DVD: EREDV312
INFO : All Regions / DTS 5.1 / PAL
RELEASED: 2003
LABEL: Eagle Vision

Pornography:
01. One Hundred Years
02. A Short Term Effect
03. The Hanging Garden
04. Siamese Twins
05. The Figurehead
06. A Strange Day
07. Cold
08. Pornography

Disintegration:
01. Plainsong
02. Pictures of You
03. Closedown
04. Love Song
05. Last Dance
06. Lullaby
07. Fascination Street
08. Prayers For Rain
09. The Same Deep Water As You
10. Disintegration
11. Homesick
12. Untitled

Blood Flowers:
01. Out of This World
02. Watching Me Fall
03. Where The Birds Always Sing
04. Maybe Someday
05. The Last Day of Summer
06. There Is No If...
07. The Loudest Sound
08. 39
09. Bloodflowers
10. If Only We Could Sleep
11. The Kiss

- Interview
- Hidden Selections

The Cure, led by Robert Smith, has quietly emerged as one of the most enduringly resilient bands of the post-punk era. By successfully marrying a dark, moody stage persona with a catchy blend of synth-pop, the Cure both laid the foundation for goth and managed to find the Top 40 with such hits as 1987's "Just like Heaven." This 2-DVD set, recorded live at Berlin's Tempodrom in November 2002, features the band playing the albums Pornography, Disintegration, and Blood Flowers on three successive nights. Trilogy was an elaborate and surely exhausting undertaking from The Cure, and this DVD has captured the sights and sounds of these shows superbly. Utilizing over 12 cameras, the video simultaneously conveys what it is like to be in the audience as well as on stage with the band. At times, the editing proves a bit frantic, but most often this device is perfectly suitable for the pacing and style of the music. The Cure has never been a particularly animated band on stage, but through the interesting camera effects and varying lighting techniques, the concert is never visually dull. While their songs may seem somewhat basic or even monotonous on the surface, a closer listen will reveal that these are skilled entertainers performing carefully calculated music with great expertise. Robert Smith's lyrics may be as depressing as anything ever written, yet there is no denying that they are the creation of a poetically mad genius. It may disturb casual (later) Cure fans to observe the dark side of this typically eclectic group, but Trilogy is proof that dark and dreary is truly what The Cure does best. Even skeptics who once scoffed at the band as nothing but an overrated pop sensation may find themselves Cure fanatics after witnessing this mournful rock masterpiece. The nearly four hours of total footage also includes a 30-minute interview with the musicians, plus two hidden extras.

Influences / Similar Artists:
Joy Division, Lowlife, The Sound, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Opposition