I’ve decided it’s this:
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTgKRCXybSM[/video]
I love so many things about this video I don’t even know where to start. To begin with it actually show the band, thank fruk, and what’s more it’s directed by David Fincher. Shyet!
The first thing you notice is how scuffed up the footage looks. The stories I heard at the time were that it was shot on film, as basically all music videos were then, and that they literally took the rolls out of the camera and kicked them around on the floor before processing them. A ridiculously risky strategy considering how valuable the footage would be but the overall look is spellbinding! I think it’s also worth noting that this was released 14 years ago, long before the kind of effects seen here were available at a push of a button in the editing suite.
The next thing is how you can’t see anybody’s faces. Well, that prob helps! 😉 In fact all the members of the band are pretty much shot from the same angle- eg Pez Lanchantin has a weird-and-alien-like profile, Billy Howerdel is always shot from behind, Maynard James Keehan is always seen from the front (but not actually visible, if you know what I mean) andso on.
The final thing is the editing. There is something about the way that the foot hits the effects pedal, or the way that bottleneck slide is picked up, that just looks so right. It’s hard to describe, but it just somehow works. And for that, this is my fave video.
