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NO ONE MAN SHOULD HAVE ALL THIS POWER, the video painting
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post Aug 6 2010, 03:49 PM
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Director/Artist Marco Brambilla :
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So what exactly is the piece?

Well, it’s a video portrait of Kanye. It starts with a very tight shot introducing him that’s kind of a reinvention of a neoclassical painting. It pulls back from the shot, without any cuts, and we reveal the video canvas, populated by all these characters who are depicted in various stages of undress and decadence. The iconography comes from Roman iconography, Renaissance iconography, and it connects to the sexuality of the music as well. As we reveal the setting for it, there’s a feeling of a moment of transition for him. A fall from grace, if you will. It visualizes power, and him as the icon as power, and then at the end of the piece it challenges the power that I set up at the beginning. It’s an elliptical piece of storytelling.

How did you guys end up using that kind of imagery?

He approached me via my gallery and he wanted to do something that wasn’t a music video. He wanted a video work that would accompany the music. I said, “That’s great, because I don’t do music videos.” I wanted to give it an epic feeling. The song feels very personal, but the orchestration and the production of the track is epic and I wanted to give it something hypersensational and exaggerated.


this has gotten quite a reaction since it's far from the standard music video we're used to

mtv has also put out a cultural cheat sheet about some of the imagery involved


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post Aug 6 2010, 03:50 PM
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so f*cking good

felt like it was but a teaser for the kanye experience yet to come
 
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post Aug 6 2010, 06:42 PM
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heck yes
 
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post Aug 8 2010, 12:00 PM
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how are we the only ones who care about this juna? smh cb, what a disgrace.



have you been watching it on his blog broye? he put it in the header so you can watch it way bigger now. i like it.
 
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post Aug 8 2010, 12:56 PM
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bet no one cares about the new upcoming armin album >:O
 
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post Aug 8 2010, 01:04 PM
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^i don't because you're going to end up sharing most of your favorite songs or telling me to dl anyway.

was this the full video or just a teaser? i'm having the same feelings i've had with jay-z's on to the next one, i started to like the song better after watching video over and over. the difference is i didn't instantly enjoy this song or the video.
 
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post Aug 8 2010, 01:05 PM
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Loooooooool yeah I will I always do that shit don't I
 
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post Aug 8 2010, 01:08 PM
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QUOTE(gojira @ Aug 8 2010, 01:04 PM) *
^i don't because you're going to end up sharing most of your favorite songs or telling me to dl anyway.

was this the full video or just a teaser? i'm having the same feelings i've had with jay-z's on to the next one, i started to like the song better after watching video over and over. the difference is i didn't instantly enjoy this song or the video.


it's the full thing, not just a teaser. it's a video portrait that represents the concept of power/the song, rather than a "music video", so they didn't feel like they had to play the entire song like they would in a normal music video. this is the thing that i think a lot of people can't get over and aren't used to.

i think a lot of people aren't taking into account that marco brambilla isn't a music video director and doesn't make music videos. if you know his previous work and the Civilization video that inspired kanye to call him in the first place then it makes sense to me. he's trying to make a piece of art that stands on it's own outside of the context of music videos.

i think it's great and i agree 100% that it's like on to the next one, even though this is even more unconventional. (imo on to the next one is evidence of kanye's influence on jay's aesthetic progression)
 
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post Aug 8 2010, 04:31 PM
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I like the video itself more then the song tbh. don't hate. It's a awesome video.
 
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post Aug 8 2010, 04:46 PM
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i prefer video over the song too
 
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post Aug 8 2010, 05:39 PM
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I like the song, and the first part of the video. Up until it zoomed to the individual people it was really cool. I get the point of the video but I wish it would have been longer and zoomed farther out. Still, really cool.
 
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post Aug 10 2010, 01:23 AM
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This looks like a f*cking movie trailer kind of thing. Still, pretty cool.
 
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post Aug 10 2010, 12:45 PM
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ive had this song awhile ago. like 2 months i think.

but all i know is, this is a badass workout song. lol

sickest part of the piece is when the angels stomp the staffs when the bass drops.
 
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post Aug 10 2010, 03:22 PM
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they say i was the abomination of obama's nation
 
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post Aug 20 2010, 03:40 PM
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remix
 
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post Aug 22 2010, 11:24 AM
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what you think about this? he got a point but shiiiiiet, everything seems to be labeled "Illuminati" now even if it they didn't mean it
 
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post Aug 22 2010, 11:35 AM
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the people who talk about that don't even know anything bout the illuminanti. especially if they think illuminait = devil worship. i don't even listen to that shit but i am not a wacko conspiracy theorist.
 
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post Aug 22 2010, 11:39 AM
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:3
 
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post Aug 22 2010, 12:59 PM
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A point. He doesn't have it.
 
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post Sep 2 2010, 10:44 AM
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lol
 
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post Sep 2 2010, 11:09 AM
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QUOTE(BlueHeroBH @ Sep 2 2010, 10:44 AM) *


lol

are you f*cking retarded? do you know anything about the people posting in this thread? get the f*ck out dumbass
 
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