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 It was good... Jun 29, 2009
The music is great - I would much rather have the CD than a DVD...
Great Fun Jul 09, 2008
While some of the videos may be uncreative and boring (Soul Meets Body), others are highly creative and a lot of fun to watch. With most, it's easy to see why the pitch won; many of the videos included in Directions are fun and vibrant interpretations of the DCfC songs.
Note that these videos were made from fan-submitted pitches for music videos, and are not the official music videos. From what I've gathered, a contest was held some time ago for best pitch for each song (apparently, there was only one entry for Soul Meets Body). My vote for the best video in the entire collection goes to Crooked Teeth, which is by itself worth the purchase price.
Best music to video translation! Jun 18, 2008
This was a fantastic DVD filled with artistic expression that exemplifies what Death Cab is all about. I highly recommend that people who connect more visually get this product. Directors of all backgrounds and styles artistically conceptualized the songs on Plans with great care. I really loved Plans and thought that Directions was a great tie-in to the Death Cab experience!
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If You Liked "Plans", You'll Love "Directions" Feb 15, 2008
In the past I was never a fan of the group, 'Death Cab for Cutie'. Just on a random whim of a purchase, I bought the CD,"Plans" for my music collection. But like many random whims, I never really got around to listening to it. Then a few months ago, I heard "I Will Follow You into the Dark" on the car radio. It just knocked me out. It was so moving. I thought it was one of the most beautiful love songs, I have ever heard in my life. After a bit of detective work, I was surprised to learn that I already owned it. I began to really listen to "Plans" and now its a real favorite. Rarely a week goes by that its not playing in my CD player, computer or car stereo.
So its only natural then, that I would eventually get a hold of DCfC's DVD, "Directions". "Directions" is such a wonderful, original concept. Take the nearly dozen songs from the CD, "Plans" and give each one to a different filmmaker to follow his or her own personal vision. This is a concept, that could have very easily failed in the wrong hands. But it is obvious that the band took great pains to pick talented artists, who were quite original and intent on taking their visualizatons of these songs to a new place.
There is a real mix on how these songs were approached. Some are more successful then others, but as a whole they flow together quite well. If I had a favorite it would have to be Rob Scrab's take on "Crooked Teeth". Its both funny, heart breaking and original. His video is sort of a take-off on those kiddie shows, we use to watch in the '60s and '70s. Through an interesting mix of puppetry & animation he evokes the ideal, that the things we wish for, might not turn out to be, what we actually end up with. Even my six year old son (who was fascinated by the creative visuals of the pirate, dragon & robot) got the video's concept.
There are a number other videos that are quite good. The love story of "I Will Follow into the Dark" is told very simply and elegantly through a pair of animated rabbits. Autumn de Wilde's video of a high school band playing "Different Names for the Same Thing" really evokes a fun, spirited sense of freedom, that musicians can feel. I Love the comic-strip like animation of "Your Heart is an Empty Room". That video is really ambiguous in its meaning, but I like the sense of longing it leaves me with. Finally, I really like the emotionally moving, Sci-Fi story, that Aaron Stewart-Ahn depicts with "Stable Song". It reminds me of those old '70s Sci-Fi/enviromental films like "Silent Running" and "Soylent Green".
The DVD also contains personal statements or thoughts of the Directors on their work. Like the videos, these statements take all sorts of different forms (check out Lance Bang's 'Spinal Tap'-like explanation of "Talking Like Turnstiles".) that can be quite interesting. As a project, "Directions" is quite successful in having artists re-imagine someone else's work. If you liked "Plans", then you'll love "Directions".
Classic Death Cab Jun 26, 2007
I thought this was a great dvd. The album is great first off and the videos that accompany all the songs are fantanstic. A must have for any death cab fan.
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