Product Details

• Actors: Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Reprise Video
• VHS Release Date: May 11, 1993
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302775310
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #217,401 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A trip down memory lane - And a zip into the present with NH, September 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dire Straits: The Videos [VHS] (VHS Tape)

All the MTV videos that I remember from the 80's. The clothes look hysterical now but the music is just as great as it always was. If you need a kick in the pants to get your day started -- watch Walk of Life. Some great additions to this video are three Notting Hillbillies songs and a Local Hero video I'd never seen before. It will round out your collection of the best story teller and guitarist of the last 20+ years.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Here are the track descriptions., July 15, 2005

By 

Gary Brophy (Minnesota, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dire Straits: The Videos [VHS] (VHS Tape)

First, this is a sampling (key word) of the Dire Straits videos from 1978 to 1991.

The bad: #1) The video quality varies between fair and good. #2) Some of the songs are cut short.

The good: What a range of styles and creativity ! As much as we may yearn for DVD-quality, and access to the full recording sessions, this is what we have. I am quite thankful for the band's creativity, and that this collection was put together.

Here's a list of the tracks, with my annotations.

(Including previously un-released videos* plus "The Notting Hillbillies")

Track,start,length
01.(0:00:45) 4:25 Sultans of Swing*. Band on a sound stage with no audience. Song cut short.

02.(0:05:10) 4:23 Wild West End*. Band on a sound stage with no audience.

03.(0:09:33) 6:02 Skate Away. Dir. by Lester Bookbinder. MTV-style. Girl on skates, and "making movies".

04.(0:15:35) 5:40 Romeo and Juliet. Dir. by Lester Bookbinder. MTV-style. Actors, actressess, and a minimalist set pieces.

05.(0:21:15) 6:00 Tunnel of Love. Dir. by Lester Bookbinder. MTV-style. Girl in silver suit, with clear jacket.

06.(0:29:15) 5:45 Private Investigations*. Dir. by Tony Papa. MTV detective dramatization. Good close-ups on band and guitars.

07.(0:35:00) 3:25 Love Over Gold*. Dir. by Peter Sinclair. Live concert footage, with fog and lights. Mixed-in trapeze video.

08.(0:38:25) 3:25 Twisting by the Pool*. Dir. by Peter Sinclair. Music stage shots, mixed with pool video and underwater ballet.

09.(0:41:50) 4:00 So Far Away.. Dir. by Pete Cornish. Band on stage, mixed with aerial views of New York City.

10.(0:45:50) 3:45 Walk of Life. Dir. by Stephen Johnson. Sports bloopers, and band shots.(some candid).

11.(0:49:35) 4:35 Money For Nothing. Dir. by Steve Barron. Legos-style animation, mixed with video of band, with some video effects.

12.(0:54:10) 4:50 Brothers In Arms.. Dir. by Steve Barron. Charcoal sketch animation. Some transitions to Mark, singing. Mostly black-and-white.

13.(0:59:00) 4:40 Calling Elvis*.. Dir. by Steve Barron. Charcoal sketch animation. Some transitions to Mark, singing. Mostly black-and-white.

14.(1:03:40) 4:53 Heavy Fuel*.. Dir. by Steve Barron. Video of band on the road, with Randy Quaid as a roadie.

15.(1:08:33) 4:12 The Bug*. Dir. by Stephen Johnson. Young boys and a girl on tricycles,.Transitions to same people as adults at a NASCAR race.

16.(1:12:45) 3:32 Your Own Sweet Way*. Dir. by Neil Abramson. Band in 1930's style scenes. Beach and boardwalk videos.

17.(1:16:17) 4:23 Feel Like Going Home*. Dir. by Neil Abramson. Written by Charlie Rich. 1930's style scenes. A sweet song of old age, with farm-house scenes.

18.(1:20:40) 3:30 Will You Miss Me?* Dir. by Neil Abramson. Written by Steve Phillips. Travelling salesman, and a woman left behind.

19.(1:24:10) 7:12 Private Investigations (Live). Dir. by Peter Sinclair.

20.(1:31:22) 3:58 Going Home: Them from "Local Hero"*. Dir. by Peter Sinclair. Beautiful guiter work, and orchestration. Video flying over land and water, and a city at night. The band on stage.

21.(1:35:20) 3:00 <Credits>

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Their best collection of musicvideos, i't can't be better..., May 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dire Straits: The Videos [VHS] (VHS Tape)

got very many good songs here, while "money for nothing", " sultans of swing", "brothers in arms" , "walk of Life", is their more known. the other songs are superb too. i really like this, and this is one of the things a true dire strait- fan would buy, like me...for example. they are best live too.