Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: German
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Elektra / Wea
• VHS Release Date: December 8, 1998
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305180512
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,674 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An impressive complement to Merchant's second solo effort, September 12, 1999

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[e-mail] (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Natalie Merchant: Ophelia-Home Video [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The video complement to Natalie Merchant's "Ophelia" takes a rich and well-produced album and reconceptualizes it. By portraying seven European and American women from different periods of the recent past, Merchant challenges her listeners to retrace the threads between each song in a way that very few artists have ever accomplished. Most impressive is Merchant's implication that all women share an innate "Ophelia," an often troubled-but-resilient part of one's personality. In terms of content, Merchant's lip-syncing of foreign languages and inclusion of "out-takes" and shots of the make-up room illustrate that she acknowledges the inherent pitfalls of trying to step into seven different pairs of shoes, which I think are minor obstacles that thankfully did not deter Merchant and directors Frank Woodward and Mark Seliger from completing this intelligent video.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Provocative, December 14, 1998

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Paul Jensen - See all my reviews

This review is from: Natalie Merchant: Ophelia-Home Video [VHS] (VHS Tape)

After about the sixth viewing of this interesting video, I've fallen in love with it. If you're a fan of Natalie Merchant at all, you should really consider buying this. Miss Merchant's originality, cleverness, and talent are all shown off here. Along with the 22 minute short film, are five music videos. 2 from Ophelia and 3 from Tigerlily. The short film is very interesting. And as I watch it, I begin to realize what I think Miss Merchant wants us to get out of it. That in every person there are many different sides, many different personalities within.. It's a beautifully done, well directed piece of work. Natalie is charming and humorous. I highly recommend this.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A rose is Ophelia, is Natalie, is a rose., November 28, 2000

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manfromlamuncha (Racine, WI) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Natalie Merchant: Ophelia-Home Video [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"Ophelia" is a wonderously beautiful display vehicle for this artist's unfathomable talents. Using a word from her hit, "Carnival", I was mesmerized by the blending of her caricatures with the fluidity of her tantalizing voice. And then, she gives even more of herself, by including enchanting visuals to some of her older hits, including "Carnival", "Jealousy", "Break Your Heart" and "Kind and Generous". This video is worth the price of your soul!