Thursday, January 25, 2007

Mr. Goddamn Brownstone

Guns N' Roses: Welcome to the Videos (1998)
dir. by Nigel Dick, Sante D'Orazio, Del James, Louis Marciano, Duff McKagan, Andrew Morahan, Josh Richman, W. Axl Rose, & Slash
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix

Andy Morahan's epic video triptych - "Don't Cry," "November Rain," and "Estranged" - shot from skyscrapers, oil tankers, the Sunset Strip and the Hollywood Hills, says more about music and movies - palace room giants from the glory days, square-dancing My Darling Clementine, Pumpkin and Honey Bunny at breakfast in the sun - than a century of biopics and musicals dreamed of.