Each video includes optional interview footage with band members and directors. Also featured on In View, The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003, is “Bad Day,” the group’s latest video, taken from a new song recorded especially for their Best Of collection.

Additionally, In View, The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 contains the bonus videos, “Tongue,” “How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us,” “New Test Leper,” “Bittersweet Me,” “Lotus” and “I’ll Take The Rain.”

The DVD also includes live performances of “Imitation Of Life,” “Losing My Religion” and “Man On The Moon,” recorded in 2001 at London’s Trafalgar Square and originally seen as part of the South African Freedom Day Concert DVD.

Presented with a choice of audio settings including Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and DTS 5.1 Surround, In View, The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 boasts a weblink, which will take fans to the band’s official website www.remhq.com and a discography displaying every CD, DVD-Video and DVD-Audio sleeve.

Finally, for fans of Advanced Resolution 5.1 Surround Sound, In Time, The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 will receive a DVD-Audio release in 2004. The DVD-A will also contain the video for “Bad Day” and a multi-angle video of the band rehearsing “Bad Day” in the Vancouver studio. The multi-angle format allows you to switch between 4 camera angles at the touch of a button. The highly anticipated DVD-A is produced by David May and remixed for 5.1 Surround Sound by Elliot Scheiner.

Scheiner’s DVD-A production credits include R.E.M.’s Automatic For The People and Reveal, as well as Faith Hill Cry, Steely Dan Everything Must Go and Eagles Hotel California.

Audio in Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS. DVD 9. Aspect ratio 4:3.