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The Fearless Freaks [DVD]

DVD ~ The Flaming Lips
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  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: High Coin
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Oct 2009
  • Run Time: 194 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0007Y3S6C
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 13,661 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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DVD Description

A film as eccentric as its subject, enter the wondrous world of The Flaming Lips…

15 years ago, Bradley Beesley (Lips' video regular and director of U.S. Indie cult classics Hill Stomp Hollar, Okie Noodling) began filming the exploits and performances of neighbour Wayne Coyne and his experimental, post-punk rock band The Flaming Lips in their hometown of Oklahoma City. A decade later, after sorting through 400 hours of tape representing fame and failure, breakups and breakdowns, love and loss, 11 albums, one Grammy® award, one drug addiction, a lot of very loud music and good clean fun, Beesley's long-awaited film is finished.

The Fearless Freaks captures The Flaming Lips' deep-set Oklahoma roots with never-before-seen home movie footage and Coyne family photographs in this startlingly intimate feature-length documentary. Performance footage begins with the band's early punk/noise phase, and continues throughout the years as the band's shows become increasingly avant garde with the appearance of puppets, light shows, animal suits, theatrical blood, balloons & confetti, and even a huge Coyne-inhabited plastic ball. Included are insightful interviews with band members past and present, giving the viewer an inside look at The Flaming Lips 20-year transformation from Oklahoma outsiders to the elder statesmen of the weird and wonderful.

Features cameos from Beck, Jack White, Juliette Lewis and Liz Phair as well as outtakes from the long-awaited Lips movie Christmas on Mars.

Bill Crandall, Rolling Stone "The Fearless Freaks is the most intimate portrait of a band you’ll likely see."



Special Features

Disc 1: The Fearless Freaks documentary: 99 minutes Band & Director’s Commentary Disc 2: Bonus Material: 90 minutes OUTTAKES: Backstage at Austin City Limits (3:57) Shopping Cart Guy (3:19) Wayne at Long John Silvers (4:15) Clouds Taste Metallic Sessions (10:02) Corey explains animal costumes (3:00) Wayne as Santa (3:30) DELETED SCENES: Wayne's Childhood days (3:40) Wayne and Steven chat about their big brothers 0:41) Jack White Interview and Live song (2:40) Super fans "Balloon Girls" (2:30) LIVE FOOTAGE: "Rainin' babies" (4:23) "Mountainside" (6:20) "Let me be it" (5:09) "Take Meta Mars" (3:07) "One Million Billionth Of A Millisecond On A Sunday Morning" (9:44) PHOTO SLIDE SHOW: Photo slide show (15:00) Sleeve notes by Wayne Coyne.

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Freaks being the operative word..., 3 Jul 2005
This look back over the career of the Flaming Lips is essential for all fans of the band, but might have interest for music fans in general.

The first half is amazing at it looks at the background of the band. Most of their families are either on crack or in jail (or both), there is a fine line between hope and despair in small town America.

The second half is more disjointed, but full of equally fascinating moments. Seeing band member Steven Drozd talking about and taking heroin on camera is about as shocking and explicit as it gets, yet despite the gritty content the film always retains a certain joyousness.

The music, of course, is amazing.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best "rockumentary" I've ever seen!, 6 Dec 2006
By Mr. G. J. Smith "edwardtattsyrup" (Somerset, UK) - See all my reviews
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Well, I'm a fan of the Flaming Lips but this is a great documentary nonetheless. Insightful, passionate and personal this really is great. It reflects one of their last albums in some ways by being weird, wonderful and having a touch of heart leaving you satisfied on every level. It starts by delving into the murky past where there's a lot of noise and confusion and then it breaks into their success and their ultimate position as one of the best bands ever. It even has real human interest and a touching story of Steve Drodzs' heroin addiction and his redemption. It also has Wayne telling the story of how his father's death affected him and the music and the happy story of how "a bunch of okies" (wayne's quote) managed to get where they were.

All in all, its essential for lovers of the band and a great music film for anyone else. It starts off pretty noisy though and the menu screen blasts out as soon as you load the DVD. Turn it down a bit before you put it on!

Worth every penny of the current asking price (I bought it somewhere else and it was more expensive - dang!) even if its to see bass player's Michael Ivins hairdo and how thin one man can become living on lentils, coffee and cigarettes.
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