IN DEPTH: Bon Iver "Towers" (NABIL, dir.)

Nabil teams up with Justin Vernon aka Bon Iver for another mysterious foray into nature. This time there's an old man, massive wooden rigs and a heart-breaking conclusion.

Nabil Elderkin, director:  "The video was shot in Washington State, mostly on Native American preservation land.   The idea came from when Justin sent me a breakdown of what certain parts/lines of the song meant to him, so I did my best to decode it and curate into something simple, and hopefully the viewer can take from it their own feeling of what the towers represent.  It was very run and gun with Larkin my DP, Mystic my actor, Kathleen my producer and Nature, who is the best low budget art director ON THE PLANET!"

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Bon Iver
"Towers" (Jagjaguwar)
Nabil Elderkin, director | Kathleen Heffernan, producer | NE Direction, production co | Larkin Sieple, DP | Isaac Hagy, editor | Jeff Dotson @ Dot And Effects, fx/post | Brandon Chavez @ New Hat, colorist