music video auteurs: Hal Hartley
Despite nary a mention in keef's recent feature director playlists, Hal Hartley was one of the more interesting video auteurs. Here are three instances of his œuvre:
Everything But The Girl - The only living boy in New York
Beth Orton - Stolen Car
Yo La Tengo - From a Motel 6
As the label notes, this video was deemed unsatisfactory and replaced by David Kleiler's reshoot.
(Incidentally, these last two videos are a perfect starting point for a fascinating dive into 90's music videos as seen through the lens of cable mv show My Part Of The Thing - but that's another story...)
Greg Butler, January 12, 2009 7:07:33 PM CET
Thank you for posting From a motel 6. Yo la Tengo are the coolest band ever and I think this typifies why beautifully, they don't have to act cool their music does it for them. It's such a brilliantly subtle two fingers up at the industry, completely anti-charismatic. What the hell did the label replace it for?dansully, January 13, 2009 10:52:05 PM CET
thanks for this!progosk, January 13, 2009 11:16:15 PM CET
some other recent themed playlists. i'm all for more of these on the 'ville.hipgnosist, January 14, 2009 4:59:49 AM CET
More recently..
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LOVE Hartley!
progosk, January 14, 2009 11:45:49 AM CET
erm, hipgno, you mean this: josh homme & pj harvey - crawl home (else, u2b, with worse sound). good addition.