Alanis Morissette - Feast On Scraps
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Alanis Morissette - Feast On Scraps
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Are there actually people out there who enjoy it when a good live performance is constantly interrupted by edits of various amateur footage, or interview material? I just don't get why producers still insist on ruining otherwise perfectly good performances with this crap. Alanis Morissette's Feast On Scraps is the perfect example of this phenomenon. I guess the stupid title should have clued me in. Alanis can be a great live performer. I saw her Suppossed Infatuation Junkie tour in 1999, and she and her band put on an impressive show. I went to the concert with fairly low expectations but came away very satisfied. Her voice is definitely no studio gimmick, like many of today's pop idols. She gave a powerful, enthusiastic and creative live performance. Because of this, I was anxious to see Feast On Scraps. The show started out well enough, with decent live performances of "Baba" and "Right Through You", recorded during her 2001 European tour. I was all ready to enjoy this DVD, when during the third song, "21 Things I Need In A Lover", the idiot producer decided to mix in atrocious amateur footage, of the same song, from various shows during the tour. When I say atrocious, I mean the equivalent of someone using a $300 camcorder from the 50th row. At first I thought, "OK, that was an annoying little artistic endeavor thrown in there, now we can get back to the real show". WRRROOONG fucking answer! Next song - the same annoying bullshit. This made it virtually unwatchable for me, but I valiantly hung in there to see the rest of the DVD. They continued to scatter these ridiculous amateur clips throughout a few other songs, and also included backstage and interview footage between several songs. This totally broke up the rhythm and live feel of the show. I defy anyone to tell me they actually prefer it this way. I will not hesitate to call you a retard to you face. Well, not to your face, but with my mighty keyboard. This is how mad this gets me! Fortunately, the second half of the DVD was a slight improvement, as most of the songs were complete, professionally shot, live performances. The great thing about DVDs is that there is plenty of room to include special features. That is where ALL of those extra, amateur, live clips, backstage footage, and interviews belong - not mixed in amongst the live performance. Hopefully Alanis will release a better produced DVD down the road, which better showcases her unique and dynamic live performances. Until then, this one will be gathering a lot of dust on my shelf. Reviewed by Paul M. Roy - August 2004 |
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Running Time: 140 Minutes |
DVD Release Date - December 2002 |