This is Michel Gondry’s video for Bjork’s Declare Independence. It’s okay. It kinda has the feel of a musical number from Dancer in the Dark, except shot with a more expensive camera, and instead of Catherine Deneuve dressed like a factory worker, there are soldiers bopping around on strings. I actually kind of prefer the clip I found on YouTube, embedded above, which uses stock war footage and clips from Spike Jonze’s video for It’s Oh So Quiet to create a screed against “the Bush monarchy.” At the very least, it’s got a crackpot energy to it that Bjork used to be so good at, but hasn’t been able to pull off in awhile. I don’t think Michel Gondry directed that one, though.Gondry video via Fimoculous.
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