Video: Lou Reed and Metallica – “The View” (directed by Darren Aronofsky)
Well, it’s here. Below, you can watch the Darren Aronofsky-directed music video for “The View”, from Lou Reed and Metallica‘s joint LP Lulu (via IFC). It is, according to Reed, “possibly the best video ever made.”
The video was originally supposed to be for “Iced Honey”, a track considered by our Jeremy Larson as one of the lone highlights on Lulu. However, according to a press release, “it became obvious” ‘The View’ was the way to go” when Reed, Metallica, and Aronofsky met up in San Francisco last month.
Said Aronofsky: “The first time I heard ‘The View’ I was stunned. I had never heard anything like it. Half was all Lou. The other half all Metallica. It was a marriage that on the surface made no sense, but the fusion changed the way I thought about both artists and morphed into something completely fresh and new. I couldn’t stop listening to it. Lou’s crushing lyrics, and the band’s incredible licks. It’s so original and that’s why I wanted to work on it.”
Added Lou: ”I am very excited about working with Darren Aronofsky on our powerful video ‘The View’. I feel Darren understood the power and range of the emotions fueled by the fire of Metallica. His strength and spirit are on display in every frame and I think he has caught the anger, rage and anguish at the bottom of the soul of real rock. A literate man for a literate song. As exciting as the music and that’s a big compliment. Possibly the best video ever made. Black and white filmic noir”.
Metallica’s Lars Ulrich also chimed in: “To have a song like ‘The View’ visualized through the eyes and magic touch of Darren Aronofsky is beyond my wildest dream. The marriage between images, music, and words in this video is indescribably thrilling and I am so next level psyched to be involved in a project that brings together the creative minds of Darren Aronofsky, Lou Reed . . . and The ‘Tallica.”
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Lady Gaga Reveals She Directed ‘Marry the Night’ Video
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Lady Gaga made the rounds in India over the weekend; while dishing about a variety of topics, such as Hindi words, the concept of being reborn (this way) and what she plans to do while in India, she revealed that she directed the forthcoming video for ‘Marry the Night.‘
While Gaga shared the directorial credit for ‘Judas‘ with her creative guru Laurieann Gibson, this is the first time she’s lensed a video all by her motherly and monsterly self. If that doesn’t ramp up more excitement for the clip, nothing will.
“I can share exclusively with you that I directed this video myself and it’s my first directorial debut,” Gaga told NDTV, while wearing an all-black ensemble accessorized with sunglasses and a massive, bow-shaped topper. “I also have a special that’s coming out in America around Thanksgiving which I am excited for you all to see … I look forward to sharing my autobiographical video with the world. It’s my favorite song on the record.”
‘Marry the Night’ is essentially Gaga’s love letter to her native New York City and she shot the clip in and around her hometown and its surrounding boros. The premiere date has yet to be determined.
Other interesting points of her conversation with NDTV included her idea that you can be reborn in this lifetime and as many times as you like. Gaga also said she has no plans to make a Bollywood film, but she loves the culture. While in India, she has more interest in meeting fans (and hugging them) in the local areas, as opposed to being a tourist. And she has plans to be philanthropic, too! “I am going to go to any normal places where people go to eat and hang out, and I will go to a few orphanages while I am here. I want to meet people, but not necessarily go sight seeing. That would take quite a bit of time,” Gaga said.
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Kreayshawn Directed Red Hot Chili Peppers Music Video Gets The Boot
Post by Chelle Jones, Aug 19, 2011 at three:28 pm
Kreayshawn just had her most latest music video filmed for the Red Hot Chili Peppers tossed out.
Oakland based artist Kreayshawn is 1 of the hottest names in the rap game these days. There is a lot of controversy nevertheless surrounding her in regards to her sister V-Nasty making use of the N-word, but Kreayshawn has also received a great deal of buzz and consideration for her Gucci Gucci single which is nevertheless going strong.
What a great deal of men and women could not know about the young female rapper is that she is also a talented film student and has received a great deal of praise from a number of massive names in the sector for her film function. Kreayshawn dropped out of Berkeley Digital Film Institute to pursue her career, and her most recent gig was a music video for the iconic Red Hot Chili Peppers. Even though the video was currently completed, Red Hot Chili Peppers made the decision they wanted to take a distinct route with the video.
“We had one sort of failed attempt at creating a video for this song, which was indoors and just sort of dark and dank and not truly fun or anything, so we believed, ‘Let’s go with the opposite of that,’ and the opposite of that was a rooftop,” said lead singer Anthony Kiedis, speaking with MTV News.
Verify out the full interview in the video soon after the jump.
Nicki Minaj wants to act with Will Smith, get directed by Tim Burton
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As noted yesterday, Nicki Minaj walks away with Kanye West’s just-released “Monster” video just like she does the song; in playing two different versions of herself, she manages to hit on a dozen or so different aspects of her personality.
If you ask Minaj herself, nobody should be surprised that her acting chops are top-notch: “I went to school to be an actress. I never expected to be a rapper. It just fell in my lap,” she told Entertainment Weekly at Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards. “So I would like to get an acting gig. I hope that when I am done with the tour I can go back and do some acting. That is my long-term goal.”
The tour in question is her upcoming trek with Britney Spears:”I want to go all out and make it over the top and theatrical. There will be costume changes and hair changes. Lots of sexy outfits and dancing,” she explained. “I don’t know how to do things normal and boring. Why? People pay good money for concert tickets these days.”
As far as her acting aspirations go, she’s looking for a bit more than the usual rapper-to-actor transitions (meaning we won’t be seeing Nicki’s version of Killa Season). “I want to work with Will Smith, because he’s a very successful rapper turned actor and therefore a role model,” Minaj said. “And Tim Burton because I love his crazy imagination. He comes up with these characters that are just so fascinating and the costumes and just creates these whole worlds.”
Nicki could certainly fit right in to Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Maybe there’s room for her in one of his upcoming projects, like as a bootylicious vampire in Dark Shadows? Or perhaps Burton should now build something around Smith and Minaj, like a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory sequel with Smith as Wonka and Minaj as Veruca Salt? (She can even do her terrible British accent!) Make it happen, Hollywood!
Arcade Fire – “The Suburbs” Video (Directed By Spike Jonze)
That Spike Jonze finds this band inspiring is no secret. But back in April the internet got wind of something particularly clandestine brewing between the auteur and Arcade Fire, with the only details either camp would confirm being that it was some sort of short film centering on “friends growing apart” shot somewhere near Austin, TX. Today we can confirm that confirmation, and also confirm that this is the thing that everyone will be talking about this Friday AM. Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs,” music video by Spike Jonze, here:
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