HURRAY FOR MARGINALSSSSS!
hey there, hi there
i read another article about how brilliant Romain Gavras' video for Justice's STRESS is. this annoys me because it is... well, it is simply... not. shock! gasp! seriously, its faux shock tactics don't contribute to anything. aesthetically it's nothing that hasn't been done before (even by himself!) or it does not aid in the least in delivering a platform for discussion. it just sells and they knew. Justice are really good salesmen. when something is done for the sake of salesmanship, i still consider it a form of art, but not the kind of art which i find interesting. however, dissing people or creations for the sake of it doesn't interest me either so i'd like to write about two other of mister Gavras' video clips. i will leave out the one he made for The Last Shadow Puppets, although i'm pretty sure it's quite impressive from a producer's point of view, it just ain't mah thang, G.
Romain Gavras seems to be quite fond of people living in the margins of society. and why not? they're excellent material for comic relief! hurray for margies making us laugh! which is certainly the case in his video for Dj Mehdi's Signatune (the wonderful Thomas Bangalter edit). when the protagonist pulls his head away from his caring and carressing mother... lol. classic stuff.
less hilarious, but still funny is the totally unsexy environment of an anonymous and what i believe to be a Eastern European village on the countryside for the sexy song I Believe by Simian Mobile Disco. the setting reminds me of Jonathan Safran Foer's excellent debut novel Everything Is Illuminated.
mmmmmmmm marginal folks.
i read another article about how brilliant Romain Gavras' video for Justice's STRESS is. this annoys me because it is... well, it is simply... not. shock! gasp! seriously, its faux shock tactics don't contribute to anything. aesthetically it's nothing that hasn't been done before (even by himself!) or it does not aid in the least in delivering a platform for discussion. it just sells and they knew. Justice are really good salesmen. when something is done for the sake of salesmanship, i still consider it a form of art, but not the kind of art which i find interesting. however, dissing people or creations for the sake of it doesn't interest me either so i'd like to write about two other of mister Gavras' video clips. i will leave out the one he made for The Last Shadow Puppets, although i'm pretty sure it's quite impressive from a producer's point of view, it just ain't mah thang, G.
Romain Gavras seems to be quite fond of people living in the margins of society. and why not? they're excellent material for comic relief! hurray for margies making us laugh! which is certainly the case in his video for Dj Mehdi's Signatune (the wonderful Thomas Bangalter edit). when the protagonist pulls his head away from his caring and carressing mother... lol. classic stuff.
less hilarious, but still funny is the totally unsexy environment of an anonymous and what i believe to be a Eastern European village on the countryside for the sexy song I Believe by Simian Mobile Disco. the setting reminds me of Jonathan Safran Foer's excellent debut novel Everything Is Illuminated.
mmmmmmmm marginal folks.
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