Under Review 1983-2006 (2008)

Tom Waits Under Review 1983 - 2006 is an 80 minute documentary film which looks at this extraordinary musician and performer's music during that period. After Waits' marriage to Katherine Brennan in 1980, his music became more experimental, challenging a

waste of time and money!

Anyone who would purchase this item is surely a fan, and will be disappointed in the content of this dvd. I can understand why this is film is unauthorized by Tom. It is a completely uninteresting and sometimes negative outline of a fantastic body of work, discussed by people who seem to have little or no credibility. For example, you have a person criticizing an album (Alice) who confesses he hadn't really listened to it. Are you kidding me? The few clip highlights, mostly pulled from Big Time, are not enough to save this "film." Tom Waits songs played over old film footage is also used frequently as filler, which seems like a freshman film student stunt. These are just a few of the non-highlights of this dvd. I know we are all dying for some great footage of Tom, but you're not going to get it here. October 10, 2008

Save Your Money!

If you need a documentary of pseudo-intellectuals warbling on about the man, then buy this extraordinarily boring DVD. If not, put your hard earned dollars towards buying Saint Tom's entire album catalogue and liberate your mind. (Post Script: The critics on this turkey are almost as bad as those you see on Chinese Central Television, and that says it all.) June 21, 2008

Lots of Talk About Waits, Just not the Man Himself

A very decent disc copy of what apparently is a brit/english TV program. Not terrible if you like hearing about Waits from the perspective of others. No complete videos just stock footage being run behind his music.

Menus are simple almost to the point of being cheesy, but the price isn't bad. June 13, 2008

Tom Never Seizes to Amaze Us!

This DVD has many reviews and appropriately named. This is an excellent choice If you want to catch up on his later work. The only bad thing about this DVD was the cheesy menu it had, but that was it! They could have made a better menu for this CD, it looked like some kid created the DVD from his home computer. Other than that I still give it 5 stars. There is some nice trivia on this DVD about Tom Waits. Another thing I thought it would have more of are clips from most of his videos, but instead they incorporated other imagery with his songs while reviewing most of his music, hmmm - but there are some clips from his videos, not too many. Although, there are no REAL interviews with Tom, except a few excerpts now and then, just mostly reviews. I kind of expected some worth while interviews, but of course the title says "Under Review" so I still have to give it 5 stars. Very interesting DVD...Go get it if you can find it! December 16, 2007

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