“Anna”
I just stumbled across this video, written by Will Butler from Arcade Fire, while looking for some music to listen to while I blog. I always think its really compelling when music videos, or in this case a musical short film, uses a big name celebrity in the video. It shifts a lot of focus away from the music and to the star I find, and will generally bring in a lot wider audience than a video with unknown actors would. The first video of this variety I remember seeing was Aerosmith’s “Crazy” with Liv Tyler and Alicia Silverstone – I watched this just after I’d seen “Clueless” for the first time and was obsessed with Alicia Silverstone. I say this as if it’s past tense, I still love Alicia and Clueless is to this day my favourite movie. The cameo in the music video brought Aerosmith to my attention, albeit many years after their heyday, through Alicia’s popularity due to other mediums.