Spector ‘Never Fade Away’ by Ben Reed
Tuesday, 24. July 2012 - 3:30 pm
Following up the superb comic surrealism of the long video-cum-short film When Spector Met Henry Kelly, Ben Reed now teams up with Spector for an unsettling, daring proper video for Never Fade Away.
Shot as if part of some Japanese horror movie featuring the band being kidnapped by feral school kids a la Battle Royale, Spector and Ben Reed also get meta from the start: the video is comprised of slight variations on the same sequence – which looks like its been recorded onto the same thirty second strip of VHS tape.
The results are predictable for those who can still dimly remember this revolutionary, late lamented format. The image continues to degrade and degenerate throughout the course of the video.
Spector
Never Fade Away (Fiction)
Director: Ben Reed
Prod co: HSI London
Producer: Gareth Thomas
DoP: Nic Booth
Steadicam: Thomas English
Art direction: Ben Reed
Styling: Rebecca Gore
Make up: Eve Marie Coles
Editor & Post: Ben Reed
Head of Music video: Beth Montague
Commissioner: Sam Seager
Label: Fiction Records
Watch: Quicktime movie
