The National - Fake Empire - Dir: Scott Cudmore

corrible, February 1, 2008 at 8:50:59 PM CET

A really beautiful video.

Fake Empire

progosk, February 1, 2008 at 9:54:25 PM CET

a new, beautiful take on this topos. great fit to a sublime song.

familiar, February 1, 2008 at 10:42:45 PM CET

Nice one!

jesse.ewles, February 1, 2008 at 11:36:01 PM CET

Ah zen. Good Special 10 Tv fodder. ;)

framescourer, February 2, 2008 at 1:43:39 AM CET

"The sun'll come up tomorrow/Bet you bottom dollar that tomorrow/There'll be sun"

almotasim, February 2, 2008 at 2:16:53 PM CET

So fucking brilliant.

blancs, February 2, 2008 at 4:10:03 PM CET

yeh this is pretty bloody amazing. so great when a vid captures a song so perfectly.

captainmarc22, February 3, 2008 at 3:33:05 PM CET

i don't dislike it, but can someone explain it to me? Is it just staged images to the song?

freshhead, February 3, 2008 at 5:18:18 PM CET

not brilliant. nicely shot though. I love The National as much as anyone, and this is my favorite off The Boxer, but I'm tired of seeing 'people' lip-sync sadly to a song. Just because the song is great doesn't mean the video is.

vjdj, February 3, 2008 at 10:28:36 PM CET

Banal, is that the word? Not close to what I take away from hearing the song by itself...These images have a slightly 'middle class' angst. A sad clown? An old man. A 'pretty' couple...Fake Empire is a great piece of music, it seems simple at the same time that it seems complex. Can a video capture that w/o looking like Woody Allen's Interiors ?

progosk, February 3, 2008 at 10:39:59 PM CET

cap'n - really? maybe i'm all wrong, then, in my take...?

scudmore, February 4, 2008 at 1:24:03 AM CET

cap'n, i'm not sure what you mean by "staged images to the song". the photography credit goes to lee towndrow. it was shot on the last remaining rolls of super 8 kodachrome that we could come across around here.

paul e, February 4, 2008 at 7:14:57 AM CET

Wake me up when it's over.

blancs, February 4, 2008 at 10:22:29 AM CET

ive watched this again to make sure im not going crazy...nope im not. Banal?! it's a good video. simple, effective and beautifully shot.

dim, February 4, 2008 at 7:48:42 PM CET

fails to convey any emotion except pity.

davidfwall, February 4, 2008 at 9:56:45 PM CET

I winced a little when the clown showed up and when the lip-syncing kicked off. But in spite of all that there is real beauty here, in the video and in the song.

lisanowak, February 4, 2008 at 10:16:16 PM CET

beautifully shot. that's about all i can say.

shatner, March 3, 2008 at 1:43:43 AM CET

people are tired of clever/concept led videos. This video feels very modern to me.

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