- Format: Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
- Language English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: NR (Not Rated) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Image Entertainment
- DVD Release Date: 24 Sep 2002
- Run Time: 110 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B00006FMBX
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 117,658 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Format:DVD
Shawn Colvin: Live in Bora Bora [DVD] [2002] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]Shawn is fantastic in this DVD & this setting is outstanding. A bargain at under £4 remember you'll need a multi-region player in the UK
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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Yuck!!!!
6 Oct 2002
Format:DVD
I like Colvin as an artist; she is incredible. This DVD is not her fault -- well, that is an assumption -- she did agree to it. So why two stars and not one? She is in it. If you love Colvin *and* like artists standing around in water singing to to nature with the sound of the wind and the ocean on your tracks along with the singing, then go and buy this. I am sure this DVD will play beautifully on a large screen plasma TV at some corporate function. However, if you love the artist and the music, then my advice is to avoid this effort. It is simply too painful to watch.
What person came up with this idea? Good lord: Even the camera work is silly. No. Not silly. Just atrocious. Diamond in the Rough (which honestly looks voiced-over) starts the first 30 seconds as a singing head shot. I am not kidding! No guitar can be seen, just a singing head! After a while, camera pulls back and there is Colvin up to her shins in shimmering blue water, her ethnic dress is partially wet, with her blue shades (sun does looks awfully bright) singing. Of course, we are again treated to the sounds of waves and wind. Egads!
Of course, the engineering of the DVD is just as silly: After each song ends -- and you go back to the main menu.
I love this artist -- so much so, that I scour the web for any performance version of her. I am not trying to be mean or spiteful here, but this DVD is simply nothing more than a monument to artsy-fartsy, superficial filming at its worse. However, the real kiss of death, and the bottom line reason for such a low rating is this: There is no energy here -- none. If you have seen her performance on the Sessions at 54th Street DVD or seen her live, you know what I mean. There is nothing going on here -- nothing.
This DVD is a compilation of one flat rendition after another of some wonderfully nice songs. It is just about the most pathetic attempt at film making and ranks as *the* most flat performance I have ever seen. Talk about DOA.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Much better than some seem to think
16 Sep 2010
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I read the unflattering reviews of this DVD and bought it with relatively low expectations. Why not? I love Shawn Colvin and it was only $10. But you know what? It's not bad. If fact, it's actually GOOD! The broadcast program is nice enough. We get to see Shawn in interviews, interacting with locals, singing "Happy Birthday" to her father on the golf course and, of course, singing and playing her guitar in exotic and beautiful surroundings. Nice. The music afcionados will object to the tunes being interrupted in places, but they more than make up for this later in the special features.
What makes this DVD, and makes it more than worth the meager cost, is an item in the special features called "Just the Music" where the songs are presented uninterrupted. Yes, there is some environmental noise but these are, after all, outdoor live performances so some noise is to be expected. It's in the background. What you do get is a couple of tunes that don't appear on any other Colvin release: a cover of Crowded House' "Private Universe" and a really nice version of Donovan's "Catch the Wind". As a sailor, seeing Shawn on the bow of a proa bobbing at anchor with the sunset setting the sky on fire behind her is a moving experience.
So yeah, I LIKE this DVD, and I like it even more on subsequent viewings. If you like Shawn Colvin and you're not too terribly picky about things like a little wind noise in a microphone, you probably will, too. So why 4 stars and not 5? I don't like to gush.
What makes this DVD, and makes it more than worth the meager cost, is an item in the special features called "Just the Music" where the songs are presented uninterrupted. Yes, there is some environmental noise but these are, after all, outdoor live performances so some noise is to be expected. It's in the background. What you do get is a couple of tunes that don't appear on any other Colvin release: a cover of Crowded House' "Private Universe" and a really nice version of Donovan's "Catch the Wind". As a sailor, seeing Shawn on the bow of a proa bobbing at anchor with the sunset setting the sky on fire behind her is a moving experience.
So yeah, I LIKE this DVD, and I like it even more on subsequent viewings. If you like Shawn Colvin and you're not too terribly picky about things like a little wind noise in a microphone, you probably will, too. So why 4 stars and not 5? I don't like to gush.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Sonically very poor, not a good music DVD
11 April 2007
Format:DVD
The idea of filming Shawn in some beautiful settings is kind of interesting, but the reality is that recording in the wind with location equipment makes for pretty poor sound. I've had this DVD for at least a year now and I find that I never choose to put it on. I'm glad to have it, as a Colvin completist, but I can't recommend it. If you want solo Shawn, the best commercial product is the Live '88 CD.
The highlight of this DVD is Shawn playing one of her songs accompanied by a bunch of island drummers. That was kind of cool. I believe this was filmed as a DirecTV music special, and it fares better in that context. As a music DVD though, there are so many better productions than this.
Actually, I think the best is actually Shawn's single track on the Best Of West 54th DVD.
The highlight of this DVD is Shawn playing one of her songs accompanied by a bunch of island drummers. That was kind of cool. I believe this was filmed as a DirecTV music special, and it fares better in that context. As a music DVD though, there are so many better productions than this.
Actually, I think the best is actually Shawn's single track on the Best Of West 54th DVD.
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