Part 2 is a collection of all of NIN's music videos up to The Perfect Drug (with the exception of Burn, which, for completists, can be found on the second tape of the Natural Born Killers Director's Cut, and the complete Broken movie - sorry, can't help you there). It opens with a short video of A Warm Place (these instrumental videos are scattered through the collection, along with short film reels of, among other things, an elephant being electrocuted), but the first video proper is Head Like A Hole, a fairly MTV-friendly clip with jump-cuts galore. It's not exactly ground-breaking, but it does the job nicely.

The second video (Sin) is where it starts to get nasty. Those with any sort of moral objection to homosexuals smearing blood over each other should probably hit the fast-forward button. Anyone who is comfortable with explicit nudity, however, should be fine, although the meagre two-minute run time may disappoint you.

Down In It is a return to Head Like A Hole territory (it has the same director) although slightly less MTV-friendly, as it includes a dead Trent Reznor. This is the uncut version.

The next few videos make up most of the tracks (except for Last) from the Broken EP (including the instrumentals). Standouts are Wish, in which the band perform in a cage surrounded by a bloodthirsty mob trying to get in, and Help Me I Am In Hell, in which a man eats his dinner in a room filled with flies - this one may prove a little too much for people with an aversion to bugs, but it's nothing compared to Happiness In Slavery, in which "supermasochist" performance artist Bob Flannigan is tortured, ripped apart and eventually minced by a dentist's chair-esque contraption. If you have any doubts, steer clear. This was banned for a reason. PS. The video for Gave Up is not the infamous snuff video, but there is an appearance by a virtually unrecognisable Marilyn Manson.

The March Of The Pigs video is just the band performing live in a white room. The sound's not great, but it's worth it to see a manic Trent Reznor going through three microphones.

Next up is a live triplet of Eraser, Hurt and Wish. Besides the enormous projected snakes, time-lapse photography of dead foxes etc, it's really just what you'd expect. Excellent stuff, and with far better sound quality than the first video.

And now, the high point of the package (for me at least) - the uncut version of Closer, in all its perverse, disturbing glory. Its inventive images (which I'm not going to spoil for you) would be worth the asking price on their own.

Finally, The Perfect Drug, which is a little like a post-Closer cool-down. Both the song and video are superb (and the video is definitely worth seeing for Reznor's rather fetching moustache), but it's got a more cold, gothic feel. It's a shift in tone, and it works very well.

Overall, this is a superb collection, and worth buying, because if you are any kind of NIN fan, you will watch them repeatedly.

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Great Double Video Set from NIN  Mar 13, 2001
By dolly_
Video one shows concert and behind the scenes footage from the Self-Destruct tour. The behind the scenes footage has Trent and the boys bringing down an exit sign by throwing beer bottles at it, Danny Lohner in a thong, Bowie tells about getting confused with Vanilla Ice, Trent trying decide how to deal with Robin's hand injury, Jim Rose Circus among other things. Live performances are of Terrible Lie, Piggy, Down in It, March of the Pigs, the Only Time, Sanctified, Wish, Hurt (featuring Bowie) and Something I Can Never Have.

Video Two is of all of their videos previous to The Fragile besides Burn, the original March of the Pigs video (never released) and the Broken movie (if that counts as being a music video). It has Head Like a Hole, Sin, Down In It, Pinion, Wish, Help Me I'm in Hell, Happiness in Slavery, Gave Up, March of the Pigs, Eraser/Hurt/Wish (live), Closer and the Perfect Drug. Each of their videos is unique and not like any of their other ones. Marilyn Manson is in the video for Gave Up and Richard Patrick of Filter is shown in some of the early videos. Mark Romanek directed the last two videos and in my opinion, they are two of the best videos ever made. Every time I watch them, I catch something new that I hadn't noticed before.

If you are a NIN fan, you NEED to get this.

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Trent Reznor is one of the true artists in music today.  Jun 07, 1999
By Delirium (Copperlocx@aol.com)
My job is in the music business, and unfortunately it can sometimes be a constant reminder that the most modern and popular music is in pretty bad shape. Nine Inch Nails is quite the exception, and I've been a fan of Reznor's work since 1990's "Pretty Hate Machine". Closure is a like a spicy gumbo of eye candy and orchestrated noise enclosed into Nine Inch Nails' time capsule. This video consists of two tapes; one is a live documentary during the Self Destruct tour and the other is the complete, uncut music videos. Shots of the live documentary include Trent getting irritated with a few lighting technicians, live song performances, backstage mischief with an exit sign, and getting dressed for performances. Several guests appearing are Marilyn Manson, The Jim Rose Circus, and David Bowie. The documentary is well edited and truly shows the hectic and ever changing conditions of touring. The only downfall of this video is the sound quality at times is sketchy and sounds very much like a bootleg. Hypnotic, compelling, and often disturbing, Trent delivers with all the music videos in chronological order and unedited on the second tape. Both unreleased, "Sin" and "Happiness In Slavery" are included in the line up. Throughout the videos, you are able to see the evolution of NIN and its gorgeous visual depictions of songs like "Wish", "Down In It", and several live performances. "Closer" replaces the pattern of "scene missing" signs on tv with nudity, Trent in bondage, and S & M overtones (which I might add could very well worth every penny). At the close of the videos is "The Perfect Drug". Directed by Mark Romanek, it's my personal favorite of all the videos. It depicts Trent at his most beautiful, complete with gothic imagery and costume. Few NIN fans that do not own Closure have rarely seen this video, and its probably the most visually impressive of them all. In conclusion, this video is a must have for every NIN fan's collection not only for watching it at your convenience but for its aestetic and sometimes humorous content.

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So what exactly is on the live tape (tape #1)?  Nov 02, 2002
By dknight16
This is what the other reviews have left out and what has maybe kept you from considering the purchase of this video set: the mystery of tape #1.

Tape #1 is a rockumentary of the Self-Destruct tour as others have mentioned. The camera work of the live shows is generally professional, multi-cam. Sounds good so far. But as others have mentioned, the sound is not always what you would expect out of a professional soundboard. It does often sound like a B+ bootleg recording. Thin on some songs and compressed on others. This should not discourage you from getting Closure. It still works, and the visuals alone wonderfully document the feel and violence of the band live. Studio tricks and overdubs would have ruined it completely. I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to see this footage. If you are a fan of the band I think you will too. Most importantly, here is the track list (intermixed with backstage "camcorder" footage and other freakshow nonsense!).

Terrible Lie
Piggy
Down In It
March Of The Pigs
Eraser (studio remix) short video filler of tour life
The Only Time
Sanctified (studio) short video filler of tour life
Wish
Hurt (with David Bowie)
Something I Can Never Have
A Warm Place (studio) short video filler of tour life

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