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- Cert:
- Cat.no: 0608199
- Running time: 34 minutes
- Year: 2000
- Pressing: 2001
- Region(s): 2 (UK PAL)
- Chapters: 7
- Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
- Languages: English
- Subtitles: None
- Widescreen: ratio varies
- 16:9-enhanced: No
- Macrovision: Yes
- Disc Format: DVD 5
- Price: £17.99
- Extras: None
Directors :
- Phillip Atwell, Dr. Dre, Darren Lavett, Paul Hunter
Eminemhas built his reputation on being one of the bad boys of rap. However, it’sdifficult to take even the “gangsta rappers” seriously, which makes this one,real name Marshall Mathers, seem more like a parody of the genre.
Seven music videos are included here including My Name Is, The Way I Amand the eight-minute Stan, the latter beingabout a crazed Eminem fan who tries to look and behave like him but thinkshe’s being ignored, so tries to get back by driving around with his pregnantgirlfriend locked in the boot, she being played by new-found talentDidowhose album track Thank You is mixed into the song inbetween each verseand has had a No.1 album of her own already, No Angel.
Eis billed as being all the Eminem videos completely uncut, but they’re notall like that. Just one, Guilty Conscience, featuring Dr. Dre, is stillcensored with the language blanked out as it would appear on TV. Why?
Eminem’s not been around in the charts for too long and his singles chartpositions, up to March 2001, are as follows :
Apr 99No. 2My Name IsAug 99No. 5Guilty Conscience (with Dr. Dre)Jun 00No. 7Forget About Dre (with Dr. Dre)Jul 00No. 1The Real Slim ShadyOct 00No. 8The Way I AmDec 00No. 1Stan
Some of the videos are fullscreen while others appear in a letterboxedratio, but none of the latter type are anamorphic. There’s also artifactsnoticeable in the brighter-looking promos such as My Name Is and allof the content has a slightly soft look to the print, although that appearsto be the way in which they were filmed.The average bitrate is 6.3Mb/s.
The sound is in Dolby Digital 5.1 for each of the tracks, making them fillthe room and sound better than they’ve appeared on TV.
There are just 7 chapters on this DVD, with one for each song :
1. Stan
2. The Way I Am
3. The Real Slim Shady
4. Role Model5. Guilty Conscience
6. My Name Is
7. Just Don’t Give A Fuck
There are no lyrics to follow onscreen, but there are extras in the formof a Behind-the-scenes piece on Stan and a Blair Witchspoof at the Marshall Mathers residence.The menus contain a small snatch of the track Stan.
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Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.