The Work Of Director Spike Jonze [DVD]

Features a collection of music videos, short films, documentaries and rarities directed by Spike Jonze. Features the following music videos: * Sure - Beastie Boys * Drop - The Pharcyde * Da Funk – Daft Punk * Undone (The Sweater Song) - Weezer * Praise You – boy Slim * Elektrobank – The Brothers * It's Oh So Quiet – Bjork From .co.uk ----------- When you experience The Work of Director Spike Jonze, you enter a world where anything can happen and frequently does. From the innovative director of Being John Malkovich ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004U8OC/%24%7B0%7D ) and Adaptation. ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000087JHV/%24%7B0%7D ), this superior compilation of music videos, documentaries, interviews and early rarities offers abundant proof that Jonze is the real deal--a filmmaker ablaze with fresh ideas and fresh ways of filming them. While collectors will regret that only 16 of Jonze's 40 plus music videos are included here, this glorious sampling represents the cream of Jonze's bumper crop; for sheer ingenuity it doesn't get any better than this. From the Beastie Boys' popular TV cop-spoof "Sabotage" to the intensely disciplined backwards-filming technique of the Pharcyde's "Drop", it's clear that Jonze has an affinity for inventive street theatre, culminating in the sad/happy vibe of lip's introspective "What's Up lip?" and the pop-jazz effervescence of Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet". Technical wizardry is also a Jonze trademark, especially in the elaborate "Happy Days" nostalgia of Weezer's "Buddy Holly" and the graceful fly-wire dancing of Christopher Walken to boy Slim's pulsing "Weapon of Choice". No doubt about it: every one of these videos is an award-worthy testament to Jonze's ability to combine hard work with fun-loving spontaneity. On the DVD: The Work of Director Spike Jonze is a double-sided DVD (one in a series that includes the equally dazzling work of Michel Gondry ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000DK4OO/%24%7B0%7D ) and Chris Cunningham ( /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000DK4OP/%24%7B0%7D )) accompanied by an informative 52-page booklet. The second side explores Jonze's artistic evolution with an entertaining selection of video rarities and three half-hour documentaries, the best being a revealing and very funny interview with rapper lip after his dismissal from the Pharcyde. Commentaries for the music videos are consistently worthwhile, supporting Jonze's own belief that his best videos were made for artists whose work he genuinely enjoyed. Lucky for us, his pleasure is infectious. --Jeff Shannon

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