The Hickey Underworld’s Blonde Fire by Joe Vanhoutteghem
Friday, 6. November 2009 - 2:17 pm
The astonishing video from top Belgian commercials director Joe Vanhoutteghem which had people at BUG 15 and BUG: the EVIL-ution of Music Video watching through their fingers.
Brilliant, disturbing, and in its own very dark way, very funny. It was shot in Antwerp, very close to an abattoir…
The Hickey Underworld
Blonde Fire
Director: Joe Vanhoutteghem
Producer: Eurydice Gysel
Production company: Czar Films
Scenarist : Joe Vanhoutteghem
Editing: Manu Van Hove
Cameraman: Nicolas Karakatsanis
Actor: Bart D’Hondt
Set designer: Geert Paredis
6. November 2009 - 3:27 pm
dont wanna meet this director…but wanna personally congratulate him on an awesome job…from a safe distance…
6. November 2009 - 3:31 pm
He’s actually a bit like a bubble wrapped in a happy thought. sneaky belgians….
6. November 2009 - 4:02 pm
definitely one of my favourite videos of the year.
p.s.
there’s an interview with the director about the video on youtube…
6. November 2009 - 4:09 pm
glad you finally posted this mr knight
its interesting seeing this post so close to the RELAX debate/argument the other day
this is what music vids should be about.
creativity, risk taking, images that make you gasp.
6. November 2009 - 4:14 pm
just looked the director up on youtube…
his VW ‘gas station’ advert is awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5pfG7dpGw4
what an alternative way of shooting a car ad…
this work needs to be seen on a cinema screen!!
inspirational…great to see darker, cinematic work like this and de thurahs becoming more ‘commercially acceptable’ and permeating popular culture…cinematic like glazers but so beautifully dark…
6. November 2009 - 4:59 pm
CREEPY! but so perfect
6. November 2009 - 5:10 pm
Brave commissioning here: gutsy even.
6. November 2009 - 5:15 pm
What an excellent video, saw this at the last Bug, and came out feeling great, its awesome!
Some people left saying how disgusting it was, but we need that in our lives so the RELAX video stands out. lol
That VW Gas Station advert is beautiful too, chilling, scary, cinematic, you almost want to see the film that it is a trailer for, then the VW logo appears, stunning!
People need to take these risks, as this is a video that will stand up for ages!
6. November 2009 - 7:36 pm
dare i say that promo news needs some creative policing from david knight.
i understand this site is a rarity and i for one am in awe of david knight and all the work he does for music videos day upon day upon day. Promo directors, producers, editors, designers all need exposure and this site does them justice.
but how can you put such amazing videos from the likes glasvegas, depeche mode, will young, delphic, etc alongside that VILE relax video.
of course would this cause cries of SNOBBERY.
what then justifies a video from being placed on this website?
why doesnt david knight start reviewing the videos he so loves?
7. November 2009 - 6:39 pm
i disagree. Better to put all of it up here, good and bad so we can get a cross section of what’s out there. lus if DK starts reviewing stuff, then he’s gonna piss off his advertisers. Keep it neutral David. leave it to us to fight it out!!!!!!!!
C’mon!!!
10. December 2009 - 2:29 pm
One of my favorites of the year, amazing support of a directors vision..