Rammstein's 'Live in Berlin' DVD is one of the best concert DVDs I own, partly because their brand of straight forward heavy metal suits itself superbly to huge arena live performances, but mostly because of their unbelievable stage show. I was hoping they'd release another one with footage from their 'Mutter' tour (seeing as they neglected to come to New Zealand as part of it). Unfortunately 'Lichtspielhaus' isn't a concert DVD, although about a third of it is made of live clips from throughout their career, (which are enough to whet my appetite for their rumoured appearance at the Big Day Out next year).
The rest of the disc contains a music video collection (containing the videos for the singles off all their albums up until 'Mutter'), and a bunch of interviews and 'making of' features for a few of the videos. The interviews are interesting to watch once, and the live footage is pretty cool (but I'd still be more inclined to watch the 'Live Aus Berlin' disc).
The real highlights are the videos. What Rammstein lack in seriousness they make up for with style. The highlights are almost too numerous to mention, but a few of my favorites are 'Sonne', 'Du Reicht So Gut', and 'Seeman'. 'Seeman' has the band dragging a boat through a desert, which doesn't sound that exciting, but it has a really well done mythological ambiance which suits such a sad song perfectly. 'Sonne' is a twisted version of Snow White, complete with Snow White snorting gold dust and a fairly amusing spanking scene. My favorite has to be 'Du Reicht So Gut' though, which is a dark, gothic clip involving werewolves and a hot chick, and that's pretty much all you need to know. There are about ten other videos and they're all pretty good as well (except for the one done for that crappy 'XXX' movie).
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