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10-11-2008, 06:15 PM | #1 (permalink) |
locomotive power
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The National - Fake Empire
Just seen this video and I had to share it.I don't know who is responsible but it's defiantly unofficial.One of the best music videos I've seen in a long time.
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10-16-2008, 10:23 AM | #2 (permalink) |
Groupie
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looks like the work of a film student - a fairly good one, (lighting and cinematography is great, editing, direction, etc. not so much) but seems like it's a digital conversion of 16mm film.
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10-16-2008, 02:31 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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I was no fan. It lacked a ton of originality and whenever you have someone mouthing the lyrics (or even the singer singing them) its filler to me.
The math equation I came up with was The video for "Until it sleeps" x The video from the ring + indie/thrift store garb = this video Also, it appeared to be filmed in the rural Midwest and I've always gotten a vision of this taking place in a city. I'm not saying my vision must be adhered to but I'm not sure whats so "fake empire" about farm land and the occasional Silo. if I had to direct the video I'd have done it in black and white (and for the diamond slippers I'd have them look fancy, but not actually be in a color). I think I'd also have a relationship occurring within the film, where she's dragging him through the city in off to the next impetuous "it" thing. I think I'd like to have a lot of shots of the city at night, lit up and looking out across the layout as they run from some foolish, erudite party to the next. The female in the song to me is half Daisy Buchanan and half Janis Joplin. A sort of Penny Lane of the literary sect. He'd be more of a Leonard Cohen type, more for the style than the voice, and would be appear to be trying to hold the whole big mess (and maybe the relationship) together. I think I've been thoroughly influenced by the Jay McInerney I'm reading.
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10-21-2008, 09:52 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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but it shows his true emotions! *sarcasm*
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