Madonna Celebration: The Video Collection
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Actor: MadonnaBrand: WEA DES Moines Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-09-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Bros.
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DVD Review: it's that girl
Summary: 5 Stars
Besides Michael Jackson (may he rest in peace) there was no other artist besides Madonna that is as controversial, world-renowned, successful as a solo entertainer and known for not only her formative and innovational music-videos but for helping to invent the entire music-video genre, while also putting MTV on the map at the same time. With the appearance in her first music-video in 1980 (dancing backup to Patrick Hernandez in his club classic, the disco sensation "Born to Be Alive") over the last 30 years Madonna has appeared in more music-videos than any other entertainer, singer, performer, mother, woman, human being and dancing-queen. Through her videos Madonna not only defined a generation but also caused her viewers to question their own existence, importance and relevance. What child of the MTV generation does not remember the Madonna video marathons that they used host on a nearly monthly basis? Her videos were and are fascinating because like the star herself, they were all highly produced, over-the-top, dramatic, beautiful, sexy and very enigmatic.
Madonna has been the reigning Queen of Pop for 26 years (her debut album "Madonna" came out in the summer of '83) and Warner Bros. Records has decided to release this 2 disc DVD set, aptly titled "Celebration" in conjunction with Madonna's greatest hits CD by the same title. It's hard to believe that the most successful female entertainer in the entire world who has had more music-videos in rotation on MTV than any other artist only has 2 other video compilations (1990's "The Immaculate Collection" and the considerably less in your face, "The Video Collection 93:99" that came out at the end of the 20th century.) "Celebration" is a much needed shot of dance, entertainment and fun for both Madonna's gaggle of fans and for the casual listener of popular dance.
"Celebration" will include some of Madonna's most nonpareiled, short form music-videos. These videos are exclusive to this collection, having never been released on any other Madonna compilation yet:
1. Into The Groove
2. Who's That Girl
3. True Blue
4. Justify My Love
5. Erotica
6. American Pie
7. Music
8. Don't Tell Me
9. What It Feels Like for a Girl
10. Day Another Day
11. Hollywood
12. Love Profusion
13. Hung Up
14. Sorry
15. Get Together
16. Jump
17. 4 Minutes
18. Give It 2 Me
19. Miles Away
19. Celebration
Years ago the status symbol that said that pop stars had arrived was getting their video banned from MTV. It not only showed that they were not afraid to write their own rules, but it also showcased an entirely new form of art that everyone wanted to take part in. Today, about the only thing that these no-talent celebrities can do is walk around without any undergarments on and hope that their picture gets up on the net.
Although her "Papa Don Preach" video was very controversial for its time (because to some it polarized teen pregnancy, while others felt that she was not giving "modern" girls of the '80s the right to choose) MTV did not ban it. Instead, the music-video peaked at #1 all over the world and became Madonna's very first video single. In 1989 with the release of "Like a Prayer" Madonna almost got her long overdue wish. Although it was not banned in the US (MTV showed it every hour and every day for more than 3 consecutive months), it was banned on state-run Italian TV. Her next video, "Express Yourself" was at the time the most expensive short form ever produced. In this musical film we can see Madonna crawling on a floor, making love to a factory worker, pouring a white viscous liquid over her shoulder and watching a group of half naked men fight for her affections. However she didn't get her first banned video until the following year with "Justify My Love."
For "Justify My Love" Madonna booked up an entire floor at Parisian hotel to host a lavish sex orgy on film. Nothing was off limits, taboo, too risky or too vivid for the imagination. When the video was banned Madonna got Warner Video to release it onto home-video, making it the most successful video single in the entire history of the world while simultaneously making shop-lifters out of 10 year-olds all over the world who wanted to sneak a peak at this racy video. On the night of the premiere of "Erotica" MTV showed an entire block of Madonna videos, complete with trivia and news about her upcoming record and book of se'Xx'ual fantasies. When the video premiered at midnight Kurt Lorder introduced it saying, "What you are about to see is the music-video by arguably the most famous person in the world, this video depicts sexual acts between consenting adults. Some are not bothered by this, others are repelled by this. That is why MTV is not showing this video during regular rotation."
Throughout the mid '90s Madonna produced a core of extraordinarily cutting edge videos that are perhaps some of the very best of her entire career. In "Take a Bow" we see a thought-out love story involving a woman of the '40s and a Spanish bullfighter, the plot picked up a year later with Madonna's follow-up video "You'll See." In "Bedtime Story" Madonna takes us all on futuristic trip inside her mind. She shows her frustration in "Human Nature" and her softer side in "I Want You," "You Must Love Me" and "Love Don't Live Here Anymore." Perhaps one of Madonna's most mesmerizing videos of the '90s was her second VHS single, "Ray of Light" which also became one of her many signatures hits.
In the very first time of her career, Madonna used fast moving cinematography that showcased her darker side and caused some to wonder why she had so much anger and rage built up in "What It Feels Like for a Girl." After MTV showed the video once and then withdrew it from their regular rotating schedule Madonna released it as a video single (her second DVD single, since the avant-garde "Music"). Three years later in another first, Madonna showed a sense of decency, contrite and even respect by choosing to withdraw "American Life." Again Madonna's driving factor is no longer sexual imagery and personal fantasy, but rage, degradation and violence. In this clip Madonna skyjacks a fashion show as she holds everyone hostage. When the video was edited and redistributed to music channels around the US many were stunned. This time because Madonna wasn't nearly as outrageous or offensive or vulgar as before (she was only seen singing in front of an array of international flags).
Madonna went back to her roots in "Hung Up," performing in a retro pink leotard in a dance studio. She played the same part in the video that followed ("Sorry") which was again shocking for many to see. Not because Madonna was obscene or vulgar or undressing for the camera. This time no one could believe how youthful Madonna appeared, like she were 20 years younger. But no matter what she does, has done or will do Madonna shocks; it's a habit!
Recently I had the pleasure of speaking with a very successful entertainer and one of the most famed VJ's who was on MTV during the height of Madonna's popularity. We spoke about a lot of things but mostly about why Madonna's managed to remain so influential over the years. It is because like MTV, Madonna knew how to change with the times and "re-invent" herself with each passing year as her audience of listeners and viewers also changed. Unlike a host of other superstars of the past, Madonna learned early on that if she wanted to remain important and on the cutting edge she would have to keep her finger on not only what's commercial and what's successful but also on what's the biggest and the best. And, over the last several years since MTV stopped showing music-videos Madonna has even transcended a network that once encompassed her.
Madonna has done it all. She's been everything from a hooker to a missionary. And her videos have depicted all of her personas, nuances, fads, fashion transgressions, inner demons and retrogressions. So many of us idolized Madonna because she was the voice for the voiceless. We identified with her because not only was she speaking her mind honestly and artistically through her music and her videos, but she was also pushing the envelope in both an artistic and nonconforming manner. Who else besides Madonna could make it cool to sing on a traditional gondola, perform in a peep show, dance in front of burning crosses, show a close-up of a deceased person's stitched mouth, be chained to a bed, throw a grenade at the most powerful man in the free world or go hitchhiking in the nude?
No one else has that blatant nerve or inner desire to not only top herself, but to exceed the expectations of all of her contemporaries and protractors. They say fame is a very fleeting thing, but Madonna's legacy will live on forever, immortalized in her music-videos.
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