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Moby - Play [DVD] [2001]
enlarge	Directors: Moby, David LaChapelle, Fredrik Bond, Jonas Åkerlund, Mike Mills Actors: Moby, Fairuza Balk, Christina Ricci Studio: Mute Films Category: DVD List Price: ~~£11.99~~ Buy Used: £2.73 as of 22/11/2009 18:28 GMT details You Save: £9.26 (77%) New (5) Used (13) Collectible (1) from £2.73 Seller: zoverstocks Rating: 5 reviews Sales Rank: 31356 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Exempt Region: 2 Discs: 1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 88 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5016025811724 ASIN: B00005MAD2 Theatrical Release Date: July 2001 Release Date: July 23, 2001 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Producing a DVD for IPlay/I, could be seen as a shameless attempt to resurrect an album which has reached saturation point as far as sales go or British tolerance will allow after the relentless use of tracks from it in films, adverts, TV shows, trailers and even football coverage. Thankfully, Moby's quality control means he refuses to rip off his fans, so the material gathered within this disk is surprisingly good. First up there's all the music videos from IPlay/I, which range from the sublime (Jonas Akerland's treatment of "Porcelain") via the cartoon ("Natural Blues" and "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad" by Susi Wilkinson, Hotessa, Laurence Filipe Alcada, complete with cute little animated Mobys) to the ridiculous (Fredrik Bond's inspired vision for "Body Rock"). Even funnier are the outtakes for "Body Rock", which show footage of all the dancers who didn't make the grade in stupidity stakes. p Along with this is an hour's worth of Moby remixes all segued together, with trippy electronic visuals for the late-night crowd. Even in the middle of the afternoon you can't fail to stare in slack-jawed wonder as a stunning remix of "Porcelain" kicks in, accompanied by smooth flowing images of urban streets. To stop you from drifting off altogether there are some more up-tempo sections to the mix, including a euphoric reworking of "Natural Blues" and a 1970's disco funk version of "Body Rock" to get your toes tapping. For those of you who thought that Moby--the born again Christian, vegan, anti-smoking, animal rights activist--took himself too serious for his own good, go straight to the Tour Videos section of the DVD: filmed all over the world, it provides a platform for Moby to be himself and he turns out to be hilariously funny as he takes you on a backstage tour of Homelands complete with crazy Scottish accent, then pops up in both Germany and France, proving himself a master of their inflexions too. Added to all these features are tracks culled from the "Later with Moby" BBC special and a separate mix CD of some of Moby's finest moments. All in all a great supplement to a modern day classic. --IHelen Marquis/I

Customer Reviews: Go! February 23, 2002 O. Southwood (UK) 5 out of 5 found this review helpful In this DVD we get to see not only moby's true musical genius but also a great sense of humour and cheekiness which makes him such a likeable artist. The videos to the singles are works of art and genuinely entertaining... highlights being the bodyrock audition footage, which is hysterically funny, and both versions of porcelein which are profoundly moving videos. The live footage makes you wish you were there, but it's the next best thing i guess. Moby's camcorder footage of his tour is an odd, yet compelling documentary. You'll love this DVD whether a big Moby fan or just curious. Great stuff! A VISUAL COMPLIMENT TO 'PLAY' WITH ! July 26, 2001 gazmcaz@ic24.net (Manchester, England) 5 out of 7 found this review helpful A fantastic compliment to the critically acclaimed album of the same name. A visual treat collecting together all the various videos to the singles, some not even seen before. A free CD megamix of the album plus Moby's live appearance on 'Later with Jools Holland.' Also included is a 20 minute film recorded by Moby himself on his various touring locations. Great visuals, great songs, and all presented in Dolby 5.1 surround sound. Brilliant! Another excellent must buy for the Moby fan July 25, 2001 5 out of 5 found this review helpful Another version of the well received Play album that has won new fans and marked Mobys' return to form. Along side both the videos of the released and heavily played singles from Play, we are also given an insight into true Moby away from the new found commercialism. A 7 track live set from a Jools Holland Special is the highlight demonstrating how the best tracks from the album can sound played live. The accoustic version of Porcelain and a high energy Go must be seen and heard. Moby entertains us with a personal video including back stage concert footage and then provides the perfect antidote to relax - a full remix of every track you could wish for - covering old school, techo and house styles all to some very interesting visuals! Overall, great fun, something there for everyone but the live set is enough to convince me to buy. great moby workout July 15, 2003 2 out of 3 found this review helpful Having watched this DVD a number of times over the last 18 months, it's still lots of fun to watch and to listen to. Briefly, there are the 'play' videos, megamixes of 'play' tracks, an amateur movie shot by Moby on tour, and a live set taken from the 'Jools Holland' music show.pI'd forgotten how inventive the 'play' videos were, and many of the megamixes sound like great techno grooves, although some of the megamix visuals look no more exciting than computer screensavers from a decade ago. Moby's movie is funny, and he's quite a comedian with a grim sense of humor. What originally attracted me to buying this DVD was the live 'Jools Holland' set, as I've worn out a video I'd recorded from the original television show that was broadcast back in the year 2000. Those live numbers are just sensational but the whole set clocks in at just 23 minutes. Extra live cuts from other shows would have made this DVD brilliant for me, and that's why I can give this disc only 4 stars out of 5 Good Value August 14, 2008 Mr. M. A. Reed (Somewhere, GB) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful And so to the longawaited Play DVD. We've already had the album, the limited edition 2CD box set, a three year tour, eight singles, 422 advert tie-ins, and finally the warts n all DVD, with a remixes CD. Despite all this, can I just say, Please Moby, we love ya and that but can you please go away and make a new record? You've done enough. And even I'm sick of seeing ya face because its been everywhere the past two years. And I'm bored of Play now. It's a great, and was for a long time, under-rated album, but in everyone's CD player now. br / br /So does the world need a Moby DVD? Well, sort of. It's very very good, but in all honesty, some of what is there is a bit unimaginative, isn't it? br / br /The videos themselves, all 10 of them are excellent and thought provoking, pondering the meaning - or meaninglessness - of work, death, dancing, friendship, parenthood, fame, and just about anything you can think of. Certainly better, more provoking than any video fare I have seen in a long time, barring some of Radioheads mid-period stuff. br / br /And arranged in such a fashion as to tell a sort-of-narrative stream of consciousness musing on the nature of well, anything you can think of. br / br /There's no shortage of extras as well : a 20 minute "Live At later" off the BBC. Sadly, it's a flat, straight transfer of a flat and uninspiring TV broadcast. Even the unusual material on the broadcast (Hymn, Everytime You Touch Me, for example) has been trimmed without reason (there was enough space on the disc for the fuill 60 minutes show anyway) in favour of two live versions of Porcelain - Porcelain makes a total of 8 different appearances on this DVD. Overkill. I'd much have preferred 'proper' live footage - such as MTV's excellent V2000 broadcast. And full length at that. br / br /Then To "Give an Idiot A Camcorder" - a sweet, interesting and irritating documentary. It's just not long enough, and, whilst giving an interesting in sight into the tedium and insanity of touring is also full of Moby faking ridiculous, and slightly patronising accents, and giving into base stereotypes. It might have seemed like a joke at the time, but it looks a bit, well, awkward now. Though the cliched mock-interviews are frankly, scathing in their treatment of the kind of heartless journalists who treat the gift of being able to write about music for a living as a chore. I'd personally would've liked to have seen something longer, with more insight. And I'm not taking Meeting People Is Easy here. br / br /Finally, the Moby Megamix. Also available on a seperate mix CD with some copies of the DVD, it's a frankly uninspoiring mix CD that - whilst airing some of the more obscure Moby mixes - pummels all the individuality of the mixes and the man into a 62 minute 4/4 thudfest. It also fails to show off Moby's generally excellent and underappreiciated mixing skills, as demonstrated on his "Everything Remixed : Evil Ninja" and "Mixmag" releases. The uninspiring fractals-by-numbers graphics hardly helpmatters. br / br /So what is it? It's better value for money, in terms of sheer mileage than near enough any other DVD I've seen. There's more variety in it - but what it gives us is glimpses, when I'd liked to have seen the full picture - a full live show, a full documentary, and for that, I'd happily trade the superflous MobyMegaMix br / br /Overall - 5/5 for trying, 4/5 for content

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