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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0743216119691 Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Bmg Special Product Languages: Manufacturer: Bmg Special Product Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Bmg Special Product Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 26, 2000 Running Time: 45 minutes Studio: Bmg Special Product Theatrical Release Date: September 26, 2000 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: This DVD, an expanded version of the Grammy-winning 1992 video companion to Annie Lennox's solo debut, belongs on the short list of long-form videos that achieve the stylistic and thematic cohesion of a great album. In its audio incarnation, Diva isn't tied to a formally structured concept, yet its songs probe a clutch of interwoven themes, oscillating between spirit and flesh as the Scottish singer muses over ruined relationships, vain ambitions, and quests for love and identity in alternately teasing and tormented performances. On video, director Sophie Muller loosely integrates the songs through overlapping imagery, allowing costuming, locations, or lighting to supply a dreamlike coherence in lieu of more conventional plot or character. In her earlier incarnation as the vocal half of Eurythmics, Lennox had already displayed visual savvy through both live performance and the duo's arresting, early videos, and she brings an equal sense of nuance and daring to these pieces. On the elegiac "Why," she and Muller entwine romantic disappointment and show business artifice by presenting the song as an interior monologue, heard as the unadorned singer applies make-up and dons a garish costume; Lennox barely opens her mouth until the final, searing bridge. Elsewhere, Lennox uses her remarkably expressive eyes to speak volumes, often with an exaggerated intensity that fits both the lush, dramatic contours of her meticulously produced music and the neo-expressionist atmosphere of Muller's visuals, underlined by a palette that tilts through de-saturated colors toward pure monochrome. The compilation's sense of time and place veers toward period melodrama with its wittiest segment, "Walking on Broken Glass," not coincidentally a musical high point, which casts Lennox as a spurned lover raging at a callow, flirtatious John Malkovich, whose cameo is a direct allusion to his wicked starring turn in Dangerous Liaisons. --Sam Sutherland Description: The program: 1. Why 2. Legend in My Living Room 3. Precious 4. Money Can't Buy It 5. Cold 6. Primitive 7. The Gift 8. Walking on Broken Glass 9. Keep Young and Beautiful Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Money *can* buy this Gift"Money Can't Buy It" alone is worth the purchase of this DVD, which makes a great Gift. Rating: - Fabulous, but...Why haven't they included the wonderful "Little Bird" clip, in which Annie is upstaged by a legion of impersonators in all her different outfits through the years? Seems like a bizarre, pointless omission. Other than that, this is a fantastic collection of top-notch music videos. Gorgeous costumes and photography and provocative concepts abound. Did I mention, the songs are wonderful too? Rating:  - Annie Lennox Totally Diva DownerAnnie is great, but her DVD version of "Totally Diva" is very disappointing. No booklet or photos. I was expecting something a bit more including several tracks from her CD that are not on the DVD. Perhaps, a revamping of the product would give it the DIVA standard it deserves. I still love you Annie. Rating: - Amazing!Annie Lennox is amazing and this collection on DVD is fantastic. I was thrilled to see that Walking on Broken Glass and Precious were both addes from the VHS version. Now if we could only ge them to do a version that includes Little Bird it would be perfect. If you're a fan of Annie you won't be disappointed with this one! Rating: - Annie Lennox - Totally DivaI did review this DVD as quite disappointing the first time around. Now that I actually own the item, and have watched it twice, I must say that it is actually an item worth having. I highly recommend Totally Diva to those who either love to collect DVDs, who love Annie or to those who killed their VHS edition of Diva. To those who reviewed this a "not really worth it" or "disappointing" DVD, too bad for you. Sorry to say, but even through the disappointment of not having the chance to see the video ... Read More |
