From 1990 to 2000, U2 made 5 original albums ("Achtung Baby" [1991]; "Zooropa" [1993]; "Passengers" [1995]; "Pop" [1997]; "All that you can't leave behind" [2000]).There are two best of U2 divided into two periods : 1980-1990 & 1990-2000 and songs which do not appear on U2 albums but on films soundtrack.
If you compare the CD and the DVD, you'll note that there are more videos on this DVD, that's why I find it definitely more interesting. The main difference is that on the CD, you'll find the song "The first time" (which first appeared on "Zooropa") and as for the limited edition, a number of b-sides and remixes whereas they are not on the DVD.

 Track selection (in which you have access directly to the video you want to see : I use this when I don't have much time or when I want to watch only some of them. Unfortunately, it is impossible to program the order of the videos as you can do when listening to a CD. You must have constantly your remote control to go from one video to another)

We are now in 2000 with this video of the song from the album "All that you can't leave behind". I have the feeling that I watch the cover of the CD since the scene takes place in an airport. It is quite an energetic song, I wouldn't have imagined such a video for this song (it makes me think of suicide), but why not ? In the airport, there are the common situations of people saying 'good bye' or 'hello' to each other. The band is playing on the landing strip and planes fly over their heads. Bono has short hair, he's wearing black clothes and has sunglasses on.

As the previous video, this one was directed by Anton Corbijn (who is also a photographer) and filmed in Berlin. Bono's father appears in it. It is quite surprising at first : apart from Bono, the other members of the band are dressed in female clothes. This lead to a misinterpretation, and as a result two new versions of the video were made. The first one was not broadcast on TV. But you'll know more about the "One" videos watching " A story of One" in the bonus section.

The video begins with the arrival of Lady Diana at the War Child concert in Modena (Italy), the home town of Luciano Pavarotti. So from the start, it is a moving symbol for the video of the song. "Miss Sarajevo" was a song performed by the Passengers (Bono, The Edge, Brian Eno) on only one occasion (September15th 1995). So, there are extracts from the show, but also pictures of war, and some of young people trying to flee the bombings. This was a way to show that life was trying to get back to normal in spite of the war. Beside the song ("Is there a time ...?" repeated several times at the beginning of each sentence) the contestants'message "Don't let them kill us" brings tears in my eyes.

Once again, I really like this song and I think that the video is full of poetry, just as Wim Wenders's film "The wings of desire" is. Wim Wenders is a film director ("Paris, Texas" in 1984) but he also filmed this video. "Stay" is a song written for the film "Faraway, so close" soundtrack. "Faraway, so close" is the sequel of "The wings of desire". So, here again, there is a story of angels both in the movie and in the video. The members of U2 become guardian angels for a band. In colour, you just can see the band, but in black and white, you see U2 helping their counterparts. There are also images from the film in the video (Nastassja Kinski appears in it), they are in black and white too.

When I watched this video for the first time, I was really puzzled because I couldn't see the link between U2's song and the story told in the video, that of an American football game. A player misses the final kick and keeps thinking about it, the shoot is shown again and again. He can't get over it. The U2 members are in the crowd and are either happy or sad. Then, I put the comments of the director Joseph Kahn on the screen (so that I can read the comments while watching the video) and it helped me to understand. In fact, there are many references to U2 throughout the video :
The scene takes place in the unforgettable Fire dome, on a Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Dave Evans and Paul Mc Guiness are the managers of the two teams : Did you remember that Dave Evans was the real name of The Edge and that Paul mc Guiness was the manager of the band ?
The player who misses his shoot is called Paul Hewson (Bono's real name) he is played by Brendan Fehr (you may have seen him in "Roswell")
The two teams are "the flys" versus "the lemons".
Here are some references but there are 14 in the whole video.
After a while, I quite like this video.

This song was written for the movie "Gangs of New York" by Martin Scorcese with Daniel Day Lewis, Leonardo di Caprio and Cameron Diaz. But there are no extracts from the film, the video is full of sobriety : it is in black and white, the band is playing the song in studio.

This song is taken from the soudtrack of "Batman forever", the third in the series, directed by Joel Schumacher. The video was directed by Maurice Linnane and Kevin Godley because they both worked on the project. It includes bits of the film which was being filmed at the same time as the video. Batman was turned into a film and the contrary happens too since U2 are transformed into cartoon characters. Bono / Mc Phisto is presented as a villain, just like the Joker.What's more, the theme of duality is present in the video : Bono is both mc Phisto and the fly.

The concept of this video is to show the members of the band (who are reknown all over the world) doing common activities, as if they were anonymous : "man reading newspaper"; "man holding out microphone to companion"). Bono had doubts about it but Larry was enthusiastic, so "he saved the day". This video is the first appearance of Mc Phisto.

Basically, it is the story of one band, one song and three videos. "One" is seen a turning-point, a new beginning in the band's career.
Once again, Anton Corbijn filmed the first video for this song (the one which is in the DVD). It was in Berlin and except Bono, the men of the band are dressed into women. The second release of the "Achtung Baby" album was aimed at raising funds for AIDS charities. But there was a fear of misinterpretation (AIDS/men in drags).
The second version was an anti-video : the band (who was on tour) does not appear in it. There are just pictures of buffaloes, flower and words on the screen. The focus was on the emotion contained in the song rather than on the performance of the band.
The final version was filmed by Phil Joanou in a bar in Atlanta in one week's time.

As a fan, I wish I had bought this DVD earlier, what I like most is the comments of the director [available in French, German, Japanese, Spanish and Brazilian / Portuguese because it helps me understand the story behind the video. I also realized that the directors were usually the same, it shows that the band is faithful.
The thing that disturbs me is the order in which the videos are presented, I can't see any logic or chronological order. I can't watch the videos I want in a definite order either. There are no lyrics of the song (but you can find them in the leaflets of the CDs).
To me, it is much more than a DVD, more than ten years of the history of the band, it is definitely an item you must possess if you're a U2 fan.