Duran Duran - Greatest - The DVD
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Actor: Duran DuranBrand: Capitol Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 195 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-04
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Capitol
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DVD Review: Greatest
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the most complete collection of Duran Duran's videos that I know of ranging from Planet Earth in 1981 to Electric Barbarella in 1997. It also includes the banned ones Girls on Film and The Chauffeur. The edited Girls on Film and the one with the alternative-ending can be found in the hidden extras. First of all, you can find out how to view the hidden extras by going to duranduran.com under Frequently Asked Questions in the Ask Katy section.
Also, to access the sub menus with the videos you have to click on every other letter of Greatest which is the starting menu.
There are two discs, the first disc including the videos done by the original five (LeBon, Rhodes and the three Taylors) and the second disc includes the videos that were made during the weird period where the band was continuously losing and adding members.
All the songs from the Greatest album are included, along with The Chauffeur and Burning the Ground, the latter being a montage of various songs and videos of theirs prior to '89.
First Disc----
Planet Earth: This is a cool video with water and fire and very tacky clothing.
Girls on Film: Supposedly about exploitation of models (from what Simon says in the hidden audio interview) and that's what the lyrics suggest (they sound very sarcastic) but Simon does admit that the uncensored video definitely "overshadowed" this message. Sexist, tasteless, indecent---you name it. Incredibly exaggerated, I can't see how anyone would take it seriously. Not for kids by any stretch of the imagination, though. It was banned by MTV.
The Chauffeur: Kind of artsy but didn't need the nudity and I read that Nick Rhodes admitted it was inspired by a particular movie which deals with the sadomasochistic relationship between a Nazi and a Holocaust survivor. With this in mind, the video is actually quite interesting, if not sexist. But I'm not pc, I don't care about that. It's got those Nazi undertones simply due to its connection to this movie, though the closest Nazi-like image in the video is the authoritative way the chauffeur is dressed and a security guard (or perhaps it's the chauffeur again) who shows up near the end with a flashlight. Both are reminiscent of the aforementioned movie. It was also inspired by the works of some artist or photographer, I can't think of his name. The band members are not shown in the video. But Billy Idol's ex-girlfriend Perri Lister is the dancing woman at the end.
Hungry Like the Wolf: DD finally gives porn a rest and goes instead for suggested nakedness. A video in the vein of Indiana Jones where Simon is hunting down a scantily-clad woman in tiger paint while the other band members are hunting him down. Takes place in Sri Lanka. Apparently it was slapped together with no emphasis on meaning, but rather on how the lyrics made the band and director feel.
Rio: Rio teases the boys and has them running all over the place, trying to catch her. John throws Andy off the boat while the others snap their fingers and sing "Oh Rio, Rio".
Save a Prayer: The boys roam the beaches of Sri Lanka in expensive suits (and I don't mean the kind you swim in.)
Is There Something I Should Know?: Takes place mostly in some kind of shadowy room with the band singing to a light shining through the ceiling. Great video.
Union of the Snake: Takes place in the desert. Simon is led into an underground place where he meets up with all kinds of shady characters and spends the rest of the video trying to escape with this kid whom you never find out what happens to. Simon has once said that the song is about the fear of the subconscious breaking through the conscious mind (maybe he was fibbing like he seems to always do when he explains song meanings because he has said repeatedly that he doesn't believe in explaining) and the video seems to go along with this explanation if you think about the underground world as the "subconscious". Am I giving it too much thought?
New Moon on Monday: Mostly has band members plotting something, running around a city in France with lighted torches and waving flags, while those in authority ride around on horses.
The Reflex: Made to look like a live concert with all kinds of special effects.
Wild Boys: Band battling it out with the "wild boys" who try to drag them down. Simon is tied to a windmill that churns water. John is chained to a car. The others fly through the air. I don't know what is going on with Nick. The song is based on the book The Wild Boys by William Burroughs.
A View to a Kill: Clips from Bond but the band also takes part in a sort of spy plot.
The second disc includes Notorious (mostly them dancing), Skin Trade (Kinda stylish. Simon is wearing a Freddy Krueger like shirt and gloves), I Don't Want Your Love, All She Wants Is, Serious, Burning the Ground, Ordinary World, Come Undone (which takes place in an aquarium room with a woman singing underwater, trying to free herself from these chains wrapped around her) and Electric Barbarella (affair with a robot. Sexist but so ridiculous. Seems tongue-in-cheek).
Overall, good collection. The hidden extras are annoying to find, but pretty good. The extras include a chopped up video of Violence of the Summer.
Description of Duran Duran - Greatest - The DVD
The definitive Duran Duran video collection on a 2-DVD set! DVD 1: Planet Earth, Girls on Film (long uncensored version), The Chauffer, Hungry Like The Wolf, Save A Prayer, Rio, Is There Something I Should Know?, Union of the Snake, New Moon On Monday (EP Version), The Reflex, Wild Boys (7" Edit Version), A View To A Kill DVD 2: Notorious, Skin Trade, I Don?t Want Your Love, All She Wants Is, Serious, Burning The Ground, Ordinary World, Come Undone (Uncensored version), Electric BarbarellaAlternative Rock Music CDs
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