A fading Rasputin figure meditates on his lost loves, failed dreams and other assorted demons in this video for the old-timey theatrical act Jigsaw Soul. The location is a strangely stuck in time hotel — think Barton Fink — set along the boardwalk of the classically dilapidated edge of an imaginary Coney Island. The old man's face is peeling away, revealing shreds from a book that could be the story of his life, or a failed attempt at a William Burroughs' novel. Things take an even more surreal turn when he comes across a bride wrapped in a muslin wedding gown that erupts in a whirlwind of pages. None of it is as surreal or weird, however, as the forcefully quirky rhythms of Jigsaw Soul and this brooding Will Oldham meets Dixieland tune. --> watch "Cockroach Hotel"
Jigsaw Soul "Cockroach Hotel"
Christopher Piazza, director | Tom Strodel, producer | PanopticonNYC/24fps Productions, production co's | Jon Fordham, DP | Andy Giles, editor | Jayel Draco, art director
