He may be cinematographer of choice for numerous super-talented young directors, but Michael Ragen has a habit of taking over directorial reins himself when it comes to working with Portugal.The Man. It’s led to spectacular work for the Alaska-born artist, like the double video for Sleep Forever/Got It All. The new video for Evil Friends [...]
Its Call Of The Wild, as Michael Ragen captures the rather excellent Portugal. The Man’s John Gourley on a Alaskan adventure, driving through the wilderness on a sled driven by huskies. Gourley knows what he’s doing. Like most of the band, he originally hails from Alaska – celebrated in spectacular panoramas in Michael Ragen’s beautiful [...]
Portland-based band Portugal. The Man and director Michael Ragen have channelled the spirit of Cecil B DeMille, Kenneth Anger and Caravaggio for the video for Guns and Dogs (taken from the band’s album The Satanic Satanist). It resembles a rediscovered silent movie biblical epic too dark and violent to have been released in the first [...]
