Behind-the-scenes: Mark Romanek on Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer”
Easily one of the greatest music videos ever. “Closer” combined so many detailed pieces of ephemera and was so stylistically influenced by niche artists (Joel Peter Witkin, Francis Bacon, The Brothers Quay…) that it itself became an original piece of art beyond the medium. WickedHalo has an amazing deconstruction of the videos elements and production which was even reposted on Kanye’s blog.
Be Amazed.
Tags: Brothers Quay, Francis Bacon, Industrial, Joel Peter Witkin, Making of Closer, Mark Romanek, Music Videos, NIN, Nine Inch Nails, Steampunk, Trent Reznor
April 15th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
I enjoy NIN myself this was pretty awesome to get an inside leg to that video did anyone ever hear of his first band called exotic birds? That was a far cry from his career now he was like some flock of seagulls shit back then.
April 15th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Have you ever seen the movie “Light of Day” with Joan Jett and Michael J Fox? He’s in it! They even make fun of him, but of course they are just kind of a bar band.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:53 am
hahahaah no i have to see that now