Comments on: Mark Romanek Gives Commentary On NIN’s Closer Video

By: Harry Pehkonen

Harry Pehkonen — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:48:31 +0000

I can’t watch it — I get a big no-you’re-not-allowed-to sign. I assume it’s the region settings on vimeo, but I’m just guessing. I’m not sure how to feel about this, and who to direct it at, but I’m not happy about it.

I feel excluded.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:06:59 +0000

I always assumed a major influence for this video was Joel Peter Witkin’s photos. I was surprised not to hear his name mentioned as an inspiration. Very interesting to see the intensive production work.

By: Donnie Bell Design

Donnie Bell Design — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:25:14 +0000

Funny how inspired they were by images and this video, in turn, inspired a generation of photographers.

By: Zazone

Zazone — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:19:53 +0000

Until now I have never seen the video or heard the song…quick trip to iTunes and job done. Thanks for posting the BTS vid, it’s really sweet.
I agree with the director, it does have Prince feel (when he was a rocker)

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:51:45 +0000

Wow. Ridiculous props for this. I’m so used to seeing behind the scenes vids from the past few years, I never would have imagined seeing pull back video for something like this. Much less commentary from one of the creators. This blew my mind.

By: Matt Green

Matt Green — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:47:15 +0000

Nice call-back. This is from an era where I didn’t wonder, “How did they do this?” I love the Hoodman t-shirt BTW.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:29:17 +0000

This was cool to see! I especially liked how the director continually referred to inspiration that he took from images.

Was this video run on MTV initially? I remember seeing it but don’t recall if it was on MTV or some other channel..

Thanks guys for your courage and generosity.