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Steven Spielberg directs his 1st Music Video (and no, the maestro isn't in it)


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It's for Marcus Mumford.

 

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/18/entertainment/steven-spielberg-marcus-mumford/index.html

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Marcus Mumford has teamed up with a film legend for the music video to his powerful new single, "Cannibal."

According to Mumford, lead singer of British rock band Mumford & Sons, the video was filmed on July 3 in a high school gym in New York.
"I've been overwhelmed by the support of the people around me to bring this music to you, and I cannot hope to express all of my gratitude," he wrote on Instagram. "When people get it, it blows my mind. Kate and Steven just got it, and I cannot thank them enough."

Spielberg, Mumford added, shot the video "in one shot, on his phone. " Spielberg's wife, actress Kate Capshaw, assisted as "the almighty dolly grip." She was also credited as a producer and art director.

In one photo shared by Mumford, Capshaw is seen dragging her husband in a rolling chair.
Mumford's wife, actress Carey Mulligan, was credited as the "costumer."

"Cannibal" is the first single from Mumford's solo album, out September 16.

Earlier this month, Mumford said he wrote the song "in January 2021, facing demons I danced with for a long time in isolation."
He called the forthcoming record "dear to my heart."

 

 

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6 minutes ago, Fabulin said:

Those close-ups are hilarious! Like a Spielberg parody ROTFLMAO

 

Ok yeah I've watched it now.  It's actually genuinely badly directed....

 

Also, terrible song.

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Filed under who cares, music videos are a thing of the past 

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45 minutes ago, JoeinAR said:

Filed under who cares, music videos are a thing of the past 

 

Hundreds of millions of people are watching music videos on Youtube and TikTok every day.

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58 minutes ago, Stu said:

 

Hundreds of millions of people are watching music videos on Youtube and TikTok every day.

Most artists no longer make videos like they did  back in the days when pop music was good.

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Oh nice. I really like Mumford & Sons stuff. Like one of my friends once said, they make the most uplifting depressing music.

 

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  • 1 year later...
On 20/07/2022 at 11:15 AM, filmmusic said:

Why was Spielberg needed to film this? Couldn't it be done by any other director?

 

This has finally been explained; Carey Mulligan is Mumford's wife and was in touch with Spielberg through Maestro. So they just asked him to do it. 

 

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Yikes. I hadn't seen this before. But this isn't very good, is it?

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Yes, I heard about it on the aforementiond Graham Norton show.

 

Anyone could have shot that on their cell phone camera. But I guess that's part of the gimmick, having the greatest director of all time being the one actually using the cell phone camera.

 

Utterly bizarre.

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Where's the Spielbergian "God Light"? :lol:

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