Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away
by Michael Drumm
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Actor: Steven WrightDirector: Michael Drumm
Brand: Image Entertainment
Producer: Steven Wright
Writer: Steven Wright
Producer: Michael Drumm
Editor: Amy Weller
Producer: Andrea Allen
Producer: Tim Sarkes
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 43 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-04-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away
DVD Review: Worth it for the stand-up, but skip the short film
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this because Steven Wright's "I Have a Pony" is one of my favorite comedy albums of all time. I've listened to "I Have A Pony" dozens of times and it still makes me laugh. In this DVD Steven Wright is a little harder to understand because he does mumble as other reviewers have said. (It's not just me - my husband had trouble understanding him too.) So you have to pay close attention to really get everything. His timing is incredible - the stand-up routine is 42 minutes of one-liners timed so that just as you're starting to realize how funny the preceding nonsequiter was, he hits you with another one. If you liked the song "Rachel" from "I Have A Pony," you will find more of the same great comic songs during which Wright accompanies himself on an acoustic guitar. He seems to be actually a pretty good guitarist, which makes me wish someone would put together a DVD of just his songs (I assume he has more).
The short B&W film on this DVD is inconsistent, however, with the stand-up routines, but the advertisements don't really explain that, otherwise I would have given it a "5." The short film is not only (as other reviewers have said) dark and nihilistic, but . . . well, kind of creepy. Still, I really enjoyed the stand-up. I thought the DVD was worth it for that alone. If you like Mitch Hedberg and Demetri Martin, you will probably like this as well.
Description of Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away
Dry, wry and hilariously deadpan, Steven Wright unleashes a torrent of ironic and hysterical thought-provoking one-liners in the quirky stand-up style that has become his trademark. Presented in three segments, When the Leaves Blow Away showcases the work of the Oscar-winning comedian, named #23 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest stand-up performers of all time. The DVD leads off with Wright's May 2006 performance at Toronto's historic Elgin Theater (43 min.), where he keeps an adoring audience in stitches with random observations on everything from baby monitors as a form of wiretapping to his addiction to placebos. Wright's short film One Soldier (1999; 33 min.) follows--a heady, existential tour-de-force which the comedian wrote, directed, produced and stars in. The party continues with archival footage (2 min.) from a 1988 Boston Comedy Club performance.Bestsellers in DVD
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