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Jackson And His Computerband 'Dead Living Things' by Alex Courtès

David Knight - 9th Sept 2013

A marvellous video for Warp signing Jackson And His Computerband's Dead Living Things - featuring the distinctive vocal stylings of Planningtorock - by Alex Courtès, that really is good for repeated viewings.

It has an impenetrably surreal, vignette-style that has become quite familiar  - and Alex has commented on its debt to other notable filmmakers, saying on the Warp Records site that "this project is a direct reference to the works of Fellini and David Lynch. It is a juxtaposition of life scenes and actions that have nothing to do with each other in particular, that however create a fantastic dynamic and resolutely surreal experience.”

Absolutely. But it's worth adding that the film really has the true quality of a dream. These scenarios are conjured from imagination, like a random dreamer's thoughts, with a coherent narrative just tantalisingly out of reach.  

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David Knight - 9th Sept 2013

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  • BUG
  • Surreal
  • Electronica
  • Alternative

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Alex Courtès
Producer
Jules de Chateleux
Production Company
1st AD
Francois Lizé

Camera

Director of Photography
Mathieu Plainfosse

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Olivier Benoist
Grip
Sebastien Grasso

Art

Production designer
Marie D'Alençon

Editorial

Editor
Nicolas Larrouquere

VFX

Post production company
Home Digital Pictures
Post Producer
Paul Crehange

Commission

Label
Warp

Misc

Line Producer
Jean Davi
Location Manager
Amaury Brougalay

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