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This really shouldn't be as boring as it is
I've been a PJ fan for quite some time and look forward to pretty much everything she releases, but I honestly had a hard time just paying attention to this "film". It opens with Polly explaining how much she hates live albums and concert videos, claiming that she wants this one to be different from all the rest, but it's actually pretty much the same as everything else that's ever been released; lots of jumpy cuts between noise-laden Handycam footage interspersed with extraordinarily drawn out scenes of the band members enjoying their own tragically boring inside jokes. Now I don't expect every band in the world to regurgitate their own "Stop Making Sense" or anything, but there is simply nothing about this footage as assembled here that I feel accurately captures the experience of seeing PJ live, nor does it really present any heretofore unseen biographical information that could truly be called interesting. The disc's one saving grace for me is that it contains a nice rendition of "It's a Perfect Day, Elise," which I've sadly never seen performed live before. At $11, it's certainly no bank-breaker, but if you do pick it up, just skip around to the songs you like and ignore all the stupid backstage footage of people cutting out words written on paper and laughing hysterically at themselves for doing such a crazy madcap thing unless you're a teenage art school student who regularly films yourself cutting out words written on paper and laughing hysterically, of course. In that case you'll probably gain a strong sense of identity by drawing meaningless analogies between your own banal dorm room activities and those of a bona-fide rockstar.

Good Golly Miss Polly - in Art and In Deed !
This DVD is a total experience, as PJ says in the course of the film, she did not want it to be just another 'Concert DVD', and it is not. Having seen PJ at the Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC in 2001, I can say that this captures the excitement, raw power and contrasting sensitivity of her music, her songs and her performance. <
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>PJ is a truely unique and genuine artist and this DVD conveys that. The concert sequences and interview fragments meld together to create the feeling that matches the intent and title - PJ on Tour - that is why this is not just a Concert on DVD. The film maker has acheived the artist's intention perfectly. The 'extra' PJ interview is likewise a work that combines her music with an artistic feel and presentation to give us a unique insight into PJ's artistic expression. <
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>PJ Harvey's music and performance come together here in a way that trancends the medium and takes us as close as can be to 'being there'.