MTV Uncensored - Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2001 (2001)

The 2001 edition of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit video was produced to be shown on MTV, but except for brief appearances by an MTV staff person, who provides narration, the format is entirely familiar. Beautiful women travel to exotic locations, eccentric and demanding photographers take a gazillion photographs of them, and the editors of the magazine engage in a painstaking process to figure out which photos measure up to the standards of the fabled swimsuit issue. This edition of the annual video contains a brief look back at the magazine's tradition of showcasing swimsuit models as well as a segment showing some problems faced in past years (such as a capsizing boat that scuttled a photographer and thousands of dollars worth of equipment). But for the most part the camera lingers over the bodies of more than a dozen models, including Josie Maran, Heidi Klum, Daniela Pestova, Michelle Behennah, and Molly Sims. Clad in the tiniest and tightest swimsuits imaginable, the women are seen posing--and occasionally talking about how much work posing is--in locations ranging from Las Vegas to Malaysia to Greece to Tunisia. The video is, as one might expect, very professionally produced, and while it contains no real surprises, it's a suitable tribute to the annual magazine issue that has become an American institution. --Robert J. McNamara Amazon.com

Great DVD .. but ..

It feels more like a "making-of" documentary than a sexy video. Almost clinincal in its analysis of the shoots, so called imaginary problems, dizzy models complaining, etc .. If I buy a swimsuit video, I want the girls to be hot and posing .. like in the "Wild Girls: Thailand" DVD .. a bit diff, but hot nonetheless. June 11, 2006

Marketing Hype!

I really was looking forward watching this edition of Sports Illustrated,because I have all the previous editions,and because I am a big Josie Maran fan(I think she is one of the sexiest and most beautiful women ever).
But how disappointed I was for two main reasons,
Firstly,the 'uncensored' tag is totally misleading. One would be excused for dispensing quickly of few $$$ without a thought just for this word alone,but this is all a marketing hype!I wonder what would the censored version be like??? Shooting fully clothed in the Artic??
Secondly, if you expect to be watching good photography, and lingering shots of these gorgeous women in bikinis,you will be sorely disappointed. This whole edition looks like behind the scene documentary for the magazine shoot, and what shots of models we have are annoyingly edited and are few seconds long at most. The last thing on my mind when I bought this DVD, was to hear photgraphers, producers and models talk and talk...
So careful not to believe the uncensored claim, and if you have the previous editions, then it is ok to buy this one too to complete the collection, but it will certainly be the weakest one by far. July 28, 2003

Aesthetically pleasing.........yes!

DVD Content.. Some of the world's most beautiful models are photographed and filmed. It's all good! I've been a fan of the SI Swimsuit edition for many years. So I can't complain about the content of the DVD [5 stars there]. The locations around the world are fascinating and enlightening, I was making mental notes along the way to travel to these places. Being an amateur photographer myself, I found it quite un-orthodox that one of the professional photographers would use an AF 35mm Compact camera for photos used in the magazine. Interesting.....

DVD Quality.. Unfortunately the quality could have been better. For the die-hard DVD enthusiast, who expect the highest quality, the picture and audio quality are not quite up to par. During the main scenes are too bad, the cut and fade sequences you can see quite noticeable compression artefacts. It's quite annoying. Similar to a good quality MPEG from the internet. Sound is also a bit sketchy, it has been mastered too loudly and quite often you get that shrill "SSSS" noise when dialogue starting with "S" is spoken. It's a similar effect to a program on TV that isn't quite tuned properly. Also, very annoying. It could just be that the US have a different [read: higher] level of volume to Australian standards, I don't know....

However, I'm still going to buy the other DVD's in the series. Having taped the original 1994 program on my fathers old Mono BETAMAX VCR when I was 14, I'd like to get them in much better quality. Hopefully the quality of the other DVD's will be a bit better....there's only one way to find out. It's just a pity that the 1994 show isn't on DVD.... January 8, 2003

Great DVD, if you're a photographer

...I think it's the best in the Sports Illustrated series, and I have all of them. But I'm a photographer, and the reason I think it's good is because there's lots of footage here of the photographers working with the models. There's a segment on Terry Richardson and how he often uses point and shoot cameras, which I found very interesting. The beautiful women are still there, and I get to watch some of the best photographers in the world work. I think it's great. The most irritating part of this DVD for me was the quick MTV cuts and the parts where they made the image roll as if the vertical hold had gone haywire on the TV set. That was just annoying. February 24, 2002

Lamest Video Yet!

Talk about rewarding the uninvolved!! The main characters in this video are the behind the scenes people. Althought they do contribute and have valid input to the video their portion of the content should be about 5%. IMHO SI Swimsuit Edition is about the MODELS wearing swimsuits and LESS. UNCENCORED??? no way this is a valid PG. I do not want to hear stories about models dancing naked on the tables, I want to see video of it. January 10, 2002

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