, sepia, and blue tones. Cool video, but nothing noteworthy. Now the "Radio Song" video is very cool. It employs the very unique and innovative idea of projecting footage of the band onto big white cards (and other things like open pages of a book and a board fence) held by who else, the band (along with KRS-One, who raps on the track). Next we have a clip from R.E.M.'s 1991 appearance on MTV Unplugged, performing the Troggs classic, "Love Is All Around". Get ready to watch Mike Mills take the spotlight with lead vocals as Michael accompanies in the backround. After that, a nice little acoustic performance of "Losing My Religion" from The Late show on the BBC. Nothing spectacular as far as visuals go (although there is a pretty cool looking set behind the band), but a nice version of the song. Now for my favorite video of the whole tape, "Low". This is easily the most interesting and innovative video in the collection. They take a group of paintings from the University of Georgia Art Department and recreate them in real life, then film both in a seamless fashion. So you get to watch the paintings literally come to life and you find yourself wondering whether the paintings were ever really paintings at all. Incredible. The video for "Belong" is made up of mostly live footage that was taken during the filming for Tourfilm, which is superimposed over footage of buildings and various other structures filmed from a moving vehicle. The live footage is preceded by shots of a woman and her baby in an effort to convey the story in the song, a mother who wishes for her child to belong. "Half A World Away" is a sullen video, shot in black and white and showing actor Tom Gilroy wandering around in a middle-of-nowhere kind of area and acting lonely since after all, he is half a world away from his loved ones. Kind of boring but it does a good job of conveying and evoking the feel and emotion of the song. Finally, "Country Feedback" is easily the most emotional and melancholy song of the album, if not the best song, so the video has a lot of expectations to live up to and it does a good job of complimenting the song. It's full of dark, abstract super-8 footage of things like passing steam trains (with Michael standing alongside), blurry closeups of people's faces, desolate streetscapes with people lighting fireworks, and a woman looking anxiously out of her apartment window. Looks a lot like the song sounds, slow and dirgelike. The whole thing is cemented together by little bits of what the end credits refer to as interstitial footage. These are just tiny little clips of random things (such as a seaside dock or the Rev. Howard Finster putting a finishing touch on some metal contraption he has built) that are accompanied usually by a lyrical line from the upcoming video's song. In short, an essential companion piece to Out of Time.
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Summary: Some of R.E.M.'s finest film moments
Review: This is a collection of music videos that were done for the Out of Time album, as well as a couple of promotional appearances in support of the album. Let's look at them clip by clip. First up is "Losing My Religion", which is undeniably one of the most indelible music videos ever to be emblazoned on our collective mind by MTV and one of THE most unforgettable videos of the 90s. Stunning visual imagery and some mighty groovy dancing by Michael Stipe come together to make this a classic. Though the clip is full of what seems to be blatant religious imagery and biblical references, the song is not about literally losing your religion. The band maintain to this day that "losing my religion" is a southern phrases that means that you are at the end of your rope and in actuality, has nothing to do with religion. Anyhow, it's a beautiful video from the pitcher of milk tumbling from the windowsill at the beginning (the moment at which the pitcher hits the floor coincides with the first note of the song) right up until the final shot of the band fades. "Shiny Happy People" is about the most colorful and happy video you'll ever see. It features the band (with Michael dressed in a very shiny happy type outfit), Kate Pierson (of fellow Athens, GA band The B-52's) and a large assortment of random people trying their damnedest to be shiny and happy. Notice that Peter plays a mandolin in the video even though there is no mandolin on the song. Watch for lots of blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments like little shy smiles from Michael and Bill smiling and poking his drumsticks out at you (it's guaranteed to crack you up). "Near Wild Heaven" shows the band hanging out at some kind of bar or cafe and looking hep. Michael looks like a bonafide beatnik here with his horn-rimmed glasses, a goatee and a fedora (worn extra high in true Stipean fashion). Scenes of the band hanging out are intercut with scenes of other hep folks hanging out and kids playing in the water from a fire hydrant. Also, the whole thing is shot in a beautiful pink, sepia, and blue tones. Cool video, but nothing noteworthy. Now the "Radio Song" video is very cool. It employs the very unique and innovative idea of projecting footage of the band onto big white cards (and other things like open pages of a book and a board fence) held by who else, the band (along with KRS-One, who raps on the track). Next we have a clip from R.E.M.'s 1991 appearance on MTV Unplugged, performing the Troggs classic, "Love Is All Around". Get ready to watch Mike Mills take the spotlight with lead vocals as Michael accompanies in the backround. After that, a nice little acoustic performance of "Losing My Religion" from The Late show on the BBC. Nothing spectacular as far as visuals go (although there is a pretty cool looking set behind the band), but a nice version of the song. Now for my favorite video of the whole tape, "Low". This is easily the most interesting and innovative video in the collection. They take a group of paintings from the University of Georgia Art Department and recreate them in real life, then film both in a seamless fashion. So you get to watch the paintings literally come to life and you find yourself wondering whether the paintings were ever really paintings at all. Incredible. The video for "Belong" is made up of mostly live footage that was taken during the filming for Tourfilm, which is superimposed over footage of buildings and various other structures filmed from a moving vehicle. The live footage is preceded by shots of a woman and her baby in an effort to convey the story in the song, a mother who wishes for her child to belong. "Half A World Away" is a sullen video, shot in black and white and showing actor Tom Gilroy wandering around in a middle-of-nowhere kind of area and acting lonely since after all, he is half a world away from his loved ones. Kind of boring but it does a good job of conveying and evoking the feel and emotion of the song. Finally, "Country Feedback" is easily the most emotional and melancholy song of the album, if not the best song, so the video has a lot of expectations to live up to and it does a good job of complimenting the song. It's full of dark, abstract super-8 footage of things like passing steam trains (with Michael standing alongside), blurry closeups of people's faces, desolate streetscapes with people lighting fireworks, and a woman looking anxiously out of her apartment window. Looks a lot like the song sounds, slow and dirgelike. The whole thing is cemented together by little bits of what the end credits refer to as interstitial footage. These are just tiny little clips of random things (such as a seaside dock or the Rev. Howard Finster putting a finishing touch on some metal contraption he has built) that are accompanied usually by a lyrical line from the upcoming video's song. In short, an essential companion piece to Out of Time.
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Summary: Perfect
Review: This movie ruled. I think all the Out of Time videos are there, and 2 live performences. Stipey rules too. Buy the movie-now!
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