The Smashing Pumpkins: 1991-2000 Greatest Hits Video Collection (2001) (V)

Directors:

Jonas Åkerlund
Samuel Bayer

Release Date:

20 November 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Music

Plot:

Released alongside The Smashing Pumpkins greatest hits CD "Rotten Apples", this video collection comes...

Cast

Billy Corgan	...	Himself
James Iha	...	Himself
D'arcy Wretzky	...	Herself
Jimmy Chamberlin	...	Himself
Melissa Auf Der Maur	...	Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Linda Santiago	...	The Woman (segment "Try")
Max Vitali	...	The Man (segment "Try")

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

EMI Virgin Music Ltd.

Trivia:

The video for "Tonight, Tonight" is a tribute to Le voyage dans la lune (1902). Directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris filmed the video the same way Georges Méliès did his film. They used a 70-year-old, hand-cranked camera shooting only one angle on a single set

Movie Connections:

Features Try (2000)

An inspired and inspirational band with inspired and inspirational videos

This DVD is compiled with every music video the Smashing Pumpkins ever did, except the one from the Batman & Robin soundtrack, "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning". The Pumpkins is one of greatest bands of all time, with their unique inspiration and daring approaches to music. In general, their songs and art and photographs in their album booklets have always had a theme of the complicated happy and sad concepts of nostalgia, which I find very unique, being inspired by personal past, values, and so on. The lyrics have always been deeply poetic, and Corgan's voice is unique and distinctly recognizable, though you either love it or hate it. Iha's guitar has always been new sounds to my ears, and has always connected very well with D'arcy and Auf Der Maur's great bass playing. And Chamberlin is a god of drums, with his interesting choice of paces with a lot of the songs (especially in "Tonight, Tonight"). The videos have had daring approaches that don't leave the themes of their own albums. They've always tried to be different from the usual MTV videos and did a good job with that, like "Ava Adore" and "Tonight, Tonight". What's interesting is that they don't leave their past videos alone either ("1979" seems to have a sequel, "Perfect"). Pumpkin fans will love this DVD. However, some of the images in their videos are incredibly disturbing ("Try, Try, Try") though it is a very powerful video with a message to tell. And it includes the short film "Try" as well.

Anyway, if you like the Pumpkins to any degree, I highly recommend this DVD. You'd have to be biased against them to not like at least one video, in which many have unique artistic approaches and inspiration that follows well with their incredible music.