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Good Collection
This is excellent DVD video collection. Very good picture quality and sounds. Worth to purchase it. Do not think twice.
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My wife is a die-hard Madonna fan and she loves this!
She asked me for all the Madonna videos, and I got her 3 and she loves them ALL!
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Collectors must have
For all of you big Madonna fans this is a must have - it brings all of Madonnas older music videos. This is a collectors item to have, plus it also brings the great theatrical performance of Vogue that Madonna did for the MTV music awards. The performance revives the whole Marie Antonoitte fashion. The rest of the videos translates into the 80's - 90's music. If you have not already purchased it you are missing out on this great collection.
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DVD is great
I also have the VHS version. I played it many times. The DVD is just as good (well, actually the DVD quality of both audio and visual is better than the VHS). I love this DVD. If you like classic Madonna, get this!
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An unexamined life is not worth living...
Madonna produced numerous MTV videos; and this DVD showcases 12 of them with bonus footage of Madonna and her supporting cast performing "Vogue" at the 1990 MTV Awards. The quality of the image is excellent; and the sound exceeded my expectations. This DVD proves that Madonna was an unstoppable artistic force as early as 1984 when she made her "Borderline" video. The quality of the footage together with the soundtrack stuns me and makes me want more.
The Immaculate Collection DVD is a set of several of Madonna's earliest videos; and this DVD starts off strong with the beautiful "Lucky Star." Madonna dances up against a white background with merely two background dancers for much of the length of this number. Nevertheless, in "Lucky Star" Madonna already begins to beg and work her way into your heart not merely as a very attractive young woman but also as a legitimate artist singing, dancing and pouring her heart out. "Borderline" follows and the action speeds up with something of a plot going on while Madonna sings. Yes, Madonna has her man; but when a rich entertainment mogul comes along to give her opportunities the relationship between Madonna and her main man heats up in a way that isn't always very positive.
"Like A Virgin" represents Madonna's desire to play over the top roles; during this number she dances and sings inside an empty but beautifully sculpted older European-style building. Madonna's white dress comes undone to reveal more of her legs to symbolize her being "touched for the very first time."
Other videos that deserve mention include the pensive "La Isla Bonita" with its beautiful cinematography and an extravagant Latin costume for Madonna as well as "Papa Don't Preach" which explores the relationship between a father and his daughter now that she's all grown up and involved with a man. "Material Girl" boasts a set and costume for Madonna that are clearly based on Marilyn Monroe singing "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" from the movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. In addition, there is the very painful yet all too commonplace scenario depicted in "Oh Father." "Oh Father" explores Madonna's feelings now that she is an adult woman and free of an abusive parent who terrorized her when she was just a little girl without a mother to defend her.
The DVD closes with two versions of Madonna's big hit entitled "Vogue." "Vogue" encourages people to use their imagination to make themselves attractive to themselves and to others. I like the way Madonna wedges in so neatly a tribute to some of the greatest actors who have come before her. The second version of Vogue was filmed at the 1990 MTV Awards show and is presented here from excellent camera angles. The extravagant over the top costumes combine with the singing and dancing to produce an outstanding number.
One reviewer writes that they would have liked "Burning Up" and "Into the Groove" to have been included on this DVD. I must agree; but because the rest of the DVD is so perfect I will give it five stars anyway. Some of you may prefer to give this DVD four stars because of this omission. It's a judgment call!
Overall, The Immaculate Collection documents some of Madonna's finest work during the first several years of her career in the form of video vignettes that are memorable and well executed. The cinematography shines through with clever camera angles all throughout the 13 chapters of the DVD; and the choreography leaves nothing to chance as Madonna and her crew perform intricate numbers with great energy and poise. Madonna and the rest of the cast make it look easy; but we know it isn't. But, then again, when a star like Madonna is born, the impossible can become the reality that is shown to us here on this DVD.
Enjoy!
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