Product Details

• Actors: Laurie Anderson, Adrian Belew, William S. Burroughs, Joy Askew, Paula Mazur
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese, Spanish
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Bros
• VHS Release Date: July 1, 1991
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302373948
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #180,197 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First CD I ever purchased, April 7, 2003

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R. M. Ettinger "rme1963" (Cleveland Heights, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home Of The Brave: A Film By Laurie Anderson (1986 Film) (Audio CD)

This CD is the sole reason (well, I got Kate Bush's 'The Hounds of Love' the same day) I purchased my first CD player back in 1985. I actually bought the CDs before the player.

Sure, I had heard "O Superman" from 'Big Science' a few years prior, but it did not do enough for me to go out and get the album. Excerpts that I heard from 'United States Live I-IV' were great, but I was a poor college student and could never justify purchasing it.

A friend (thanks Jon) had turned me on to "Language is a Virus" and "Smoke Rings" and we went to go see the movie and I was majorily in awe. Some of the soundtrack items are more clear and concise than the movie ("Language is a Virus". Conversely, somethings worked better on film ("Radar", "White Lily").

But either by video or audio - Laurie Anderson never fails to keep me interested and/or entertained.

It is unfortunate that the movie is not out in DVD - because as companion pieces, they soundtrack and movie are phenomenal.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars One of Anderson's best, December 8, 2005

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Mr. B. I. Precious (London, Greater London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Laurie Anderson: Home of the Brave [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Mister Heartbreak is Laurie Anderson'e best release, closely followed by Home of the Brave , and then Big Science.On HOTB it is Late Show's blend of rhythm, synth and sax which really shines, though Language is a Virus is very good- with very funny poke at 'tv people'.

I have never seen the movie , and IT IS A CRYING SHAME THAT NO DVD OF HOME OF THE BRAVE IS AVAILABLE -SO COME ON WARNER BROTHERS! GET IT SORTED!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Moments of captivating brilliance...., July 23, 1999

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David A. Robson (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Home Of The Brave: A Film By Laurie Anderson (1986 Film) (Audio CD)

Some of the songs on this are better experienced in the film (the version of "Language is a Virus" in the film is some of Anderson's grittiest and best work - the version on this disc is over-produced and glossified), but many songs here stand perfectly on their own. "White Lily" and "Radar" cast beautifully haunting moods (each in less than three minutes!). And the ending of "Late Show" gives you chills after even a hundred plays. Not her best album, yet it contains some of her finest, simplest work.