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November 07:
VJ Cynthia signing on.
Follow-up to yesterday's entry: our friend Ramon informed me that Michel Gondry is also responsible for most of Bjork's videos. (See I didn't know these things Mon-ra, hehe. Hi Nev!) Upon further research, I also learned that he directed my absolute, absolute favorite video of all time: Sugar Water (Cibo Matto). If you haven't seen it, download it here and get ready to see a work of pure genius.
Sugar...wohter.
Speaking of video directors, I've recently been taking notice of Kiriya Kazuaki's awesome work. (Arn can vouch for that, I let him sit through the entire UH3 dvd, which he loved of course!)
Kiriya directed wife Utada Hikaru's fantastic-looking videos. He's apparently a NY-trained photographer so I guess that explains the beautiful art direction and artful cinematography found in his work.
Incidentally, I can count my favorite music videos of all time on one hand :
1. "Sugar Water" (Cibo Matto), director: Michel Gondry
2. "Home" (Sean Lennon), director: Spike Jonze (all of Spike's videos are cool, come to think of it)
3. "Une Very Stylish Fille" (Dimitri from Paris), director: Olivier Kuntzel / Florence Deygas
4. "Coffee and TV" (Blur), director: Hammer & Tongs / Garth Jennings
5. "Clint Eastwood"(Gorillaz) director: Jamie Hewlett / Pete Candeland
(Hmm maybe there are more, I just can't think of them right now.)
What are your favorite videos?
9 comments
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Heidi: hey thanks! no,
Posted by Cyn |
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hey, nice video pics! :) nick is from the strokes. hehehe ;)
Posted by sunshine |
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btw, when is tala studios going to make videos? or have you guys already made some? patingin naman! =)
Posted by heidi |
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great taste in music & videos, cyn. yeap, cibo is one of my fave bands here in ny, my friends and i used to religiously go to their shows. i even gave miho a rubber chicken at their cd release party at fez -- when was that, like 5-6 yrs ago? sugar water is pretty effin cool, too, huh? def'ly one of my old time faves as well. and spike jonze, he's really down to earth. i was very fortunate to have met him a few times (he's my old boss' son) and of course i tried so hard not to be the trembling, drooling fan that i am! haha .. thanks for showing me the vids, i'd already forgotten about them. maybe i'll drop by kim's video and see if they ever came out with a cibo dvd set. ::crossing fingers::
Posted by heidi |
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Luis: Haha! Was
Posted by Cyn |
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deng, astig yung bidyo. naduling ata ako nung nag cross over sila sa screen, hehe. ako peyborit music bidyo ko siguro thriller, kasi yun ang pinaka astig na bidyong napanuod ko nung bata pa ako. lalo na nung napanuod ko yung "the making".
Posted by ibalik |
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Hey Ate Cyn! Michel Gondry said what he was trying to do with Sugar Water was make a visual palindrome. O diba? Didn't know the info about Mr. Utada, though. Cool! I love pa naman her videos din, though I don't know the names of her songs except traveling (which, though beautiful, I though had much too hyper editing; no chance to linger on the lush visuals :(). I love that video that's one shot where she's washing dishes and that freaky Tim Burton-ish one, too. Pahiram ng DVD! :P hehe...
Posted by ramon(ra) |
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Yeah! Sugar Water is one of the coolest videos that I have ever seen.
Posted by Carlo Herman |
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Sugar Water has got to be one of my fave Cibbo track. I first heard it when the group played 'live' at 'The Bronze' club where Buffy (...the Vampire Slayer, circa 96-97) hangs out. Sarah, err, Buffy was in a trance and was dancing provocatively to the song... hence, the very next day, I had to track it down ;-)
Posted by Luis |