Saturday, November 25, 2006

I saw this and my jaw dropped

From Wikipedia:
A music video for "The Saints Are Coming," directed by Chris Milk, was released on video site YouTube on October 27,2006. The music video shows the two bands playing at the Abbey Road Studio and at the Louisiana Superdome (though the footage from the live performance at the Superdome has been overdubbed with the studio version of the song), intermixed with news footage of the displacement of residents after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The second half of the video shows an alternative history in which George W. Bush redeployed troops and vehicles from Iraq to New Orleans to help victims of the hurricane, with the military personnel fulfilling the titular role of the saints. In the words of the director, this was done to "make a commentary on the Katrina disaster ... from the standpoint of how things can and should be done in the future." The video ends with military support vehicles fading out as the camera pans to a sign that reads 'Not as seen on TV', alluding to the criticized response to Katrina while also parodying media deception on rescue coverage.

1 Comments:

At November 27, 2006 8:13 AM, Anonymous QueenV said...

Wow. That was breathtaking.

 

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