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The music video visionaries

Chapter 1

Michel Gondry's playful illusions

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Chapter 2

Spike Jonze's chaotic charm

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Chapter 3

Chris Cunningham's biomechanical nightmares

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Chapter 4

Mark Romanek and Anton Corbijn's cinematic atmospheres

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Master of The music video visionaries

Ch 3 · Chris Cunningham's biomechanical nightmares
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Those robot faces are actually Björk’s real eyes and mouth painted white!

mankai Those robot faces are actually Björk’s real eyes and mouth painted white!

Jul 24

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Fun Fact

Desert Deception: Madonna chose the Mojave Desert over freezing Iceland to film "Frozen" for warmth, but ironically ended up barefoot in bitterly cold, pouring rain anyway.

Jul 24

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Madonna's icy Frozen video was actually shot in a blistering hot desert.

streetspirit Madonna's icy Frozen video was actually shot in a blistering hot desert.

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I never realized Madonna's icy gothic video was shot in the scorching Mojave.

streetspirit I never realized Madonna's icy gothic video was shot in the scorching Mojave.

Jul 22

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come to daddy (noun)
A famous, creepy music video by electronic artist Aphex Twin where school children run around wearing the musician's wide-grinned face. Director Chris Cunningham digitally grafted the producer's manic expression onto the kids to match the song's chaotic, industrial energy, showing how video editing can completely change how a song feels.
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Jul 22

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Flesh turns to chrome, Flesh turns to chrome, Your beautiful nightmare is home.

Jul 22

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Rubber Johnny and underground horror

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Jul 22

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Fun Fact

Robot art: The stunning white robots from Björk's "All Is Full of Love" video were so highly regarded that they were later exhibited at New York's Museum of Modern Art.

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Jul 22

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The distorted faces of Aphex Twin

mankai The distorted faces of Aphex Twin

Jul 22

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Glossary
biomechanical (adjective)
Relating to the mechanical laws concerning the movement or structure of living organisms. Chris Cunningham applied this aesthetic to the robotic figures in Björk's 1999 music video.
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Jul 22

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Quiz

Which prestigious museum later displayed the animatronic robots from Björk's "All Is Full of Love" as a permanent art exhibit?

Jul 22

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Gossip

Coolest Cunningham aesthetic?

Jul 22

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Jul 22

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Which artist's face was placed onto the bodies of children in Chris Cunningham's eerie video "Come to Daddy"?

Jul 22

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What animal does Madonna transform into during the music video for "Frozen"?

Jul 22

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In which desert did Chris Cunningham film Madonna's gothic, shape-shifting video for "Frozen" in 1998?

Jul 22

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Before directing, Chris Cunningham worked in special effects for which famous director on the movie "A.I. Artificial Intelligence"?

Jul 22

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What visual effect did Chris Cunningham use to shoot the entire "Rubber Johnny" short film in 2005?

Jul 22

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What unique material did Chris Cunningham use to make the creepy, matching faces for the actors in "Come to Daddy"?

Jul 22

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Quiz

What color were the elegant, kissing animatronic robots in Björk's "All Is Full of Love" video?

Jul 22