14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A little unfair..., Nov 27 2007
By Buck Rogers - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Prince Purple Doves Unauthori (DVD)
I think the above review is a tad unfair. Just because one individual has seen all of the DVDs content on sites such as YouTube, etc (before it got taken down!) doesn't make a DVD rubbish. I too had seen most of the content before but found it nice to have it all on one disc that I can watch whenever I like without worrying about Prince trying to shut me down! And it's pretty damn cheap too... I don't think anyone can really feel ripped off getting a quality load of Prince interviews for $18.
I thought the best interview was the Oprah one... was good to see P's pad!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Prince interviews, Jan 21 2008
By Patricia A. Watson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Prince Purple Doves Unauthori (DVD)
The video was long but I enjoyed it because there were some interviews in there that I had heard about but had never seen. I enjoyed it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good unauthorized compilation of the many faces of P, Nov 22 2008
By Lady Di - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Prince Purple Doves Unauthori (DVD)
My first question would be... if this is so "unauthorized" and P has went thru the entire net removing such material, then why is this still here? He has that power we know. As for the presented material, it was not great picture quality but awesome that it does exist no matter. There was some footage I had not seen and/or not seen in full. Having VHS tapes of stuff back to the leggings days, I loved having this DVD for this day and age of multimedia formats. Here you can see the life changes our Prince has taken on and hopefully respect it in the same terms as you respect his artistry and control of it.
I became a true supporter of his work not just based in his artistic creativity but the truth behind his thoughts about being a "fan". He was the first one who led me to stop using the word and find "supporter" instead. In an interview not on here, he told us to worship GOD but "support" his music by all means. This was in the afro days and I've been a life long "supportee" since.
Personally, I am glad to own the DVD and saved pennies for a very long time while beating myself up whether or not to purchase this work. Oprah, Tavis, Bryant Gumbel and a few more interviews are just some of the names you'll view while enjoying P's love of his music and the lengths he's taken to keep it HIS. Even if you've seen the interviews before, I feel it is a collector's item on DVD. A) these are ooooold interviews and b) you never know when P will look over here and remove this too. Get it now while you still can. I'm glad I did and am not sorry if he doesn't make any monetary gains from it. It's a knowledge base that maybe P should have capitalized on himself if that is the case.