Why waste a third chord when two will suffice? Green Day returns with this economical and anthemic opening salvo off 21st Century Breakdown. Director Mathew Cullen keeps the video as simple and direct as the song, albeit on a massive scale. Performance takes place within a compound where an unseen enemy keeps track of the boys with various means surveillance, including a fleet of helicopters. The main visual hook is a "shadow into fire" motif in which the larger than life silhouttes that loom behind the band suddently burst into towering infernos. Also larger than most anything previous is the coordinated, exclusive worldwide premiere orchestrated through MTV Networks that is rocking through the weekend. --> watch "Know Your Enemy"
Green Day "Know Your Enemy" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
Mathew Cullen, director | Scott Gemmell, producer | Motion Theory, production co | Shawn Kim, DP | Lenny Mesina, editor | Steve McHale, production designer | Clark Muller, colorist/telecine | Devin Sarno, commissioner
