Product Details

• Actors: Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
• DVD Release Date: July 16, 2002
• Run Time: 21 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006ADG3
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,350 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 08/20/2002

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING DVD FROM AN AMAZING SONG!!, September 2, 2002

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Felipe Totora (Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way (DVD Single) (DVD)

I bought this DVD Single and it rocks!! It's very good!! It contains the video itself, a live performace from By The Way and a more than 10 minutes making of! In my opinion, you should buy it and, 'by the way', tell your friends how cool it is, so that they can buy it 2!!! Hugs.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well it's something new!, September 5, 2002

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jason (Myersville, Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way (DVD Single) (DVD)

I'm kinda confused as to why the Peppers waited so long to put out a DVD single. They've created so many wonderful and groundbreaking videos and it would've been nice to have those on dvd along with behind the scenes footage of the making of them(especially the videos for the Cali. songs). Actually By The Way isn't the first dvd single (Californication was but was released as a promo only and given away by radio stations so there aren't many out there and it's hard to get but it was only the video and not the making of). Being a fan of the Peppers for over 11 years now i've collceted anything and everything of my fave. band and this will surely need to be bought as well. Sadly the dvd is only 17 minutes long (the video is 3:39, the live performance is around 4 minutes so that leaves a little over 10 minutes for the making of segment). Hopefully by released Funky Monks on dvd last year as well as the live Off the Map, the unoffical bio dvd, and now a dvd single they will finally get around to releasing Positive Mental Octopus, Psychadelic Sexfunk, and What Hits!? on dvd so they can give my worn out videos a much needed vacation from my vcr! Hopefully they will contain more bonus stuff, which the Funky Monks DVD lacked (actually the sound and picture quality were the only changes). Maybe the band will also get around to releasing another hits/video/dvd comp. with the singles from the Warner Brothers albums in the near future as well because my old tapes from mtv are getting worn out as well. Oh well...guess what they have out there will have to do for now!

4.0 out of 5 stars Overall, it's a decent DVD single, November 15, 2007

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Lesley Aeschliman (Enumclaw, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way (DVD Single) (DVD)

The Red Hot Chili Peppers' "By The Way" was released as a DVD single, which features two versions of the video and a documentary. The single starts with the video for "By The Way," which was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. In the video, lead singer Anthony Kiedis hails a taxi, which is driven by an obsessed fan of the band. The driver traps Anthony in the cab and takes him on a joyride, while jamming to "By The Way." Anthony ends up being saved by band members Flea and John Frusciante. At the end, band member Chad Smith hails the same cab driver, unaware of what transpired with Anthony. Footage of the band "performing" is intercut throughout the video.

This is followed by a documentary about the making of the video ("Obsessive, Compulsive, Psychologically, Misarranged Cabdriver/Fan (aka the making of "By The Way")"), directed by Byron Shaw and Bart Lipton. The documentary includes footage from the filming of the video, and interviews with the band members, the actor playing the cab driver, and a special effects supervisor. Most of the interviews are serious, but some are more humorous.

This is followed by a version of the video that is just footage of the band "performing." It features a lot of jerky camera movements, and this works decently; however, for the sections of the song that slow down, the jerkiness doesn't work as well.

After this video, a menu finally appears. From here, you can choose anything in the program, or you can see a page telling about the weblink. The weblink just provides links to the band's official website and to the Warner Bros. website.

Overall, it's a decent DVD single, and should be in the collection of a Red Hot Chili Peppers fan or collector.