Product Details

• Actors: Garbage
• Directors: Garbage
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Almo Sounds
• DVD Release Date: July 24, 2007
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000R9J3XO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,084 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Garbage: Absolute Garbage" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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Released in conjunction with a CD of the same name, Absolute Garbage is a collection of 15 music videos from the rock band Garbage. Fronted by Shirley Manson, whose smooth and distinctive voice is equally adept at purring as it is growling, the group also includes drummer Butch Vig, guitarist Steve Marker, and bassist Duke Erikson. But make no mistake about it: The visuals are all about the photogenic Manson. It was their breakthrough single "Only Happy When It Rains" that made an impact on both radio and MTV in 1995. Manson, who at the time resembled a fierce, red-headed version of supermodel Kate Moss, appears on screen in a blue minidress that matches her eye shadow and nail polish, and knee-length Doc Martens. Interspersed between random shots of extras dressed like Teletubbies, deconstructed bathrooms, and her bandmates (who are musically gifted but not particularly video friendly), Manson pleads her case for being happy when things "are complicated." That her dress changes in color to pink is almost incidental in the vignette, and "Only Happy When It Rains" manages to marry both arty intentions with a rock 'n' roll cool vibe that doesn't come across as either clichéd or lofty. Between 1995 and 2007, when Absolute Garbage was released, the band broke up and got back together a handful of times. But there is a cohesiveness to their look and sound, even as it evolves, that makes them distinctively Garbage. They worked with some of the era's most popular video directors. Fashion photographer Matthew Rolston succinctly captures the mood of "I Think I'm Paranoid," while Samuel Bayer (best known for his work with Nirvana) helmed "Vow," a simple performance piece that captures the band's raw energy. Actually, it's the concert style videos ("When I Grow Up") where the band seems most at home--commanding a stage. While some of the videos are widescreen, the majority are full screen, But all of them pop on the TV screen with their vivid imagery and vibrant colors. The DVD also includes a documentary called "Thanks for Your Uhhh, Support," that weaves in home videos, news clips, and concert footage. While the band's music indicates that Garbage formed organically, it wasn't quite that simple. The three men--all music producers living in Wisconsin at the time--saw a video of Manson performing in a different band and sought out the Scottish singer to front their group. They were smart enough to know that no matter how talented they were, they needed a voice--and face--to define them. --Jae-Ha Kim

Product Description

Four albums and seven Grammy® nominations later, Garbage has its first best of DVD collection -Absolute Garbage. Among the 15 Garbage music videos on DVD for the first time--including Vow, Only Happy When It Rains, Stupid Girl and Milk directed by Samuel Bayer (Nirvana s Smells Like Teen Spirit, Hole s Doll Parts, The Cranberries Zombie ) and Queer by Stephane Sednaoui (Red Hot Chili Peppers Give It Away )--are two previously unreleased in the U.S.: You Look So Fine and Shut Your Mouth. Also included is almost
an hour of never-before-seen footage backstage and behind-the-scenes, live performances and interviews, spanning the band s entire career.

Absolute Garbage offers the best of a band that, to quote a lyric from Queer, has been the strangest of the strange, the coolest of the cool.

DVD track listing:

Vow

Queer

Only Happy When it Rains

Stupid Girl

Milk

Push It

I Think I m Paranoid

Special

When I Grow Up

You Look So Fine

The World is Not Enough

Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go)

Shut Your Mouth

Why Do You Love Me

Bleed Like Me

Thanks for your UUuuhhhh Support

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sit back and watch the long, strange trip..., July 27, 2007

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ROBERT W. SAINTJOHN "I am The Pumpkin King" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garbage: Absolute Garbage (DVD)

I've waited soooo long for this DVD. The only reason I hold onto my VCR is my old Garbage msuic video VHS tape! And now, it's here. I hate to complain, but I must admit I'm bummed that "Run Baby Run", "Androgyny" and (especially) "Breaking Up the Girl" aren't on here, and it feels a bit incomplete as a result. Those choices and elements of the documentary itself seem to reflect how the band itself feels about albums 3 and 4, which is kind of sad. STILL, what IS on here is still more than I hoped for, specifically because of the very high AV quality, and the aforementioned documentary itself. Watching it is bittersweet, making a fan like me feel young and old at the same time as I relived the past 12 years, but saw it for the first time through their eyes. Thanks, Garbage. If this is goodbye, it is a wonderful gift!

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Garbage, August 9, 2007

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Dogville (Sunny Island) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garbage: Absolute Garbage (DVD)

Garbage's second video collection (first of which was the Garbage VHS in 96) puts together 15 of their best videos, according to the record company, that span their long career.

Not a boring band that puts out lame amateurish videos, Garbage videos are highly stylistic and visual due to the personality of its lead singer Shirley Manson.

Favorites here include the seminal Queer, Stupid Girl, Push It (where headless people are found), Special (where Manson becomes a pilot in a video game), The World Is Not Enough (with its 007 espionage clone drama).

Glaring omissions include the stylish Androgyny, Breaking Up The Girl, Run Baby Run and Tell Me Where It Hurts (they even left the new video out). When I Grow Up is also the live version rather than the video version.

For a DVD which is able to hold much more, the record company acts like a miser here, providing an incomplete video track list. Guess we just have to wait for their 25th anniversary to get a complete one.

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally!, July 14, 2007

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Andrew J. Martinez "Andrew Evenstar" (Ventura, Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garbage: Absolute Garbage (DVD)

Finally, what every Garbage fan has been waiting for... Although it does not have "Run Baby Run" on here, it has most all their other best songs and videos. I can't wait to have this. Garbage is one of the best bands of my generation in my opinion and I love their creative videos. "Queer" is great, "Milk", "You Look So Fine", "Special", and the others.

In my opinion, "I think I'm Paranoid", should have been swapped with "Run Baby Run." I can't complain though :) I've been waiting for this for quite some time!

Garbage please make another album!!!