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Louie McNamara

Chris Hopewell reunites with Radiohead - for whom he made the video for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AQSLozK7aA" target="_blank">There There</a> back in 2003 - for the video for Burn The Witch, a beautifully executed recreation of the classic children&#39;s TV shows Camberwick Green and Trumpton, with the storylines of other, far more disquieting British productions of the late 1960s - Witchfinder General and The Wicker Man.The treatment may well have had the compelling brevity of the one for Alien (which was famously pitched as &quot;Jaws in space&#39;). But only time will tell whether it was quite that straightforward. With Radiohead removing their social media sites and then posting messages to fans before the video&#39;s release (&lsquo;Sing the&nbsp;song of sixpence that goes&nbsp;burn the witch&rsquo;&nbsp;and &lsquo;We know where you live&rsquo;) there is the distinct possibility this is the opening salvo of the band&#39;s bigger message. We shall see.In the meantime, this is a welcome return to music video directing for Chris Hopewell, who created this wonderful rendition of the stop-motion style pioneered by Gordon Murray and animators&nbsp;John Hardwick and Bob Bura, out of his own Bristol-based studio Jacknife. As he has been spending much of his time designing posters, its a return as surprising as it is welcome.[imgtoken data:1]

Louie McNamara

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