#100: VARIOUS: Beastie Boys Video Anthology (2000)

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VARIOUS (United States)
Beastie Boys Video Anthology [2000]
Spine #100
DVD


The Beastie Boys are among the most influential groups of the last two decades. As their music has opened hip-hop to a wider audience and changed the parameters of its sounds, their ambitious music videos have carried the medium to new levels of artistic expression. This groundbreaking two-disc anthology showcases the vast potential of DVD technology, with most of the eighteen videos containing alternatve visual angles and multiple audio tracks. There are hundreds of possible image and sound combinations, including new surround mixes, a cappella versions, instrumentals, and more than 40 remixes (by such artists as Moby, Fatboy Slim and the Prunes), including many new remixes created exclusively for this release. Loaded with never-before-seen footage and unreleased music tracks, this special edition also contains a trove of rare still photos and exclusive audio commentary by the band and the video directors. And the coup de grâce; the world-premiere director's cut of Nathanial Hornblower's "Intergalactic" spin-off "The Robot vs. the Octopus Monster Sage."

Color
Stereo
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2000
The Film

The only music-video anthology in the catalogue was given the honor of Spine #100 in 2000. It is unique to the Collection, and deserves its honored spot.

Rap/hip-hop is not everyone's cup of tea. But these videos are so creative -- so filled with cinematic energy, so blazingly crafted -- that even with the sound turned down, these 12 mini-movies are exciting to watch.

The Beastie Boys were a huge influence on rappers like Eminem; the proof is all right here.

Film Rating (0-60):

56

The Extras

And this is where it gets really good! These two discs are packed to the gills with fascinating extras:

The Booklet

Six-page booklette: Operations Manual

Like something from the Star Trek blueprints, the various camera angles (more interesting than you might think), the remixes, are all intelligently listed, so one can plough through every track without getting too lost ...

Disc 1
  • Intergalactic
    • Directed by Nathaniel Hornblower (1998)
      • VIDEO ANGLES
        • 1. Final cut
        • 2. Slo-mo lip sync
        • 3. Fast-mo lip sync
        • 4. Vogue
        • 5. Platform
        • 6. Spin cam
        • 7. The jogger
        • 8. The scientists
        • 9. Officer side streets
      • AUDIO TRACKS
        • 1. Album version w/sound effects
        • 2. Colleone & Webb remix 1
        • 3. Colleone & Webb remix 2
        • 4. Sever & Hoffman remix
        • 5. Prisoners of Technology remix
        • 6. A cappella version
      • ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
        • 1. “The Robot vs. The Octopus Monster Saga”
        • 2. Storyboards
  • Shake Your Rump
    • Directed by Hornblower (1989)
      • VIDEO ANGLES
        • 1. Final cut
        • 2. Medium angle
        • 3. High angle
        • 4. Low angle
      • AUDIO TRACKS
        • 1. Video version
        • 2. Madlib remix
        • 3. Dj J-Rocc & Dj Truly OdD remix
        • 4. Latch brothers remix
        • 5. A cappella version
  • Gratitude
    • Directed by David Perez (1992)
      • VIDEO ANGLES
        • 1. Video version
        • 2. Oscilloscope angle
      • ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
        • Live version (directed by Ari Marcopoulos [1993])
  • Something’s Got to Give
  • Sure Shot
    • Directed by Spike Jonze (1994)
      • VIDEO ANGLES
        • 1. Final cut
        • 2. Three-way screen
      • AUDIO TRACKS
        • 1. Album version
        • 2. Nardone remix
        • 3. Large Professor remix
        • 4. European B-Boys remix (Prunes)
        • 5. Mario remix
        • 6. A cappella version
      • ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
        • Photos by Spike Jonze
  • Hey Ladies
    • Directed by Adam Bernstein (1989)
      • AUDIO TRACKS
        • 1. Album version
        • 2. Paul Nice remix
        • 3. Count Bass D remix
        • 4. Fred C. remix
        • 5. DJ Strictnine and Paranorm remix
  • Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun
    • Directed by Hornblower (1988)
      • AUDIO TRACKS
        • 1. Album version
        • 2. OD remix
        • 3. DJ Moe Love remix
        • 4. DJ Cheapshot remix
        • 5. Egon & Jon Doe remix
        • 6. Dub hackers remix
  • Body Movin’
    • Directed by Hornblower (1998)
      • AUDIO TRACKS
        • 1. Fatboy Slim remix with sfx
        • 2. Album version
        • 3. Kut Masta Kurt remix
        • 4. Shawn J. Period & Wizdom Life remix
        • 5. Micky Finn & Special K remix
      • ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
        • 1. “Don’t Lose Your Head”
        • Storyboards
  • So What’cha Want
    • Directed by Hornblower (1992)
      • VIDEO ANGLES
        • 1. Final cut
        • 2. Three shot
        • 3. Thermal cam
      • AUDIO TRACKS
        • 1. Album version
        • 2. All the way live freestyle version
        • 3. Butt Naked version
        • 4. Soul Assassins remix
        • 5. A cappella version
Disc 2
  • Sabotage
    • Directed by Jonze (1994)
      • VIDEO ANGLES
        • 1. Final cut
        • 2. Sir Stewart’s folly
        • 3. Knife fight/Trainyards
        • 4. Raid on the mob/Angry chief
      • ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
        • 1. “Ciao L.A.”
        • 2. Photos by Jonze
        • 3. Treatment 4/8/94
  • Shadrach
    • Directed by Hornblower (1989)
      • VIDEO ANGLES
        • 1. Final cut
        • 2. Video version
        • 3. Superimposition
      • AUDIO TRACKS
        • 1. Live version
        • 2. Album version
        • 3. Mum’s the word remix
        • 4. J Rawls remix
        • 5. Joey Chavez remix
        • 6. Peanut Butter Wolf remix
  • Three MCs and One DJ
    • Directed by Hornblower (1999)
      • VIDEO ANGLES
        • 1. Final cut
        • 2. Quad split
        • 3. Center
        • 4. DJ
        • 5. Left
        • 6. Right
  • Ricky’s Theme
    • Directed by Jonze (1994)
      • ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
        • Photos by Jonze
  • Pass the Mic
    • Directed by Hornblower (1992)
      • AUDIO TRACKS
        • 1. Album version
        • 2. Part 2, Skills to Pay the Bills
        • 3. Prunes remix
        • 4. Mike Nardone remix
        • 5. A cappella version
  • Holy Snappers
    • Directed by Hornblower (1991)
  • Root Down
    • Directed by Evan Bernard (1994)
      • AUDIO TRACKS
        • 1. Album version
        • 2. Free Zone remix (Prunes)
        • 3. PP Balloon mix (Prince Paul)
        • 4. A cappella version
  • Netty’s Girl
    • Directed by Tamra Davis (1992)
      • ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
        • Science
  • Alive
    • Directed by Hornblower (1999)
      • VIDEO ANGLES
        • 1. Final cut
        • 2. Bent glass
        • 3. Manhattan side
        • 4. Going to Brooklyn
        • 5. Brooklyn side
        • 6. Mini-me
        • 7. ATV & Minibikes
        • 8. Dubuffet
        • 9. More minibikes?
      • AUDIO TRACKS
        • 1. Video version
        • 2. Moby remix
        • 3. T-Ray remix
        • 4. Rapscallion version
        • 5. Evidence remix
        • 6. Bentley Rhythm Ace remix
        • 7. A cappella version

Commentary

By the band and the video directors, including Bernstein, Bernard, Davis, Jonze, Marcopoulos and Perez.

World premiere

Director’s cut of Hornblower’s Intergalactic spin-off The Robot vs. the Octopus Monster Saga.
Still photographs

Storyboards

Special collectible poster

Extras Rating (0-40):

38

56 + 38 =

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