Product Details

• Actors: Eric Avery Weiss, Chris Chaney, Nick Lashley, David Levitt (II), Jason Orme
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, PAL
• Language: Unknown (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unknown (PCM Stereo), English (Unknown)
• Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Maverick
• DVD Release Date: December 10, 2002
• Run Time: 150 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000075Y5B
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,567 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Alanis Morissette - Feast on Scraps (DVD & Enhanced CD)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This CD/DVD combo (also available in CD-sized packaging) isn't quite a live-album, greatest-hits, or rarities package, although it contains plenty of material that falls under all three columns. Rather, Feast on Scraps is a generous serving of everything Alanis. Its centerpiece is a CD featuring eight previously unreleased songs that were recorded during the Under Rug Swept sessions, plus an acoustic take on the hit "Hands Clean." Among the highlights here are a nasty Jagged Little Pill throwback called "Sister Blister" and a warmly seductive folk number approximating Joni Mitchell called "Offer." Then there is the DVD, brimming with superb live performances of sleek, dark pop hits such as "You Oughta Know," "Head Over Feet," and "Thank U." The set is rounded out with some delightfully candid behind-the-scenes footage (watch Alanis break down in tears during the writing of "Surrendering") that will make her fans gasp in delight. --Aidin Vaziri

From the Back Cover

Baba Right Through You 21 Things I Want in a Lover Hand in My Pocket Purgatorying 1 Unprodigal Daughter Flinch All I Really Want Precious Illusions Sympathetic Character Purgatroying 2 So Unsexy Head Over Feet Purgatorying 3 You Oughta know Hands Clean Uninvited Ironic You Learn That Particualar Time Thank You

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible DVD, December 17, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Alanis Morissette - Feast on Scraps (DVD & Enhanced CD) (DVD)

I was so excited when I heard that Alanis was releasing a DVD from her latest tour. However, I was so disappointed with the DVD that I wished I could get my money back. "Feast on Scraps" basically gives the viewer a "Feast" of "Scraps" of video clips with bad quality sound and video. There is even disclaimer on the back of the DVD which says "This DVD contains home movies or other program material that amy include poor sound quality, including noise, dropouts or other distortions. This is not a defect of the DVD disc but represents the sound of the original recording". Horrible DVD. Sad, but true :(

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A big disappointment, December 26, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Alanis Morissette - Feast on Scraps (DVD & Enhanced CD) (DVD)

I love Alanis and have every album she's ever made. When I received this DVD/CD combo as a gift I was so excited because I'd never seen her perform live before. But my excitement soon disappeared as I watched the DVD. Talk about unprofessional editing! In the same song they hop from concert to concert, so you don't get a consistant performance. To make matters worse, the sound quality is so bad during some of the concert shots that you can barely hear Alanis, much less the music. Certain points are muted and distorted.

I am really upset that Alanis allowed this type of "quality" to be put out for her fans. I would expect better from a multiplatinum artist. If she didn't know about it, she should take a listen for herself. So if you're not picky about sound and bad editing, you'll enjoy this. Otherwise don't waste your monet.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stuff Your Face With These Delicious Scraps!, October 11, 2003

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This review is from: Alanis Morissette - Feast on Scraps (DVD & Enhanced CD) (DVD)

I have only taken a major interest in Alanis Morissette and her music since the fall of 2002. I always knew her songs and the albums she had released, but I never actually bought one of her records. That all changed in October 2002 when I purchased the legendary "Jagged Little Pill" and become totally entranced by this wonderful artist. A rock Goddess is every sense of the word. My purchases of "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie," "Alanis Unplugged" and "Under Rug Swept" soon followed earlier this year, and most recently, my purchase of the DVD/CD combination "Feast On Scraps."

This product seems like the perfect collector's item for any true Alanis fan, and it is certainly is that - and much more. Alanis describes this product as "A conceptual scrapbook filled with snapshots of my experiences over the past two years." The first attraction of this collection is Feast On Scraps DVD, which is a DVD that runs for 2 hours and 20 minutes and sees Alanis on stage performing no less than 19 stunning songs from the past eight years. The show we see is in Rotterdam during Alanis' "Toward Our Union Mended Tour 2002" and some other cities around the world. Alanis performs a total of seven songs from her signature album Jagged Little Pill. These are "Right Through You," "Hand In My Pocket," "All I Really Want," "Head Over Feet," "You Oughta Know," "Ironic" and "You Learn." The performances of these songs are nothing less than mind-blowing, especially Ironic where audience participation is focused upon more so than Alanis. Countless cities across the world are featured in the performance, and there isn't one audience that doesn't know every single word to this classic song. It gives a stunning look in under five minutes at the impact that these mid-90's songs had on the world, and everyone in the world who heard them.

Only three songs are performed from the Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie album. Baba opens the show in true head-banging style while "Sympathetic Character" is just haunting to the core. "Thank You," on the other hand, warms the soul and fills the heart with love as the song that closes the show. Six songs from the Under Rug Swept album are present on the DVD. "21 Thing I Want In A Lover" storms on as the third performance of the evening and really gets the audience going. "Flinch" and "Precious Illusions" fit together perfectly despite their different moods, while "So Unsexy" and "Hands Clean" are two of Alanis' pure, all out pop/indie anthems. The gorgeous and melancholy "That Particular Time" will bring tears to anyone's eyes. Easily one of Alanis' greatest ballads to date. The DVD also includes some wonderful personal footage of Alanis just goofing around with her bandmates. They show Alanis in a wonderful light and as a very funny woman. She appears unaffected by her international fame and just seems like a really cool chick!

The second and final attraction of this product is Feast On Scraps CD. This CD includes nine previously unreleased recordings from the Under Rug Swept album recording sessions and they are absolutely fantastic. These are supposed to be the 'scraps' from the main meal of Under Rug Swept, but it doesn't take a genius to work out that these songs are equally as fantastic - if not better - as even the best songs from the album they were denied. "Fear Of Bliss" is an awesome rock anthem with some dramatic vocals from Alanis. "Bent For You" sounds like a song that was dismissed from Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie with it's high-pitched wailing and harmonious style. "Sorry To Myself" is a brilliant ballad while "Sister Blister" is just phenomenal. It features this really cool drum that booms out of your speakers and infects you with everything primal and animalistic in music. "Offer" and "Unprodigal Daughter" are great but not the best on the CD but "Simple Together" makes up for this. "Purgatorying" is a fantastic song which was split into three sections and performed on the DVD. The CD ends with "Hands Clean (Acoustic)" which is a rather disappointing live version of the hit single.

OVERALL GRADE: 9/10

For all true Alanis Morissette fans "Feast On Scraps" is a must-have. Tons of people have nattered on about the sound quality on this DVD. The sound is perfect for more than 90% of the concert time, so to be honest, who really cares if a bit of the sound is rubbish? It doesn't deter from the fact that this is a fantastic collection for any fan. I purchased it about a month ago and have watched the DVD about five times - and listened to the CD about 50 times! If you though Alanis was over and that her shining moment of glory was in 1995, then you need to pick up this and give it a spin. You will be proven wrong. Absolutely amazing. Alanis Morissette, the Queen of rock.