The first time I recall Terry Gilliam‘s name being used to sell me on a movie it was City of Lost Children, but that was through a critic blurb making a comparison between the Brazil director and City‘s Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro. Prior to that, though, he’d actually lent his name as a presenter for their Delicatessen. I might not have discovered those movies without the endorsement. Later, Gilliam also put his name in a similar manner on Bill Plympton’s Idiots and Angels. As a Gilliam fan, I fell in love with Jeunet’s work immediately, while I’d already been into Plympton and now had more reason to appreciate the animation legend. I don’t know that Gilliam attached his name to anything before, between or after those two — I’m not counting the BBC TV adaptation of the book The Last Machine: Early Cinema and the Birth of the...
- 9/3/2014
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
An animated music video directed by late Oscar-winning actor Heath Ledger was released earlier this week. The six-minute film is a promotional clip for 'King Rat' by Modest Mouse and was created after Ledger approached the band in January 2007, The Times reports. It was unfinished but "fully conceived" at the time of Ledger's death a year later and The Masses artist collaboration of which he was a member finished the promo in his honour. The video features whales and dolphins capturing human swimmers before processing them and feeding them to their young. Los Angeles-based concept designer Daniel Auber said: "We (more)...
- 8/5/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
A music video made it's World Premiere today that is perhaps the final visual work by the late Heath Ledger.
The animated video for the Modest Mouse track "King Rat" debuted exclusively on MySpace this afternoon, and uses blood and gore to send a message about a cause that Heath believed in. Check out the video and the full details below the jump.
In January of 2007, while visiting his homeland of Australia, Heath Ledger presented Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse with an idea to direct a video for their yet-to-be-released song ‘King Rat’. Heath’s vision, brave and unapologetic in its nature, would marry his love of bold and original music with his impassioned stance against the illegal commercial whale hunts taking place of the coast of Australia each year. Always one to operate from his heart and take a stand for what he cared deeply about, Heath's intention was...
The animated video for the Modest Mouse track "King Rat" debuted exclusively on MySpace this afternoon, and uses blood and gore to send a message about a cause that Heath believed in. Check out the video and the full details below the jump.
In January of 2007, while visiting his homeland of Australia, Heath Ledger presented Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse with an idea to direct a video for their yet-to-be-released song ‘King Rat’. Heath’s vision, brave and unapologetic in its nature, would marry his love of bold and original music with his impassioned stance against the illegal commercial whale hunts taking place of the coast of Australia each year. Always one to operate from his heart and take a stand for what he cared deeply about, Heath's intention was...
- 8/4/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
What would happen if the whales one day decided to turn the tables on their whaling hunters? I think the answer here is quite obvious. They'd get their flippers on a big boat, hunt swimming humans with harpoon guns and turn their fresh catch into processed seal food. 'Natch folks... this is elementary stuff.
Today marks the debut of the music video for Modest Mouse's "King Rat," directed by the late Heath Ledger. And it's some weird, weird stuff. We're talking cigar-smoking, boat-captaining whales. Humans being skinned like latex gloves being pulled off. Mean-looking seals. I'm freaked. And I can't embed the video here, but you can check it out over on MySpace. Instead, here's a clip of director Terry Gilliam discussing Ledger's final performance in "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus." Hit the jump for additional details on the video, compliments of the official press release.
King Rat Video...
Today marks the debut of the music video for Modest Mouse's "King Rat," directed by the late Heath Ledger. And it's some weird, weird stuff. We're talking cigar-smoking, boat-captaining whales. Humans being skinned like latex gloves being pulled off. Mean-looking seals. I'm freaked. And I can't embed the video here, but you can check it out over on MySpace. Instead, here's a clip of director Terry Gilliam discussing Ledger's final performance in "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus." Hit the jump for additional details on the video, compliments of the official press release.
King Rat Video...
- 8/4/2009
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
Animated clip intended to raise awareness of whaling practices was completed as tribute to the late actor.
By James Montgomery
Modest Mouse's "King Rat" music video
Photo: Epic Records
In 2007, Isaac Brock — wild-eyed, unkempt mastermind of Modest Mouse — mentioned in an interview that Oscar-nominated actor Heath Ledger had expressed interest in directing a video for "King Rat," a throwaway track from Mm's We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank.
Not only that, but famed director Terry Gilliam, with whom Ledger was working on "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," had agreed to animate the clip. It all seemed rather odd, and Brock appeared nonplussed by the project (telling VH1, "I hope it works out and I don't sound like a f--ing liar at the end of this"). Modest Mouse fans around the world greeted the news with a resounding "Wha?!?"
Then, in early 2008, Ledger was found dead in a New York apartment,...
By James Montgomery
Modest Mouse's "King Rat" music video
Photo: Epic Records
In 2007, Isaac Brock — wild-eyed, unkempt mastermind of Modest Mouse — mentioned in an interview that Oscar-nominated actor Heath Ledger had expressed interest in directing a video for "King Rat," a throwaway track from Mm's We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank.
Not only that, but famed director Terry Gilliam, with whom Ledger was working on "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," had agreed to animate the clip. It all seemed rather odd, and Brock appeared nonplussed by the project (telling VH1, "I hope it works out and I don't sound like a f--ing liar at the end of this"). Modest Mouse fans around the world greeted the news with a resounding "Wha?!?"
Then, in early 2008, Ledger was found dead in a New York apartment,...
- 8/4/2009
- MTV Music News
Heath Ledger may have passed away more than a year ago, but he continues to enrich the world with his artistic vision. Billboard magazine reports that two music videos directed by the late actor will be released this year. The first video is an animated effort for the song "King Rat," a bonus track off of Modest Mouse's 2007 release We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. Ledger directed the video, which was animated by director and illustrator Daniel Auber, after meeting Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock in Australia. "Heath and I have a mutual friend and when we were in.
- 3/18/2009
- by Celebuzz
- Celebuzz.com
Update: Apparently Spin’s initial report wasn’t completely true. THR reports that the video directed by Ledger wasn’t animated by Terry Gilliam, but instead helmed by illustrator Daniel Auber, a member of Ledger’s art collective the Massive. Before his death, Heath Ledger directed a music video for the indie rock band Modest Mouse, animated by filmmaker Terry [...]...
- 3/17/2009
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
New York -- Two music videos that represent actor Heath Ledger's last directorial work before his death in January 2008 will be released this year.
Modest Mouse plans to release the animated video for "King Rat," a bonus track from the band's 2007 "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank," Billboard has confirmed. The news was first reported by Spin magazine on its Web site. A video for Grace Woodroofe's cover of David Bowie's "Quicksand" is also set for release this year, along with her Ben Harper-produced debut album, the L.A. Weekly reports.
The Oscar-winning actor directed "King Rat" for Modest Mouse after meeting singer Isaac Brock in Australia. "Heath and I have a mutual friend and when we were in Australia, my fiance and some of us in the band went out on a boat with him and his family and friends and talked about the idea,...
Modest Mouse plans to release the animated video for "King Rat," a bonus track from the band's 2007 "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank," Billboard has confirmed. The news was first reported by Spin magazine on its Web site. A video for Grace Woodroofe's cover of David Bowie's "Quicksand" is also set for release this year, along with her Ben Harper-produced debut album, the L.A. Weekly reports.
The Oscar-winning actor directed "King Rat" for Modest Mouse after meeting singer Isaac Brock in Australia. "Heath and I have a mutual friend and when we were in Australia, my fiance and some of us in the band went out on a boat with him and his family and friends and talked about the idea,...
- 3/16/2009
- by By David J. Prince, Billboard
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On 5 March, world class directors Richard Elfman, Mick Garris, Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven, Bill Malone and Stuart Gordon, met in an La theatre to discuss the relationship between their movies and art, especially painting. Lucky me, I was in the audience. The inspiration for the event was Bill Malone’s visually powerful feature, Parasomnia, a movie which itself incorporates the stunning art of the late great Polish surrealist Zdzislaw Beksinski.
Richard Elfman (Forbidden Zone) chaired, and an audience packed with La genre filmmakers enjoyed. After the discussion, we were treated to a slideshow of Beksinski’s amazing and dark art, followed by a screening of Parasomnia. Now, thanks to a stunning feat of memory, here’s a mostly complete transcript of the horror/art discussion.
All after the break!
Richard Elfman: Film and art, art and film. Hmm. Gentlemen, when was the first time that each of you became...
Richard Elfman (Forbidden Zone) chaired, and an audience packed with La genre filmmakers enjoyed. After the discussion, we were treated to a slideshow of Beksinski’s amazing and dark art, followed by a screening of Parasomnia. Now, thanks to a stunning feat of memory, here’s a mostly complete transcript of the horror/art discussion.
All after the break!
Richard Elfman: Film and art, art and film. Hmm. Gentlemen, when was the first time that each of you became...
- 3/8/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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