Product Details

• Actors: Claudio Bisio, Christian De Sica, Massimo Ghini, Alessandro Siani, Fabio De Luigi
• Directors: Neri Parenti
• Producers: Mute Records
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: French, English, Italian, Spanish, German
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Mute Records
• Run Time: 126.00 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000HWXO4U
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,450 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Mode, October 14, 2011

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Pet Nemo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Depeche Mode - The Best Of Videos #01 - IMPORT (DVD)

I have long given up that pop stars will include all their videos in one set. As the case here, See You and The Meaning Of Love never appeared in any Depeche Mode collection. So I'll have to thank YouTube for filling the void!

Depeche Mode is fond of using plants and flowers on their covers for Exciter and Violator. However, the content here is far from the pure white rose pictured. Many videos have disturbing and/or adult themes, so you might want to keep it from minors.

The general themes of construction, cars, isolation in big places, temptresses and whorehouses are pretty consistent throughout.

Personal Jesus shows the group visiting a whorehouse in the middle of a big lonely desert. In I Feel You, a temptress saunters in and poses seductively next to a statue of a religious figure to juxtapose sin and religion. Rather distubing like their song Blasphemous Rumours. Barrel Of A Gun sees Dave Gahan doing a spot of automatic writing while possessed. Suffer Well has him walking pass a place with the signage HELL SUFFER WELL and then coming to a shop with Martin Gore dressed as a bride. It's all so subtle.

When you watch the videos in succession, it is easy to see the change in directors. Everything Counts, People Are People and Master And Servant by Clive Richardson are kind of similar, using machinery and construction to match the music. Then videos seven to 17 are helmed by Anton Corbijn, who's fond of using grainy shots of the vast desert. There are also two versions of Enjoy The Silence.

So yes, The Best Of Volume 1 is incomplete but on the whole it is still a decent set with enough rock and roll themes to freak out conservatives. Just don't air this during family gatherings.

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT VIDEOS ON ONE DVD, March 23, 2011

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M. Larocca "maccapop" (OCEANSIDE, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Depeche Mode - The Best Of Videos #01 - IMPORT (DVD)

Great Selection of videos not found that easily on dvd.Excellent video and audio quality.

If you're a fan of DM you will love this!!

4.0 out of 5 stars how many videos ? 42 or 23 ? back cover is shorter than review states, January 18, 2011

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vol 1 and vol 2 or ? what - See all my reviews

This review is from: Depeche Mode - The Best Of Videos #01 - IMPORT (DVD)

the back cover only lists about 23 videos, but the listing says 42? also it doesn't indicate it's a 2 disc dvd release? anybody know the truth> thanks.