Annie Lennox Totally Diva

This DVD an expanded version of the Grammywinning 1992 video companion to Annie Lennoxs solo debut belongs on the short list of longform videos that achieve the stylistic and thematic cohesion of a great album In its audio incarnation Diva isnt tied to a formally structured concept yet its songs probe a clutch of interwoven themes oscillating between spirit and flesh as the Scottish singer muses over ruined relationships vain ambitions and quests for love and identity in alternately teasing and tormented performances On video director Sophie Muller loosely integrates the songs through overlapping imagery allowing costuming locations or lighting to supply a dreamlike coherence in lieu of more conventional plot or character