Patrick Wolf - "Hard Times" (dir: Ace Norton)
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musiqvideo, May 28, 2009 8:35:58 PM CEST
FIERCE, FANTASTICiehagy, May 28, 2009 9:35:11 PM CEST
vimeo - vimeo.comdirector ACE NORTON
producer CHARLES SPANO
cinematographer ROSS RIEGE
editor ISAAC HAGY
art design KATE DOUGHERTY
costume CHARLES MANNING
billcooper, May 28, 2009 10:25:34 PM CEST
ACE +aggghhhh, May 28, 2009 10:48:26 PM CEST
NICE ONE ACE!!!! AND ISAAC.. and ross... looks really great!!!kee, May 28, 2009 10:49:30 PM CEST
the kaleidoscope montage at the end was RADbudget, May 28, 2009 11:30:26 PM CEST
Nice, but I'm kinda waiting for this look to be done with- i was hoping the killer's spaceman video would be the straw that broke the camel's back...alexdecampi, May 29, 2009 12:55:34 AM CEST
Some nice shots and ideas but it just didn't gel for me. The kaleidescope effect worked better than in that Melody Gardot video from the other week, but still managed to outstay its welcome. The blacklight stuff didn't work as well as Claire Carre's Sia video - nothing seemed to be on the beat.
Oh, and in the last black light shot, the big dolly move, it seems like Wolf totally gets some of that crazy string straight in the face and it stays hanging off his lip for the rest of the shot.
Still, props to Wolf - who I believe is still sans label - for ponying up his own cash (or that of the folks on bandstocks.com) for a major director and big-budget video with stylists flown over from London and everything.
spencefilms, May 29, 2009 9:06:29 AM CEST
freaking weird, i suppose it suits the track though, im confusedkansas, May 29, 2009 9:34:21 AM CEST
Classic norton... sloppy and unoriginal. Hope he was wearing his raybans on set with this one. goodtimes, May 29, 2009 10:37:20 PM CEST
so much better than his last video. cool fxalexdecampi, May 29, 2009 11:39:31 PM CEST
Actually, his last video, with a bit better lighting and shot on something like hi-contrast grainy B&W super16 stock, would have been pretty damn good. It just hit a cinematography FAIL due to bad colour HD -> post B&W. This one hits an attention to detail / originality / editing FAIL.It's really frustrating because I think Wolf is great and the new songs are fantastic, and he deserves a really amazing video. Fingers crossed for the next one.
fungible, May 30, 2009 4:44:42 AM CEST
I want to like it, but I'm thinking I don't because the singer is a pretentious dick. Really, that's all I can come up with.