Beastie Boys: Video Anthology

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2000
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1h 53m

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A compilation of video clips by the Beastie Boys.A compilation of video clips by the Beastie Boys.A compilation of video clips by the Beastie Boys.

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Adam Horovitz

Self…

Adam Yauch

Self…

Mike D

Self…

Beastie Boys

Themselves…

Mario Caldato Jr.

Self (segment "Root Down")

Eric Bobo Correa

Self (segment "Root Down")
(as Eric Correa)

Vic Noto

Outlaw Biker Venom

Max Perlich

Self (segment "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun")

Q-Tip

Self (segment "Netty's Girl")

Chloë Sevigny

Self (segment "Root Down")
(archive footage)

Michael Simpson

Self (segment "Shake Your Rump")

Dave Skilkin

Self
(archive footage)

Ione Skye

Self (segment "Netty's Girl")

Zoe R. Cassavetes

Susan (segment "Ciao L.A.")
(uncredited)

Sofia Coppola

Britney (segment "Ciao L.A.")
(uncredited)

DJ Hurricane

Self
(uncredited)
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Money Mark

Self (segments "Gratitude", "Root Down" and "Netty's Girl")
(uncredited)

Mix Master Mike

Self (segment "3 MC's and 1 DJ")
(uncredited)

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fringevideo

from Fringe Video Fanzine Issue #002

The ultimate Beastie Boys collection that has the producers pulling out all the stops and taking full advantage of everything that the medium has to offer. Includes old school style hip-hop rap classics like "Body Movin", "Sabotage". [which includes a spoof talk show that interviews the fictional cops from the video.] "Intergalactic" [which along with the video includes the world premiere of the nine-minute 'Robot vs. The Octopus Monster Saga' (1998)], "So What'cha Want" and many more. Two disc full of hours of entertainment from The Criterion Collection, but more importantly layered beneath the video footage are rare remix versions of the same songs done by everyone from Fatboy Slim, to the Prunes, or D.J. / producers like Moby. With a video beastiology like this who needs CD's anymore, I hope this becomes a DVD others in the recording industry will set their standards with. An Exciting and worthwhile purchase

rogierr

a feast for anyone and a model for future dvd releases

Surpassing double-dvd with a data rate of continuously > 8 Mb/sec (not for the extra footage). There is 30 minutes of videoclips in each disc and 2 hours of remixes, so in total you have 5 hours of Beastie Boys (even excluding alternative angles). The chosen songs show most different views of all work by the Beastie Boys. This edition is not exactly concerned with the band (as their audio track unfortunately shows) but with their different creations. Spike Jonze's audio track is clarifying for that matter. The only big flaw is that the songtexts are modified (read: censored). The only small flaw is the absence of the hit songs 'Fight for your right' and 'No sleep til Brooklyn'. Perhaps a next edition? For now e.g. 'Netty's Girl' makes you want to ask the B Boys for any motion picture soundtrack.

Virtually inexhaustible number of combinations of remixes and video footage: the coolest part are the alternative angle tracks, which are mostly used to show all the material shot on one location instead of actual different angles of one event. That makes it great: you can see the entire subway scene that was shot for 'Intergalactic' for instance, or 4 minutes of the trio-angle footage for 'Whatcha want', while changing the music track. HF.

9/10

10andyniess

More than definitive

All of the Beastie's videos from Paul's Boutique forward are flawlessly presented with numerous angles, exquisite menus, commentary tracks, and enough remixes to fill two audio CDs. For example, the electro-rap Intergalactic has 9 camera angles, 6 remixes, storyboards, and "The Robot vs. The Octopus Monster Saga," which is the video extended and presented as a side-splitting mini-Godzilla movie. If you haven't viewed any of the videos, quite a few of them are hilarious parodies like Sabotage, which takes on '70s "tough cop" shows better than any Saturday Night Live skit could aspire to. Even the straight performance videos all have a twist, whether it be rotoscoped animation, fish-eye lenses or just the Boys wearing crazy wigs and outfits. It's more than entertaining, and the time and effort put into this compilation set a new standard for music videos.

10Krimar316

An anthology of classic music videos from a group that is so much more than Hip-Hop!

Disk one starts with Intergalactic,disk two ends with Alive and in between are some of musics greatest music videos. The Beastie Boys are so much more than the image The Sun newspaper gave them in the 1980's. Yes they started as a punk band then transformed themselves into the bad boys of Hip-Hop but they are so much more. This collection contains some of their most famous hits along with the art form used to promote them back in the days when MTV actually played music videos. Many included are mini movies,real pieces of art,Intergalactic being one and Body Movin' being another. Trust me when i say whole heartedly that if you are a Beastie Boys fan you need to own this. It's an easy 10/10,A+,5* collection.

9lovejam

A Thank You Letter To The Beastie Boys

Thank you for being the creative geniuses that you are.

Thank you for being my first DVD on Criterion.

Thank you for Intergalactic's spin-off, "The Robot vs. The octopus Monster Saga".

Thank you for including 2 discs and a reason never to leave my room again.

Thank you for License to Ill, Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head, Ill Communication, and all the other albums resulting from them.

Thank you for making my ears purr with delight listening to the many remixes by way-too-many DJ's to list.

Thank you for the out-takes on 'Body Movin' that were a scream.

Thank you for choosing Nathan Hornblower, Adam Bernstein, Evan Bernard, Tamra Davis, Ari Marcopoulos and David Perez to direct your videos, as well as Spike Jonze's commentary on the supplemental materials.

And thank you for the storyboards, the double-sided poster, photographs and subtitles to rap-along

In other words, thank you for this anthology and for allowing me to enjoy it.

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This film is in the Criterion Collection, spine #100.

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Robot: Intergalactic. Planetary. Planetary. Intergalactic. Another dimension. Another dimension.
Mike D: Well now don't you tell me to smile. You stick around I'll make it worth your while. Got numbers beyond what you can dial. Maybe it's because I'm so versatile.
Ad-Rock: Style profile I said. It always brings me back when I hear 'Ooh Child.' From the Hudson River out to the Nile. I run the marathon until the very last mile.
MCA: Well if you battle me I will revile. People always say my style is wild. You've got gall, you've got guile. Step to me, I'm a rapophile.
Mike D: If you want to battle you're in denial. Coming from Uranus to check my style. Go ahead put my rhymes on trial. Cast you off into exile.
Robot: Intergalactic. Planetary. Planetary. Intergalactic.
Ad-Rock: Jazz and AWOL; that's our team. Step inside the party, disrupt the whole scene. When it comes to beats well I'm a fiend. I like my sugar with coffee and cream.
MCA: Well I gotta' keep it going, keep it going full steam. Too sweet to be sour, too nice to be mean. Well on the tough guy style I'm not too keen. To try to change the world, I'll plot and scheme.
Mike D: Mario C likes to keep it clean clean. Gonna' shine like a sunbeam beam. Keep on rappin' cause that's my dream. Got an A from Moe Dee for sticking to themes.
Ad-Rock: Now when it comes to envy, y'all is green. Jealous of the rhyme and the rhyme routine. Another dimension, new galaxy. Intergalactic planetary.
Robot: Intergalactic. Planetary. Planetary. Intergalactic.
MCA: From the family tree of old school hip-hop. Kick off your shoes and relax your socks. The rhymes will spread just like a pox. 'Cause the music is live like an electric shock.
Mike D: I am known to do the Wop. Also known for the Flintstone Flop. Tammy D getting biz on the crop. Beastie Boys known to let the beat drop
Ad-Rock: Now when I wrote graffiti my name was Slop. If my rap's soup my beats is stock. Step from the tables when I start to chop. I'm a lumber jack; DJ Ad-Rock.
MCA: If you try to knock me you'll get mocked. I'll stir fry you in my wok. Your knees'll start shaking and your fingers pop. Like a pinch on the neck from Mr. Spock.
Robot: Intergalactic. Planetary. Planetary. Intergalactic. Another dimension. Another dimension.