Music Video
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KIRSTEN DUNST, JOHN GIORNO IN FINAL R.E.M. VIDEOS
First that Cannes press conference and now the new R.E.M. video — Kirsten Dunst knows how to hold a close-up. After her series of conflicted, painful expressions while Lars Von Trier rambled on about Nazism endeared her to the world press corps, Dunst now appears in the final video of R.E.M., again transfixing without speaking. But what got me really excited was seeing the second version of this song, “We All Go Back to Where We Belong,” which features poet and performance artist John Giorno. I knew John a little bit back when I worked at The Kitchen, and I […]
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 29, 2011 -
SHIA LABOEUF DIRECTS NSFW MARILYN MANSON VIDEO
Shia LaBeouf’s directing credit makes this video for Marilyn Manson’s new “Born Villain” something of a curiosity. I will give him a nod, though. Many videos from established rock stars trafficking in violence and theatricalized SM imagery gloss it up too much. But there’s something genuinely sleazy about this one, even with all the obvious references (Jodorowsky, Gilles Berquet, David Cronenberg, Cinema of Transgression). Says LaBeouf to MTV, “The song has all these references to ‘Macbeth’ and all this Shakespeare and heavy theology, so we tried to make Manson’s ‘Un Chien Andalou’ macabre ‘Macbeth’ — that’s sort of what that […]
by Scott Macaulay on Sep 1, 2011 -
MUSIC VIDEO: “TERRIBLE ANGELS,” CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
Choreography and a carpark. Directed by Nathalie Canguilhem.
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 27, 2011 -
WATCH TV ON THE RADIO’S FILM, “NINE TYPES OF LIGHT”
Coinciding with the release today of TV on the Radio’s new album, Nine Types of Light, is a near-feature consisting of a video for each song, all sequenced with an eye towards a longer-form narrative. From the band’s site: Nine Types of Light is as much an album as it is a movie by TV on the Radio. The movie is meant to be a visual re-imagining of the record, and includes a music video for every song on the album. The band personally asked their friends and the filmmakers they admired to help direct the music videos. Tunde Adebimpe, […]
by Scott Macaulay on Apr 12, 2011 -
WHAT’S IN MY INSTAPAPER: SUNDAY MORNING LINKS, 2/6/2011
Here’s what’s in my Instapaper this week. At Hammer to Nail, Mike Ryan returns from Park City and declares, “Indie is back!?!” Specifically, he sees the festival embracing a wider spectrum of the independent community and jettisoning its reflexive propensity towards cinematic naturalism: First off, what is great about Sundance 2011 is not only the selection of unusual, formally inventive films, but the near total absence of corporate engineered, market driven, faux indie high-budget QUIRK CRAP (although there were some more offbeat versions of the old style quirk like My Idiot Brother and Terri, there was not an Answer Man […]
by Scott Macaulay on Feb 6, 2011 -
CHRISTINA HENDRICKS FELL TO EARTH
Via Pitchfork comes this video for Broken Bells’ “The Ghost Inside,” directed by Jacob Gentry and starring Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks. As part of their “Director’s Cut” series, they interview today the director of this haunting sci-fi critique of our glamour-obsessed culture. From the interview: Pitchfork: This looks like a pretty big production for a relatively small band like Broken Bells. Jacob Gentry: A lot of people say it looks big and expensive, but it wasn’t by any stretch. The special effects in the video were limited to things that could’ve been done in the late 70s or early 80s. […]
by Scott Macaulay on Jul 21, 2010 -
BRANDON FLOWERS, CHARLIZE THERON, AND NASH EDGERTON
This music video for Brandon Flowers’s song “Crossfire” was directed by Nash Edgerton (The Square) and stars Charlize Theron.
by Scott Macaulay on Jul 9, 2010 -
M.I.A., “BORN FREE”
As the conversation regarding M.I.A. shifts to a debate over who ordered the truffle fries, I thought I should post her latest video, “Born Free,” directed by Romain Gavras, in case you haven’t seen it. M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.
by Scott Macaulay on May 30, 2010 -
JESPER JUST’S TRENTEMOLLER VIDEO
Artist Jesper Just, who Shari Roman wrote about for Filmmaker in 2007, directed this video, “Sycamore Feeling,” for the band Trentemøller. It was produced by Lucas Joaquin, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen and shot by Kasper Tuxen. (Hat tip: Antville.)
by Scott Macaulay on Apr 25, 2010 -
KATHRYN BIGELOW’S HAIR… METAL
When I put together the clips for the “Young Person’s Guide to Kathryn Bigelow,” post below, there is one thing I left out. While scanning through her clips I did come across this music video for New Order’s “Touched by the Hand of God.” I don’t think I had ever seen it before, and I’ll confess that I initially stared at it trying to figure out if it was conceptual parody or whether New Order had had a mid-’80s hair-metal band image makeover I had somehow missed. (Correct answer: the former). Gray Miller posted this link below in the comments […]
by Scott Macaulay on Mar 10, 2010
