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List Price: $19.99 | | Label: Palm Pictures / Umvd
Salesrank: 32753
Released: October 28, 2003 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 10/28/2003
Description of Director's Series, Vol. 2 - The Work of Director Chris Cunningham:
Like the other volumes in the acclaimed Director's Series (featuring the work of Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry), The Work of Director Chris Cunningham offers a feast of visual ingenuity, with one major difference: Unlike the relatively playful brightness of Jonze and Gondry, Cunningham wants to involve you in his nightmares. From the urban monstrosities of Aphex Twin's "Come to Daddy" to the limb-shattering weirdness of Leftfield's "Afrika Shox," Cunningham's music videos emphasize the freakish and the bizarre, but they are also arrestingly beautiful and otherworldly, as in the aquatic effects used for Portishead's "Only You," combining underwater movements with ominous urban landscapes. Some of Cunningham's shock effects are horrifically effective (his 'flex" video installation, excerpted here with music by Aphex Twin, is as disturbing as anything conjured by David Cronenberg), while others are cathartic or, in the case of Aphex Twin's "Windowlicker," outrageously amusing. And while the eerie elegance of Madonna's "Frozen" arose from a chaotic production, the signature work in this collection is clearly Björk's "All Is Full of Love," a masterfully simple yet breathtaking vision of intimacy involving advanced robotics and seamless CGI composites. In these and other videos, Cunningham advances a unique aesthetic, infusing each video and commercial he makes with a dark, occasionally gothic sensibility. That these frequently nightmarish visions are also infectiously hypnotic is a tribute to Cunningham's striking originality. --Jeff Shannon
Director's Series, Vol. 2 - The Work of Director Chris Cunningham Reviews:
Good sellers 
2009-05-02 - It was a great price for how good of condition it is in. I would buy from them again.
Trippy. 
2008-10-23 - I bought this DVD to play in the background at my Halloween party. The videos are creepy and hilarious, and the DVD has a good mix of material. I wish it was longer, but honestly, I paid $4 for it and really feel like I got a great deal. Window Licker is fantastic.
were are the missing 300 minutes?????? 
2008-10-16 - good, but nothing fancy, plus like other people pointed out, a lot of stuff missing...disappointing..amazon, still hasn't changed the duration of the dvd
Chris Cunningham: Bizarre Brit
2008-09-19 - Anyone worth their salt as an Aphex Twin fan should recognize this man's name instantly. The two go hand-in-hand like two schoolgirls skipping home from school. Besides that, the work Chris has done is nothing sort of remarkable. The efficiency of his make-up effects is above that of even some big budget films. Be it robots for Bjork, bleeding darkness in the desert for Madonna, or insane Asian children for Squarepusher, the depth that Chris delves into his videos is staggering. For the disk itself, it includes several commercials (such as a peculiar PlayStation 1 promotional commercial, an unused "smashing" Levi jeans commercial, and a car commercial where the shifing car gears are compared to a well-rehearsed bodybuilder), a couple video commentaries, and some personal works he's done. However, it isn't all good. The material on the disk itself is amazing, but they show clips of videos Chris has done, but you cannot watch them on the DVD. It's sort of a tease when you see such interesting looking videos, but only to glimpse them for about 2 seconds. No mention of hidden videos is present, and never arose through many viewings, so it could be just that: No extra videos. Other than this lack of suggested material, it is still very much worth a buy. If you like Aphex Twin, or any sort of bizarre music videos, it is worth every cent.
This is amazing:D
2008-01-22 - I am a big big fan of Chris Cunningham's work and I just love everything about this DVD. It has music videos that I love on them so I can show my family how brilliant he is. I was sad that they didn't have rubber Johnny on there but that is ok. The only thing that is really on this thing is music videos and one behind the scenes with Bjork and Chris. I would only recommend buying this if you want the music videos in your possession.
