Closure (also known as Halo 12) is a 1997 video released in a two-tape VHS format. The first tape is a documentary of the Self-Destruct Tour, and the second tape is a compilation of music videos that had been created up to that point.
DVD
An improved DVD version was first announced to be released in late 2004, but due to issues with Interscope Records, this has yet to happen. On December 20, 2006, two DVDs of Closure were leaked through the use of BitTorrent. Shortly after the leak, a message on Trent Reznor's personal blog on The Spiral was posted possibly linking Reznor himself to the leak:
12/21/2006 : HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
This one is a guilt-free download.
(shhhh - I didn't say that out loud).
If you know what I'm talking about, cool.
For several years before this higher quality DVD was leaked, a DVD version of the original VHS titled "Rated 'R' - A Retrospective" was spread around as a bootleg. Aside from the main menus which were fan-created, it is virtually identical to Closure.
Video listing
Part 1
Part 1 shows live and behind-the-scenes footage from the Self-Destruct Tour.
- "Terrible Lie"
- "Piggy"
- "Down In It"
- "March of the Pigs"
- "The Only Time"
- "Wish"
- "Hurt" (with David Bowie)
- "Something I Can Never Have"
Additional items are included on the DVD version:
- Appendage (newly discovered footage, 1989-1997)
- Stills gallery
Appendage
- Live, 1989 - 1991.
- (00:06) MTV News dressing room interview, Reznor and Richard Patrick
- (00:29) Live snippit of "Get Down, Make Love"
- (00:45) (con't) MTV News dress room interview, Reznor and Patrick
- (00:56) Live snippet of "Sin"
- (01:17) MTV interview clip, Lollapallooza '91 opening night
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- (01:43) Live footage: "Now I'm Nothing"
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- (03:42) (con't) Live footage: "Terrible Lie"
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- (08:57) MTV News interview, Reznor explains Phoenix Lollapalooza technical difficulties
- (10:01) Live snippet of "Sin"
- (10:20) MTV News dressing room interview, Reznor
- First live show. Cleveland, 1989.
- (10:52) Live footage: "Sanctified"
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- (14:06) MTV Lollapallooza interview, Reznor discusses large vs. small venues
- (14:15) Live snippet of "Down In It"
- (14:44) Lollapallooza Phoenix interview: Punishing equipment
- (14:57) (con't) Live snippet of "Down In It"
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- (15:33) Band rehearses "Big Man with a Gun"
- Self Destruct. 1994 - 1996.
- (16:54) Montage of live footage set to "Mr. Self Destruct"
- (17:15) Live footage: "March of the Pigs"
- (17:31) Keyboard destruction
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- (17:37) Live footage: "Get Down, Make Love"
- Hurt. 1994.
- (19:15) Behind-the-scenes of scrapped "Hurt" video
- Woodstock. 1994.
- (22:50) Live footage: Introduction and Reptile
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- (29:49) Band in studio listen to prank phone sex call, ending with mix into "Memorabilia"
- (31:37) Live: Reznor plays a keyboard solo from "Happiness In Slavery"
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- (32:46) Alternate "March of the Pigs" video
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- (34:17) Live: "Mr. Self Destruct"
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- (36:25) Reznor and a guitarist go over chord changes for Soft Cell's "Sex Dwarf" cover
- (37:27) Live snippit of "Closer"
- (37:43) Live: Stage crew Stonehenge prank during "Wish"
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- (38:25) Live: "Big Man with a Gun" filmed from offstage
- (40:22) Someone does a trick with their eyes
- (40:26) Snippet of alternate "March of the Pigs" video
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- (40:44) "The Perfect Drug" video behind-the-scenes
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- (42:50) Woodstock '94 footage: "Something I Can Never Have"
Part 2
Part 2 shows the music videos, in order, that were released up to the point of the release of Closure.
- "Head Like A Hole" – 4:31
- "Sin" – 2:11
- "Down In It" – 3:50
- "Pinion" – 1:16
- "Wish" – 3:42
- "Help Me I Am In Hell" – 2:03
- "Happiness In Slavery" – 4:48
- "Gave Up" – 4:27
- "March of the Pigs" – 3:03
- "Eraser (live)" – 4:23
- "Hurt (live)" – 5:10
- "Wish (live)" – 3:49
- "Closer" – 4:36
- "The Perfect Drug" – 4:13
An additional item is included on the DVD version:
- Behind-the-scenes footage documenting the creation of the "Closer" video with commentary by Mark Romanek