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...best, the films forge new connections in the mind while presenting a complete aesthetic. At their worst, they entertain with bouncy motion and sustain curiosity for the techniques which created them. In between lies a fertile ground of freely-moving shapes which suggest the beginnings of Bauhaus, Pop and MTV-style images...
...masterly balance of pop zip and soulful melancholy. She was an enthusiastic advocate of the idea that the album should feature only women--a popular concept these days, with such recent all-female CDs as the pro-choice compilation Spirit of '73 (with Rosanne Cash and others), the MTV-sponsored Ain't Nothin' but a She Thing (with Annie Lennox and Melissa Etheridge) and the Christmas album Mother and Child (with Amy Grant and Martina McBride). "I wanted this to be an album of women with vocal distinction," says Houston, "that you could say their first name...
...latest to hit stores is the Friends CD. The NBC sitcom's theme song, I'll Be There for You--a hit single that received endless mtv airplay and launched the career of its performers, The Rembrandts--appears in two versions on the record. The rest of the collection showcases songs from such artists as the Pretenders, Hootie & the Blowfish, k.d. lang, R.E.M. and Lou Reed, all of whom will be heard on the show this season. Compiled in part by Friends executive producer Kevin Bright, a music buff with an 8,000-volume record collection, the CD reflects...
...diffuseness of Riggs' work is not merely a reflection of subject matter, but also of a varied and erratic style. In addition to his straightforward, "talking-heads" style interviews with such luminaries as Angela Davis and Cornel West, Riggs also includes blurred and shaky MTV-style cuts, slow-motion ghetto shots and short sections of poetry and dance meant to express his own feelings on the subject matter. Dragging and distracting, the attempts at innovation merely seem scattershot and amateurish for this accomplished filmmaker...
...close-up that makes the film so watchable. While Robert Altman's recent fashion film got lost in the perpetual party most see as the style business, Keeve follows the real people Altman hired stars to play. "Unzipped" stays grounded as a documentary, despite its editing, which, MTV-quick, knows how to capture a fashion moment and move on in search of the next Big Thing...