The Work of Director Spike Jonze (2003)

When you experience The Work of Director Spike Jonze, you enter a world where anything can happen and frequently does. From the innovative director of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation., this superior compilation of music videos, documentaries, interviews, and early rarities offers abundant proof that Jonze is the real deal–a filmmaker ablaze with fresh ideas and fresh ways of filming them. While collectors will regret that only 16 of Jonze's 40+ music videos are included here, this glorious sampling represents the cream of Jonze's bumper crop, and for sheer ingenuity, it doesn't get any better than this.

From the Beastie Boys' popular TV cop-spoof "Sabotage" to the intensely disciplined backwards-filming technique of the Pharcyde's "Drop," it's clear that Jonze has an affinity for inventive street theater, culminating in the sad/happy vibe of Fatlip's introspective "What's Up Fatlip?" and the pop-jazz effervescence of Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet." Technical wizardry is also a Jonze trademark, especially in the elaborate "Happy Days" nostalgia of Weezer's "Buddy Holly" and the graceful fly-wire dancing of Christopher Walken to Fatboy Slim's pulsing "Weapon of Choice." No doubt about it: Every one of these videos is an award-worthy testament to Jonze's ability to combine hard work with fun-loving spontaneity.–Jeff Shannon

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Music Videos
900ft Jesus - If I Only Had A Brain.avi
Beastie Boys - Sabotage.avi
Beastie Boys - Sure Shot.avi
Bjork - It's Oh So Quiet.avi
Daft Punk - Da Funk.avi
Donosaur Jr. - Feel the Pain.avi
Fatboy Slim - Praise You.avi
Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice.avi
Fatlip - What's Up Fatlip.avi
The Breeders - Cannonball.avi
The Chemical Brothers - Elektrobank.avi
The Notorius B.I.G. - Sky's The Limit.avi
The Pharcyde - Drop.avi
Wax - California.avi
Weezer - Buddy Holly.avi
Weezer - Undone (The Sweater Song).avi

Rarities
Amarillo By Morning.avi
End Credits.avi
How They Get There.avi
Mark Paints.avi
Rockafella Skank.avi
The Oasis Video That Never Happened.avi
The Woods.avi
Torrance Rises.avi
What's Up Fatlip (the documentary).avi



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