Jared Leto certainly dreams big when it comes to his band 30 Seconds To Mars and the music videos he makes under the guise of Bartholomew Cubbins. "Hurricane" is meant to be the magnum opus, an ambitious 13 minute excursion into sex and violence that sometimes plays like an action flick and other times like an art film. Purposefully provocative, Leto/Cubbins lets the images pile up: Religous leaders burning books, flag-draped coffins, s&m eroticism, bondage, fight scenes, rampaging gimps and so much more. It's all a bit of an enigma, complete with keys and locks, clearly made for the die-hard 30STM fans to rewatch and find the meaning to it all. Perhaps the cameo by photographer Terry Richardson is the biggest clue, since the video is like his work: Sometimes commercial, sometimes artistic, sometimes pornographic and sometimes stunningly beautiful, but oftentimes all of those at once.
In some ways, the video is a modern day "Justify My Love," with its stylized and overtly sexual bondage scenes, not to mention an accompanying controversy about censorship dictated by the networks. A censored version via MTV.com is all that's available right now, with nudity and other naughty bits blatantly obscured to make sure you realize that you're missing something. And like "Justify My Love," the censored version just builds up interest (and perhaps a market ) for the full-on unrated version, which I am sure will be online and/or available for sale shortly. --> watch "Hurricane"
30 Seconds To Mars "Hurricane" (Virgin/Capitol)
Bartholomew Cubbins, director | Sisyphus Productions, production co
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