Madonna - The Video Collection 93-99

Starring: Madonna, Ruth Taveras Director: Brett Ratner, Chris Cunningham, David Fincher, Johan Renck, Jonas kerlund, Mark Romanek, Matthew Rolston Original UK Premiere: 1999 Dvd Release: 29th November, 1999 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Colour, Full Screen, PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Madonna is Italian for My lady. Its historical usage refers to the Mary, the mother of Jesus. The pop singer Madonna repopularized the term in the 20th century. Mary, the mother of Jesus is frequently called Madonna. Madonna, American singer, actress, writer & sex symbol. Madonna is a term used to describe notable women, particularly in Italian Renaissance art. Madonna is a late 19th century painting by Edvard Munch.And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead. Madonna is the name of an album released by Madonna. Madonna Wayne Gacy, aka Pogo, is a member of Marilyn Manson. Posters Of Madonna

Madonna has been one of the most prolific video artists of the last twenty years, & this 2nd compilation shows why.

The best videos on here are the murder mystery of Bad Girl / the Matador love affair in Take A Bow / the poignant & thought provoking Drowned World / the gothic & dark Frozen / the fast paced, image laden visual treat that is Ray Of light / & the incredible / the very surreal Bedtime Story / the beautiful B&W simplicity that is Secret / Rain & Power of Goodbye are so incredibly stylised & not forgetting the sheer fun & tom-foolery with Austin Powers in Beautiful Stranger.

The collections weakest moments include Human Nature, a better video than the song, & the poor Love Don’t Live Here Anymore .

A bonus though is Fever, a simple dance to camera video which is laden with costume changes & special effects.

There are a couple of omissions though which I personally would have liked on here. The sexy, grainy Erotica , & the 70’s themed Deeper & Deeper

With no extras to speak of, this is still an incredible compilation of videos from a woman who is without doubt one of the leaders in her field.

Chris Cunningham is a British music video film director & video artist. He started as a comic book artist for the UK weekly 2000 AD under the name Chris Halls. His video work, Flex was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 2000. Come On My Selector video for Squarepusher. Come to Daddy, Windowlicker & Monkey Drummer videos for Aphex Twin. Resurrection & Judge Dredd & model making on Hardware & Nightbreed. Artificial Intelligence when it was a Stanley Kubrick project. A short film, Rubber Johnny is due for release in late 2004. Cunningham has plans to direct a film of Neuromancer by William Gibson but this project is currently in limbo. http.//www .director-file .com/cunningham/index .html. Posters Of Madonna

Editors Choice: Bjork, Madonna, Greatest Hits, View DVDology

David Fincher is a film director. Born in Denver, Colorado, Fincher started as an animator at Industrial Light & Magic in 1980 & stayed until 1984. In 1986, he founded the video-production company Propaganda Films. He directed big-budget videos for artists such as Madonna, George Michael, Aerosmith & the Rolling Stones, as well as commercials. Like a number of other video directors, including Julien Temple, Russell Mulcahy & Spike Jonze, he then moved into film. His debut was Alienł, which was then the most expensive picture by a first-time director, but was a financial & critical disappointment. Despite this initial failure, Finchers career rebounded with his next film, the dark thriller Se7en. This film, along with the complex & controversial Fight Club has put Fincher in the forefront of his post-video director contemporaries. Even Finchers more conventional work, such as The Game & Panic Room contains his distinctive dark photography with innovative uses of computer graphics. Posters Of Panic Room

Editors Choice: Panic Room, Fight Club, Madonna, The Game, Seven, Alien 3, Alien, Alien Quadrilogy, View DVDology

Mark Romanek is a music video director. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. G Love & Special Sauce - Cold Beverage. Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson - Scream. Mick Jagger - God Gave Me Everything I Want. Several of his videos have received accolades & awards, most prominently from the MTV VMAs. Are You Gonna Go My Way, Rain, Scream, Hurt, 99 Problems & Criminal are all VMA winners. Several of the others received nominations. Romanek has also done other work as well, in addition to his work on music videos. In 2002, he made his first feature film titled One Hour Photo, which starred Robin Williams, as well as Gary Cole. One Hour Photo is a thriller suspense movie about Sy, an employee at a warehouse store photo processing lab in a suburban area. Gary Cole plays Sys boss. Sy ends up becoming obsessed with a particular familys photos & a stalking-type situation ensues. One Hour Photo proved to be a moderate hit & established Romanek as a respectable movie director. Posters Of Madonna

Editors Choice: One Hour Photo, Madonna, View DVDology

Matthew Rolston is an acclaimed American photographer & music video director, known for videos in Pop & R&B genres. Matthew Rolston was born & raised in Los Angeles under a spell cast by the myth of Hollywood. He developed his talents as a photographer at the San Francisco Art Institute & the Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena. Over the years, Rolston’s still photography work for Harper’s Bazaar, Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine & Rolling Stone has highlighted his visual panache & control of detail. Rolston’s photographs have been exhibited at prestigious galleries across the country, in Europe & Japan & at museums, including THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART in New York City & the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D,C. In addition, a collection of his photographs, “Big Pictures”, was published in 1991 by Bullfinch Press. Soon, Rolston expanded his savvy for classic composition & style by working as a director of music videos for artists including Madonna, Lenny Kravitz, Dido, Janet Jackson & Beyonce’. Posters Of Madonna

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