Stars: The Smashing Pumpkins

Director: Bart Lipton

Summary: The tracklist includes 'Siva', 'Rhinoceros', 'Cherub Rock', 'Today', 'Disarm', 'Rocket', 'Bullet With Butterfly Wings', '1979', 'Zero', 'Tonight, Tonight', 'Thirty-Three', 'Ava Adore', 'Perfect', 'The Everlasting Gaze', 'Stand Inside Your Love', 'Try, Try, Try', 'Geek USA', 'An Ode To No One', 'I Am One' and more.

Crossing over into the mainstream pop world of MTV acceptance in the early 1990s, Smashing Pumpkins defined the "alternative" music genre for millions of fans. With innovative rock sounds that ranged from angry to ethereal, the Pumpkins were both critically and commercially successful. This greatest hits collection contains the band's videos, produced between 1991 and 2000. From early tunes to their final songs, the music and images are both aurally and visually exciting. Tracks include "Siva," "Rhinoceros," "Cherub Rock," "1979," "Zero," "Ava Adore," "The Everlasting Gaze," "Geek USA" (live), "I Am One," "Try - A Short Film" (directed by Jonas Akerlund), and much more.

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The Smashing Pumpkins: 1991-2000 Greatest Hits Video Collectionvisually charts the progress of the band from grunge rockers to AOR stars. Shot on Super 8, the grainy early videos ("Siva" and "Rhinoceros") depict the progressive psychedelia of their early sound. Despite the continuation of an alternative music style on Siamese Dream(the group's first album with Virgin), the videos from this era become more mainstream in a blatant attempt to get MTV airplay. Matching the commercial and accessible style of the album, the Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadnessvideos are big-budget numbers. Drawing on their long-standing fascination with 70s youth culture, the "1979" video provides another romanticised depiction of that period, while the awarding-winning "Tonight, Tonight" is a clever remake of Méliès Trip to the Moon. The epic style continues on later videos, with "Perfect" being a sequel to "1979". Also included is the harrowing short film by Jonas Akerlund, "Try" (a 15-minute extended version of the "Try, Try, Try" video), which follows the last days of a homeless, pregnant young woman. Also included are live performances from their final concert. This is a fitting anthology of both the Pumpkins' restraint and excess.

On the DVD:Due to the extensive number of bonus features available with each video (including commentaries, outtakes and behind the scenes footage), the initial selection process is far from straightforward, which is why the title menu includes a Help option to guide the viewer through the complex procedure. DVD-ROM users can also access exclusive Smashing Pumpkin art.--John Galilee

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 0
Special Features:	Band Commentary, Directors Narration, Never Before Seen Outtakes, Behind The Scenes Documentaries, A Short Film By Jonas Akerland
Year:	2001
Release Date:	November 19, 2001
Runtime:	119 minutes
Certification:	Exempt.
Catalogue Number:	D V D H U T 2
Label:	Hut Recordings
Keywords:	Music, Video, Collection, Rock, Greatest, Pop, Hits, Performing, Pumpkins, Smashing, Arts, Popular
Genre:	Music/Performing Arts