Thom Yorke "Harrowdown Hill" (Dir: Chel White)
Youtube only at the moment.
otc, 1. August 2006, 17:09
Meh, I had to watch it all the way through just because it was Thom Yorke but if it had been anyone else I would have turned it off after the first 30 seconds. Too many different ideas with nothing really holding them together. The lack of cohesion just makes it feel unbearably pretentious.lady day, 1. August 2006, 17:15
The laser eagle reminds me of the Cee-Lo video from a few years back.setanor, 1. August 2006, 17:21
scattershot = pretentious?i think the song is strong enough to hold them together, honestly. i'd like to see it on another format.
captainmarc22, 1. August 2006, 17:23
the beginning is based on this idea:www.boingboing.net
...probably more interesting on paper than execution...
gwan, 1. August 2006, 18:59
This is an very nicely composed video, finding visuals to suit the mood of the song that is not to dark would have been challenging.After watching a few times, what realy grabs me is the way it shifts through very different imagery, and stays focused (no pun intended) on being counterpart to the audio.
my favorite in recent release by far.
progosk, 1. August 2006, 21:37
Dir. Chel White.familiar, 1. August 2006, 21:43
Really nice video. Dirty. And varied.nofare, 2. August 2006, 01:29
Total B.S. Goes nowhere. The use of riot imagery is very very old, so old it's tiresome.I'm going to bed.
Yes.
tommyg, 2. August 2006, 02:22
There's something strangely compelling about this. It probably wouldn't work for a lesser song, but it does seem to match perfectly with Thom Yorke's style.fungible, 2. August 2006, 04:41
captainmarc: exactly what i was thinking of. it probably looks a lot more interesting at a higher resolution. which if someone wants to post...najork, 2. August 2006, 05:37
I could have sworn some of it was from this short film.www.animationshow.com
Mostly nice.
The stuff of Thom underwater takes me out of it though. It looks just like an old Moby album cover.
ford, 3. August 2006, 01:47
after that shit on boing boing went all over the internet, it was just a ticking clock until someone rolled this video out.gwan, 9. August 2006, 01:55
Keep coming back to this video, my only wish is the stock footage stuff at the end was more animated or affected in a visual way, but i started to realize how beautifully edited the piece is, its the strongest metamorphisis in the cut.kevathens, 11. August 2006, 03:25
Thom Yorke as boards mov! Pretty good video, gwan is right here. Though the underwater made me feel strongly like PJ Harvey "Down By the Water", one of my fave vids Of. All. Time. Just put on that red dress, Thommy, and rub yer belly. ;)kevathens, 24. August 2006, 16:06
(ThomYorke!) Bent calls this Smallgantics. (Via videostatic) If MTV still did this kinda thing, this (or its more solid successor) would be a Breakthrough Video, I do believe. Here's their big mov.