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| Category | Alternative DVDs, Rock Movies, Pop/Rock Videos, Music Video - Rock, Music Video, Television/TV Series, Pop Music Videos, Music (General), Live Performances, British, British Television | | Director | Derek Jarman | | Star(s) | Smiths |
This 60 minute DVD features British TV appearances, clips including Derek Jarman's The Queen Is Dead. , as well as material from throughout their career & previously unseen f ootage in the USA. Songs include This Charming Man, Wha t Difference Does It Make? Panic, more. It almost seems like a needless effort to write about The Smiths--one either loves them passionately or despises them. This polarization of opinion could be due to the effect that the dandy-esque front man Morrissey has on a person. Choosing to sing in a remarkably dramatic manner, writing ironically bathetic lyrics that swim with a biting, perhaps condescending wit, Morrissey is one of the most distinct leading men in rock history. But it was his unlikely match with the great guitarist-songwriter Johnny Marr that propelled The Smiths into the annals of pop history and made their songs highly influential classics. On THE COMPLETE PICTURE, The Smiths perform several of their hit singles at various locations, including the British program TOP OF THE POPS. The video serves as a great archive of The Smiths in their heyday, and also contains certain dramatic elements--one can see the latent disdain on Johnny Marr's face as he watches Morrissey posturing as a romantic poet, swaying around melodramatically with that signature bundle of flowers in his back pocket. In all, THE COMPLETE PICTURE serves as a remarkable musical and dramatic record of one of the most influential bands in British pop history. Smiths - The Complete Picture | List Price | $19.98 (You save $4.39) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1992 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  5170  | | CD Universe Part number | 1100715 | | Catalog number | 38330 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 04, 2000 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 50 Minutes | | Movie Details | Color; Stereo Sound; Digitally Processed |
Smiths - The Complete Picture Movie Review Smiths - The Complete Picture DVD Region 1 Encoding
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Tracks:
1. This Charming Man
2. What Difference Does It Make?
3. Panic
4. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
5. Ask
6. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
7. How Soon Is Now?
8. Shoplifters Of The World Unite
9. Girlfriend In A Coma
10. Sheila Take A Bow
11. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
12. The Queen Is Dead - A Film By Derek Jarman (includes The Queen Is Dead, There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, and Panic)
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