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Summary: A wonderfully amusing documentary!
Review: If you have a sense of humor, are at least a mild fan of Air and aren't expecting to see a live concert, I think you will enjoy this video. This documentary gives a glimpse of what the band and their associates are like... I was totally surprised by this video. From listening to Air's music, you cannot really tell what lighthearted and unpretentious guys they are...
There is a lot of question and answer with many young fans, roadies and random people that is quite amusing. It's all in black and white. The end of the video features the hilarious Sexy Boy video, as well as three others, incl. a trailer for the film. I guess you either get it or you don't... you will see the band "eating, sleeping, waiting and playing" just as the title suggests.
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Summary: Good videos....
Review: lemme start of by saying i was reeally dissapointed with this documentary. having fast forwarded practically all of the video because of the bore. only good reason to own this dvd is because of some unreleased art work from the band AND the music videos that is in it "sexy boy", "kelly watch the stars", "all i need", and "le soleil est pres de moi". the music videos are really entertaining to watch. Fav. video "all i need". besides that the documentary really bites. everytime the band would be in an interview all u ever got to hear was the reporters questions and thats it, the video would cut off to another scene as soon as the french duo would open their mouths, questions that i was really interested in knowing the answers. besides that theres that annoying camera thats always panning left to right in practically every scene ( it goes so far to the left and right that u see the walls 75 percent of the time and of the band 25 ) you get practically no info on the the band, and when it was over i was still in the same place as when i put the dvd in. i absolutely love AIR but this documentary doesnt do it justice. Good only for the videos and art work.
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Summary: Good videos....
Review: lemme start of by saying i was reeally dissapointed with this documentary. having fast forwarded practically all of the video because of the bore. only good reason to own this dvd is because of some unreleased art work from the band AND the music videos that is in it "sexy boy", "kelly watch the stars", "all i need", and "le soleil est pres de moi". the music videos are really entertaining to watch. Fav. video "all i need". besides that the documentary really bites. everytime the band would be in an interview all u ever got to hear was the reporters questions and thats it, the video would cut off to another scene as soon as the french duo would open their mouths, questions that i was really interested in knowing the answers. besides that theres that annoying camera thats always panning left to right in practically every scene ( it goes so far to the left and right that u see the walls 75 percent of the time and of the band 25 ) you get practically no info on the the band, and when it was over i was still in the same place as when i put the dvd in. i absolutely love AIR but this documentary doesnt do it justice. Good only for the videos and art work.
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Summary: Kelly Watch the Stars (but you don't)
Review: The Air DVD is mildly disappointing given it is marketed as a documentary on the duo, but the "complete works of Air" (4 video clips) are actually worth the money for the DVD. The video clips, while only song-length, really are mini films and are pretty snappy mixtures of cinematography, slick retro French design, and that mellow sexy groove. It's worth noting that the video clips are actually different versions of the songs than what's on the CD, so if you are a real Air fan this makes the DVD worth it alone.The video clip of "Kelly Watch the Stars" is particularly impressive and gave me an interesting, different interpretation of the song from how I originally perceived it. The version on the DVD has more 'cha cha' clap sounds added into it which spice it up more than the originally very mellow version, but I actually prefer this new version. A word of warning - I have a Pioneer DV525 with a region modification, and although this disc is an all-region disc, I have had some problems getting it to work properly. The main problem is video corruption after the copyright message at the beginning of the disc. However I have been able to work around this by pressing "Menu" after the copyright message which refreshes the menu and everything seems to work fine. I suspect this could just be a problem with my player and region modification but I thought I would mention it anyway. Overall - a worthwhile addition to your collection if only to play the video clips on repeat at a party (which you can do, by programming the titles on your DVD by the way). But don't expect much from the documentary on the disc.
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Summary: Air....exactly as the title states
Review: This is not an exciting video to watch - quite the contrary: It's boring. It outlines the "Moon Safari" tour with brutal honesty - the fact that nothing really happens when you're a french duo touring with your american backup band. A lot of questions are asked by the director of the film (which makes me wonder what the focus of the movie REALLY was?) to unsuspecting passerbys (eg; "Do you eat at McDonald's?"). I think the whole point to this film is to bore you. The two stars I give it are for the videos at the end for the spectacular track "Sexy Boy," and the follow-up, "Kelly Watch the Stars," which features a mix previously unreleased! The video for "All I need" bored me more than the 2 hours worth of documentary preceeding it.
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Summary: Air....exactly as the title states
Review: This is not an exciting video to watch - quite the contrary: It's boring. It outlines the "Moon Safari" tour with brutal honesty - the fact that nothing really happens when you're a french duo touring with your american backup band. A lot of questions are asked by the director of the film (which makes me wonder what the focus of the movie REALLY was?) to unsuspecting passerbys (eg; "Do you eat at McDonald's?"). I think the whole point to this film is to bore you. The two stars I give it are for the videos at the end for the spectacular track "Sexy Boy," and the follow-up, "Kelly Watch the Stars," which features a mix previously unreleased! The video for "All I need" bored me more than the 2 hours worth of documentary preceeding it.
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Summary: Definitely Not your typical Documentary!
Review: This is one quirky film. It had me puzzled at first but by the end I was laughing out loud. Yes, this is a documentary about Air's (The French band) first world tour with their album 'Moon Safari'. It contains playful interviews with the artist themselves, band members and average people on the street! The only complaint is that I just wished it contained more concert footage of the show itself. (But maybe that because I missed their tour.) All four music videos are included especially 'Kelly Watch the Stars' which sounds incredible! Overall, a fun documentary trying to capture and understand the insanity of touring.
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Summary: Only worth it for the promos at the end of the tape...
Review: This video's pretty old but I thought I'd contribute a review of it anyway...
Being a big fan of Air's music and videos, I was really looking forward to something special with this video but it really is the most boring bag of rubbish I've ever payed money for.
It's so disappointing.
All it seems to be about is the Air boys dossing around with their mates "Phoenix" and Beck's backing band... It's such a ridiculous idea to just simply release this "documentary" when they really should have made it as a supplement to the full concert. ....
In terms of music, all we are "treated" to are some short clips of them performing live but not enough to make it interesting.
... But it does have two redeeming features which is possibly worth the price of buying the video: The brilliant videos for "Sexy Boy" and "Kelly Watch The Stars" which are on after the main feature. I really can't see the point of getting this tape except for the promos.
Overall then: VERY disappointing.
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Summary: Why wasn't it a DVD of a Live show???
Review: Why wasn't this DVD a live show??? Air are notorious for rearranging their songs live, but all we see are just JB playing the theremin and Beth singing for 2 seconds each. This documentary in itself was half-cooked. It is just that we never got to see more about Nicholas and Jean-Benoit, only edited interviews, reviews from newspapers from New York, LA and London all reporting the same thing: A french duo with the sounds of the kitschy 70s, Burt Bacharach, and bla bla bla. Yet there some hilarious scenes with their back-up band, who is Beck's band as well (Catch the rap version of All I Need.) Although the music videos are a nice add-on to the film, it is not worth the twenty dollars, unless you love to collect Air items. Hopefully Air will have some fun on their next DVD, like Björk and Daft Punk have before.
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Summary: Why wasn't it a DVD of a Live show???
Review: Why wasn't this DVD a live show??? Air are notorious for rearranging their songs live, but all we see are just JB playing the theremin and Beth singing for 2 seconds each. This documentary in itself was half-cooked. It is just that we never got to see more about Nicholas and Jean-Benoit, only edited interviews, reviews from newspapers from New York, LA and London all reporting the same thing: A french duo with the sounds of the kitschy 70s, Burt Bacharach, and bla bla bla. Yet there some hilarious scenes with their back-up band, who is Beck's band as well (Catch the rap version of All I Need.) Although the music videos are a nice add-on to the film, it is not worth the twenty dollars, unless you love to collect Air items. Hopefully Air will have some fun on their next DVD, like Björk and Daft Punk have before.
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