Last February, director Spike Jonez (Where the Wild Things Are) agreed to shoot a video for Kanye West's song, "See You in My Nightmares," which was then expanded into a creative, short film - shot at a nightclub over two days.
The end result is an uneasy glimpse of Mr. West at his worst, premonitions of his MTV Video Awards appearance abound, and the ending says a lot about the musician's own battered image of himself. It's a fine piece, and will soon be available on iTunes.
Unfortunately for Spike Jonez, it was leaked last week with the help of...Kanye West.
NYT has the whole story here and here.
"We Were Once a Fairytale" (embedded video)
(Photo: Spike Jonez, Inc. & Getting Out Our Dreams Pictures)
The end result is an uneasy glimpse of Mr. West at his worst, premonitions of his MTV Video Awards appearance abound, and the ending says a lot about the musician's own battered image of himself. It's a fine piece, and will soon be available on iTunes.
Unfortunately for Spike Jonez, it was leaked last week with the help of...Kanye West.
“We Were Once a Fairytale” was leaked to the Internet and posted on Mr. West’s official Web site, kanyeuniversecity.com. Within a couple of days it was taken down without explanation. Mr. Jonze said the film was accidentally leaked from the postproduction studio of a friend, and that Mr. West did not realize that it was not meant to be circulated yet. “I think he was like: ‘Oh, it’s out. I’ll link to it,’ ” Mr. Jonze said. (A representative for Mr. West declined to elaborate.)
NYT has the whole story here and here.
"We Were Once a Fairytale" (embedded video)
(Photo: Spike Jonez, Inc. & Getting Out Our Dreams Pictures)
No really. Who cares.
Look at the number of post so far... Three.
Since kanye just won't die, let's kill him metaphorically . This isn't neat, it's free advertising for 2 douche bags.
And did Tim just call Spike Jonze a douchebag? Are you kidding me, Tim? Spike is incredible.