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Rage Against the Machine Actor: Rage Against the Machine Number of Items: 1 Format: Color, Dolby Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Running Time: 80 minutes Studio: Sony/Columbia Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2003-10-21 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 64 Average rating: 4.5 "i am lost" i bought this a while ago and I got the bonus ghost of tom joad cd with it. does anyone no if i'll still get it now, cuz someone stole mine! "Rage at their best..." If you like Rage, and even if you dont, this is a must see. They are at top form here, and i have watched this over and over again. The only slight problem i have is the visual effects, but its not bad. But overall it is an amazing live film and from the opening song "bulls on parade" to the closing song of "freedom" the entire thing is great. "A must for any Rage' fan, nothing crappy here." Rage Against the Machine's self-titled DVD kicks Audioslave's self-titled DVD right in the ass in both quality and quantity. There's fifteen clips alltogether. Ten live performances, five music videos, and a really moving poem by Zach de la Rocha called "Memory of the Dead." The two best live performances are of "Zapata's Blood" and "Killing in the Name." Luckily, they chose a video clip of "Killing in the Name" from the "old-school Rage'" phase, as it includes Zach's grunts in the song (like in the studio recording) and cooler sounding guitar solos from the guitar wizard Tom Morello. The only bad performance was of "Bombtrack" as it had that stupid "whammy peddle" solo instead of the cool one you'd hear on the studio recording. "Bullet in the Head," "People of the Sun," "Tire Me," "Bulls on Parade," and "Vietnow" were stunning. Now to the music videos. None of them are censored. "Killing in the Name" is just a collection of old video clips back when Rage' was just a garage band. "Bullet in the Head" was from a BBC performance. "Freedom" was the best video as it showed everything about the false accusations of Leonard Peltier. I can keep going but trust me, you'll love this, and you'll see why Rage' was one of the best live acts ever. "One of the most explosive rock visuals ever..." I said "..one of" in my headline but the truth of the matter is that this one might actually top them all. RATM's live performances were legendary by any standard one sets and this DVD does capture to a very satisfying degree their unique talent and spirit. Filmed on a world wide tour, this is RATM at their very peak musically and as a band. Their chemistry is absolutely stunning, their music is at its most fueled drive and the band performs it with a vengeance unparallel and almost impossible to top. For those unlucky enough not to have witnessed one of rock's greatest bands live this DVD will more than compensate for that loss (if that could be said at all). Having said that, I'm not a big fan of live music DVDs but this one is a very special case and those who do go for the DVD format in music will easily attest to that. It's a nice collector's item as well as it offers the "Ghost of Tom Joad" maxi with it, a song which happens to be a gem when performed live by RATM. Coming to the performances themselves, aside of their incredible quality there's been a very good job made in capturing some funny or visually impressive moments from their concerts and this definately counts to the extras. De La Rocha's antics on the stage are to cherish and watching him show why some consider him the best rock frontman ever is addicting. Legendary stuff. "Rage's visual masterpiece!!" This DVD is as good as their debut album!! My two favorite concert videos were Killing In The Name and Zapata's Blood. This DVD also has lots of political messages including the Free Leonard Peltier movement and the Zapatista movement. I was hoping the music video for Bullet In The Head would be the one with Rage wearing Soviet Army uniforms and Michael Moore getting arrested, well, you can't have everything. I was also hoping it would have the original music video of Killing In The Name. Zach's poem about the Indians under corporate oppression was rather awesome!! It was followed by the People Of The Sun music video. The picture quality was rather crappy but it adds to the drama of Rage's music. This beats the sh*t out of any System Of A Down music video collection!! Rage surpasses these guys in all aspects!! Buy it, you won't be sorry!!