Not content with the fact that the title track from Viva La Vida already kind of has a video–albeit one that’s for a truncated version of the song–the gents in Coldplay have commissioned not one, but two videos for it. And they got big-name directors, just to show the world that they’re that good: Hype Williams was behind the camera for the above clip, which swaps Williams’ normal fisheyed worldview for Photoshop’s “cracking paint” filter; Anton Corbijn took charge for the clip after the jump, which references a video that will probably be familiar to most of the Idolator demo. (I suspect that also may be why it’s the “alternate version.”)
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin said that the band’s video for “Viva La Vida,” which will be directed by music video lifer Anton Corbijn, would be an “experiment” that “could be a disaster, but it could be OK.” More »
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin said that the band’s video for “Viva La Vida,” which will be directed by music video lifer Anton Corbijn, would be an “experiment” that “could be a disaster, but it could be OK.” More »
Ed. note: It’s time for another installment of “VHS Or Beta?”, where Andy Beta looks at the music behind the movies–from preserved-by-Criterion classics to completely inane summer blockbusters. In this installment, he watches the Anton Corbijn-directed Control, which opens in select cities on Wednesday:
