November 2014

4x3

The Bluetones "After Hours" (Edgar Wright, dir.) -2002-

Director Edgar Wright is fresh off his music video for Pharrell's "Gust Of Wind", so, what better time than now for him (or I) to traipse through a back catalog that was largely unseen here in the US.

The Bluetones "After Hours" is a good example of the director being ahead of his time with a one-take video that casts kids into an homage/send-up of '20s gansterland.

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Dirt Nasty aka Simon Rex "Brother Earth - Episode 3" (Matthew J. Powers, dir.)

Meet Quinoa! Brother Earth met her in the VIP section of Coachella 2014 (weekend 2) during Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and now she lives with him!

written by: Simon Rex, Natalia Barulich, and Matthew J. Powers FEATURING:

model/ actress:  Natalia Barulich 

VIDEO DIRECTED BY:

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I Don't Like Mondays "Perfect Night" (Yusuke Tanaka, dir.)

If you've been in a meta mood in the wake of Capitol's clever "watch the video commissioners dance" video, then this video for Japan's I Don't Like Mondays is definitely for you. We're on a video set and the director knows something isn't working, so they put aside their RED camera and try some old-school options: 16mm film, Betacam and VHS. When none of that yields the desired results, we move on to fanciers tricks, like a GoPro Bullet Time rig, a Phantom slo-mo camera, drones, special dancing shows, green screen, mustaches and, when all else fails, nudity.

Alas, nothing works. Although the miniature horse is cute. And, this may be the most attractive crew you've ever seen on a set.

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