Music video junkies: If you haven't seen the SPECTACLE: THE MUSIC VIDEO at the Museum of the Moving Image, you need to get off your couch/chair/floor: The exhibit ends Sunday, June 16.
To sweeten the deal, however, there are several screenings coming up with various special guests, including a screening of the Fugazi doc Instrument tomorrow night, Friday June 7, with director Jem Cohen and Fugazi singer/guitarist Guy Picciotto. If you don't realize how awesome that is, then I feel bad for you.
If you're alive and with somebody you love, then there's no excuse to not be as happy as Michael Franti and everyone else in this celebration of a video.
Imagine if the current friendship between tour mates Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran started at an earlier age. That's the premise behind this narrative clip of two kids striking a bond together, which naturally includes camping inside a classroom, a fascination with "marker face," and reading Nicholas Sparks. Be prepared to "Awww..." A LOT.
Can you make a complete music video in 48 hours? That was the challenge posed to directing duo Nautico, whose concept was chosen by Five Knives at last month's LAMVF for a near impossible task — get commissioned to do a video on Wednesday night, with a firm premiere screening that Saturday night (wait, isn't that 72 hours?) and with a prize (budget?) of just $2,500.
Lest you think this coronation of Kurt Vile as King Of Philadelphia* is absurd, you should be aware that August 28 has been decreed by the major as Kurt Vile Day, complete with a Liberty Bell Award and free concert. No word on whether there will be a parade like we see here, but I say why not.
Some wannabe Reservoir Dogs learn not to fuck with Ivy Levan's diner when she's on the grill. Despite that gritty/badass concept, director Daniel Carberry goes for a timeless b&w palette and styling that gets increasingly glamorous as Levan kicks more and more ass.
