NIN: The Making of the “Closer” Video (via Fette)
28 minute behind-the-scenes with commentary by director Mark Romanek.
‘Closer’ was a great example of Picasso’s (alleged) dictum that “good artists borrow, great artists steal”, since almost every visual in it was lifted from other artists, including Joel-Peter Witkin, Man Ray, The Brothers Quay, and Francis Bacon.
But it was put together with such craft that it achieved its own mash-up originality and was clearly a respectful homage.
And for those of us at the time whose art education came from television, movies, and books, not from art schools, it was a fantastically dense puzzle to decipher (although credits would have been nice)
Also: I can’t believe it’s 15 years old.
i love this video but it is a total brothers quay ripoff. Which is probably why i liked it so much.
