|  The
Work Of Director
MARK ROMANEK
Mark
Romanek
has
an extremely impressive list of bands and artists on his music video CV, and some
rather memorable ones at that. He's taken on everything - rap/hip-hop (Jay-Z),
commercial rock (R.E.M.,
and the timeless clip for Lenny
Kravitz' Are
You Gonna Go My Way?), hard rock (Audioslave's
explosive Cochise), funky rock (Red
Hot Chili Peppers),
industrial rock (Nine
Inch Nails'
fantastic hand-cranked clip), varied alternative rock (Sonic
Youth, Beck, Weezer, Eels),
metal (Linkin
Park), pop
(No Doubt,
Janet Jackson solo
& with brother Michael),
vocal (Fiona
Apple), Rolling
Stones legends
(Mick Jagger
and Keith
Richards respectively),
country legends (Johnny
Cash), icons
(David Bowie,
Madonna),
R&B-pop (En
Vogue), as
well as k.d.
lang, and
G.Love &
Special Sauce.
All of Romanek's
videos have such individual characters, hardly ever replicating anything as he
experiments with great new visual ideas.
Extras include enlightening director
& artist commentary tracks to the videos, a documentary featuring interviews
with Romanek and his colleagues, as well as Rick Ruben, Michel Gondry, and musicians
he's worked with. Romanekian is a docy featuring Ben
Stiller and
Chris Rock
stuffing about
(often quite funny), plus the making of Jay-Z's
99 Problems.
6 / A
- PB
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