Product Details

• Actors: Death Cab for Cutie
• Format: Color, 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
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Atlantic / Wea
• DVD Release Date: April 11, 2006
• Run Time: 140 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000EGDAR0
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #33,867 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Death Cab for Cutie presents: Directions, an innovative anthology of 11 short films inspired by each song on the band's acclaimed album Plans. Every song was directed by a different director and includes 2 bonus videos of unreleased songs. The unprecedented collection came about as the brainchild of otaku-house, the production company owned and run by childhood friends Nick Harmer, bassist for Death Cab for Cutie, and video director Aaron Stewart-Ahn. They saw the opportunity to enlist a variety of talented young artists to each make a short film set to a Death Cab song, without the constraints of the traditional music video- no arbitrary performance footage, the band themselves would not appear in the films. The ultimate goal was to create a series of small films that worked together as both individual pieces of art and as a unified whole. Track Listings: Marching Bands of Manhattan, Soul Meets Body, Summer Skin, Different Names for the Same Thing, I Will Follow You Into the Dark, Your Heart Is An Empty Room, Someday You Will Be Loved, Crooked Teeth, What Sarah Said, Brothers on a Hotel Bed, Stable Song, Talking like Turnstiles.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More musicians should do this., April 16, 2006

By	happy review warrior - See all my reviews

I laughed. I cried. I even pondered.

This is a great project, and one you should purchase, to both enjoy the videos and support the concept.

I did not know much about Death Cab for Cutie, but had a couple of their songs from CMJ Magazine, and I liked them enough. Then I saw a press-report about Death Cab's upcoming project, to let separate different directors create their separate visions of each and every song on their new album Plans. In the end, some wondered if the whole would stand together. I think it has, as Death Cab's music was direction enough to the directors, but you will need to see them all together to judge for yourself. I love music videos, especially the more creative ones, so I thought that this, music even aside, could be great fun.

They released 1 a week, and each Monday during that time, I visited their website, enjoying, even looking forward to Monday! It was with the video for "Summer Skin" that I concluded, this is art, and told all my friends. I have purchased the album, and grown to love the music seperately. The music and videos are deliberate art, which is sometimes hard to find, and even harder to find as well executed as this.

For you Death Cab for Cutie fans, of course you will buy this. For you art and video enthusiasts, and even you industry wonks, check this out. It was a great idea, brilliantly pulled off, and definitely earned a sale from me.

5 stars!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hopefully will inspire many more bands to do the same..., September 9, 2006

By	Derek W. Pollard "dwpollar" (Shoreline, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

What an awesome idea and tremendous videos from a band with great emotionally powerful songs. I wish more bands would do this kind of thing maybe without any commentary from the band themselves and only from the directors and maybe in Surround sound!! The only flaw that I saw was not having director's commentaries although it was advertised on the back of the package. I remember as a child wanting to create computer aided videos for an entire album and now it's finally been done by DCFC in 2006!! My heroes!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unlike Anything Else., May 23, 2006

By	Jaimie Evoy (Langley, BC Canada) - See all my reviews

I was very impressed with Directions. All the videos are unique and personal. The combination of the music and video worked really well! The DVD has lyrics, a message from each director, plus an interview with the band. Overall- definetely worth the time, and the money.