Daniel Wolfe Captures Dystopian Beauty in New Video for Paolo Nutini
Disturbing, Beautiful Images Suffuse Film for 'Iron Sky'
Editor's Pick
Daniel Wolfe recently made his leap to the silver screen directing the thriller "Catch Me Daddy," which debuted during this year's Cannes Film Festival, but the Somesuch director returns to his music video roots with this haunting short film for Scottish singer Paolo Nutini's new single "Iron Sky."
The eight-minute piece, set in a vaguely post-Soviet dystopia, is filled with striking contrasts: a smoking censer swaying along camouflage-clad legs; blooming, rippling liquids are cut together with people suffering through crushing headaches; three young men flinging themselves with abandon through an eerily empty basement disco. Each scene presents a striking photographic moment, thanks to the skillfull cinematography of Robbie Ryan, who also shot Mr. Wolfe's feature.
Critics have wondered at what the song is about (Scottish independence? Russian aggression against Ukraine?), but like all great worlds, Wolfe's is one where you can create your own meaning.
Credits
- Date
- Aug 07, 2014
- Brand:
- Paolo Nutini
- Client:
- Paolo Nutini
- Production Company:
- Somesuch & Co
- Director:
- Daniel Wolfe
- Producer:
- Lee Groombridge
- Executive Producer:
- Tim Nash
- Executive Producer:
- Sally Campbell
- Executive Producer:
- Matthew Wolfe
- Writer:
- Matthew Wolfe
- Head of Music:
- Tash Tan
- Director's Assistant:
- Alex Hulsey
- Unit Stills:
- Alex Hulsey
- Cinematographer:
- Robbie Ryan
- Production Designer:
- Robin Brown
- Wardrobe Stylist:
- Holly Waddington
- Editor:
- Tom Lindsay
- Grade:
- Simon Bourne
- Online:
- Framestore
- Visual Effects:
- Chris Parks
- Production Manager:
- Peter Arboine
- 2nd Unit Director, Photography:
- Deepa Keshvala
- Services Company:
- Radioaktive Film
- Executive Producer:
- Darko Skulsky
- Line Producer:
- Tanya Neistova
- Production Manager:
- Nick Semko
- Production Assistant:
- Egor Pogrebnyak
- Production Assistant:
- Olya Kosenko
- 1st Assistant Director:
- Anya Buryachkoba
- 2nd Assistant Director:
- Andrew Morozov
- Gaffer:
- Sergey Svetnoy
- Location Manager:
- Borys Grishkevich
- Location Manager:
- Roman Pavlenko
- Stylist:
- Valentin Bren
- Art Director:
- Max Halushka
- Makeup:
- Ira Solodovskaya
- Stunts:
- Ilya Yurchishin
- Casting:
- Nika Bondar
- Casting:
- Marina Kravchenko
- Casting Manager:
- Marina Svetlay
- Casting Manager:
- Lena Volynska
- Casting Manager:
- Nataliya Marchenko
- Playback:
- Yan Vahovsky
- Rental House:
- Illuminator
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