{"id":39665,"date":"2006-02-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/fade-to-red-dvd\/"},"modified":"2006-02-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-28T00:00:00","slug":"fade-to-red-dvd","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/fade-to-red-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Fade To Red (DVD)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tori Amos’s shrinking but still very dedicated fan
\nbase is the type that actively seeks out bootlegs, obscure B-side
\ncollections and will most likely continue to buy everything she
\nputs out, regardless that many are saying she hasn’t released a
\ndecent album since \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6From The Choirgirl Hotel<\/i>.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t matter that next album may be THE one to
\nbring back the glory days of Under The Pink<\/i> and Little
\nEarthquakes<\/i>. In the meantime, fans will tide themselves over by
\nbuying all of her CDs, as well as other media, such as her
\nautobiography Piece By Piece<\/i>.<\/p>\n

That said, Tori Amos could have released a smattering
\nof her videos, added a cheap couple of extras and pumped out a
\n‘greatest hits’ DVD collection and it would have been serviceable
\nenough for most fans because the DVD would put her video collection
\ninto a single casing. Thankfully, the two-disc collection Fade
\nTo Red<\/i> goes beyond the typical video collection format. It is
\nbeautifully packaged and wisely avoids the typical chronological
\norder of videos. Assuming the batteries of their remotes are dead,
\nfans of Amos’ first three or four albums will need to sit and give
\nsongs like “A Sorta Fairytale” and “Sleeps With Butterflies” a
\nsecond (or first) listen while waiting for “Cornflake Girl.”<\/p>\n

The extras include a standard “making of” video for
\n“A Sorta Fairytale.” Technically, the video is a small marvel, as
\nwe see Adrien Brody’s and Tori Amos’s heads attached to body parts
\nas they struggle to make themselves whole again. Unfortunately, the
\nroutine talk about the difficulty of shooting the video and
\ndirector Sanji’s “vision” gets a bit rich as far as ego-stroking
\ngoes.<\/p>\n

Fans are likely going to get more out of Tori Amos’s
\ncomments about the inspiration (and meanings) for some of her songs
\nthan the videos (she does both for the commentary). For example,
\nyou hear more about how her fascination with baptism, waitresses
\nand Anne Boleyn has influenced her writing. And the song “Past the
\nMission” was inspired by Hernan Cortes, the Spanish conquistador.
\nShe refers to herself in the third person when she’s explaining the
\nsituations that she is in during most of the videos, making it
\nnearly impossible to a) take her too seriously and b) not compare
\nher to a professional athlete.<\/p>\n

As far as the videos, her collection reminds us that
\nAmos wasn’t particularly a video artist, yet her videos are
\ndistinctively hers. They may not have the artistry of Bjork’s
\ncollection, but with images like the shocking contract between the
\nwhite background and Tori’s brilliant reddish-orange hair as well
\nas the “flipping pages”-like editing of a song like “Silent All
\nThese Years,” the videos easily recognized by most video-obsessed
\nmusic geeks.<\/p>\n

As the video budgets grew, some of the later-era
\nvideos become less interesting. “Bliss” is sort of Tori’s “Living
\nOn A Prayer,” complete with sweaty bandmates and fuzzy,
\nblack-and-white shots of the crowd. The only exception is “1000
\nOceans,” which features a small-scale riot going on right outside
\nof Amos’s glass-encased box.<\/p>\n

A minor technical glitch to note — the volume is
\ninconsistent as hell for some of the songs. When I put in disc 2,
\nit was if I cranked the volume from ‘2’ to ‘9’.<\/p>\n

It’s hard not to feel bummed at the conclusion of
\nFade To Red<\/i>. For a viewer who grew up on Tori Amos, the DVD
\ncollection is a reminder of when MTV and VH-1 used to play videos
\n(suspend your disbelief and it seems like you just got done
\nwatching a one-and-a-half hour block of Tori videos on MTV’s 120
\nMinutes<\/i>). The videos in her earlier career were in semi-heavy
\nrotation (enough to get on Beavis And Butt-head<\/i>) and thus,
\ncreated a sort of shared experience with a mass audience. However,
\nwith later-era Tori, the only way most of these videos could have
\nreached their audience was through obscure Web sites.<\/p>\n

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