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offline USACID from Death Valley (Zambia) on 2002-06-04 04:27 [#00248705]
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Ok, CC def. kicks arse when it comes to music video's. But
maybe its just me...they look cool, but do they have a point
or flow to them? I mean whats the deal with Come To daddy,
sure its got lil RDJ's running around cauzin trouble...but
whats up with the end? Why are they runnin around?

Come on my selector, what the hell is going on there?? maybe
i'm jsut a retard, but i think some of his stuff could be a
lil better thought out...kinda like my posts


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-06-04 04:29 [#00248706]
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what's he directed most recently?


 

offline Xanatos from New York City (United States) on 2002-06-04 04:30 [#00248708]
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They don't have as much structure as I would like, but some
"IDM" videos have none at all, i.e. 'On' so I enjoy them.

There may be a little repitition, and no
beginning/middle/end formula, but who the fuck cares? Chris
is god.


 

offline USACID from Death Valley (Zambia) on 2002-06-04 04:34 [#00248717]
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Right, but they'd be even better than they are if you could
grasp what is going on...but then u could say, your not
suppost to and just avoid the issue


 

offline Xanatos from New York City (United States) on 2002-06-04 04:54 [#00248733]
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Speaking of Acid, do you know where to get any? I'll go up
to Albany if I have to, I'm desperate! The whole city is
dry!


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-06-04 04:55 [#00248734]
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check out the director file on Chris Cunningham... I believe
theres some background info there...

but CTD & COMS seem fairly straight forward to me...CTD
doesn't have that much narrative to it really, apart from
the birth of "The Daddy"...the thing in TV screen calling
the kids...

COMS...is set in a home for gifted children, I
think...psychic perhaps...and the little girl wants to
escape...but in order to do so she has to sneak past the
guards, who run after her...she catches one and swaps it's
brain with her dog...and escapes (?)...

so yeah...not really a huge amount narrative-wise going on
but they are 5 minute music vids, and are really created as
vehicles for his feelings about the music...the music vid
isn't the best form for story telling really. If you put too
much in it overwhelms the sound....

You might find his stuff like FLEX is a lot more
thought-provoking...more video art than music video...


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-06-04 05:08 [#00248744]
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jand what's his most recent (short form) music video?


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-06-04 05:20 [#00248755]
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tits...MonkeyDrummer I think was his last bit of video
art...but that was kinda short...2 minutes or so...

and then FLEX before that..

With maybe that car advert in between...

I'm still waiting for Spectral Musicians which was supposed
to be out on WARP FILMS by now....

check here for more info on CC .. http://www.director-file.com/cunningham/510.html ....



 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-06-04 05:26 [#00248760]
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i meant music video, for another artist
can't understand why he hasn't been doing any clips


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-06-04 05:36 [#00248764]
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fuck yeah...he doesn't seem to be doing much in that area at
the mo....apart from the drukqs vid mentioned in the Anton
Corbin article and whether that will ever come out seems
kinda up in the air....

Perhaps now he's got a gallery D'Offray, he's concentrating
on his move into the Art World...plus the neuromancer saga
seems to still be going on in some slight form....

I'd much rather he concentrated on his art stuff rather than
any more music vids or adverts really...far freer rein to go
where he likes with those...


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-06-04 05:39 [#00248766]
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true but he's such a fantastic vid director it'd be a shame
for him to give up. when i think about it most of my fave
music videos are directed by him


 


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