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Laurie Anderson: Home of the Brave [VHS]
 
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Laurie Anderson: Home of the Brave [VHS] (1986)

Starring: Laurie Anderson, Adrian Belew Rating: NR (Not Rated) Format: VHS Tape
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)


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Product Details

  • Actors: Laurie Anderson, Adrian Belew, William S. Burroughs, Joy Askew, Paula Mazur
  • Format: NTSC
  • Language: English, Japanese, Spanish
  • Rating: 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 (15 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 6302373948
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,529 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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5.0 out of 5 stars First CD I ever purchased, April 7, 2003
By R. M. Ettinger "rme1963" (Cleveland Heights, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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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.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Moments of captivating brilliance...., July 23, 1999
By David A. Robson (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "And the florist says...'white lily'", September 4, 2004
By Damien Bjorn Ruud (Boulder, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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this is definitely my favorite Laurie album ever. It contains eight selections from her 1986 film "Home of the Brave" which i'm trying to get a copy of to no avail. laurie is at her most dynamic, kinetic, rhythmic, and colorful here. Highlights for me include Smoke Rings, White Lily, Language is a Virus, and most of all her live film rendition of Sharkey's Night which is much more cutting vibrant and altogether beautiful. :) you definitely want to pick this one up soon.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not much to it.
THIS CD IS ONLY 34 MINUTES LONG. The track "Radar" is just an annoying bit of noise. That leaves about 32 minutes of actual music. Read more
Published on July 3, 2007 by kireviewer

2.0 out of 5 stars Avoid the CD!
OK, I figure if you're looking at this CD, you're a Laurie Anderson fan and can recall at least twice you've seen her great concert movie, likely at a midnight showing back in the... Read more
Published on October 11, 2006 by P. Griggs

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE GREATS
What an utterly charming and delightful film! This is Laurie Anderson at her peak. At this time, her emerging visions in her music, her performance art, and her perspective on pop... Read more
Published on July 17, 2006 by Daniel J. Morgenweck

3.0 out of 5 stars One of Anderson's best
Mister Heartbreak is Laurie Anderson'e best release, closely followed by Home of the Brave , and then Big Science. Read more
Published on December 8, 2005 by Mr. B. I. Precious

4.0 out of 5 stars I agree with the previous post...
it really isn't the soundtrack. I have a degraded mono VHS recording of the laserdisk original. I sure wish someone would track down the master videotape and make a DVD of it... Read more
Published on December 19, 2002 by Michael Blomquist

5.0 out of 5 stars Laurie Swings
OK, maybe the soundtrack for Home of the Brave isn't the earth-shaking artistic statement that the movie was (if you haven't seen it, shame!). Read more
Published on October 25, 2000 by njcascone

3.0 out of 5 stars Return of the Artful Iconoclast
Working as a soundtrack to the concert film of the same name, "Home of the Brave" is the culmination of the "United States" box set and her two previous... Read more
Published on April 14, 2000 by Lunatic Muse

3.0 out of 5 stars Soundtrack? Uhhh...
This purports to be the 'soundtrack' from Laurie Anderson's "Home of the Brave". I somehow don't think so. Read more
Published on April 11, 2000 by DAC Crowell

3.0 out of 5 stars Return of the Artful Iconoclast
Working as a soundtrack to the concert film of the same name, "Home of the Brave" is the culmination of the "United States" box set and her two previous... Read more
Published on February 3, 2000 by southwesternreview

5.0 out of 5 stars Laurie.... I love your music today as much as I did yrs ago!
Laurie Anderson has always been one of my favorite artists, and always will be. "Listen to my heart beat."
Published on May 15, 1999

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