Balthazar 'Sinking Ship' by Joe Vanhoutteghem
As aficianados of his videos for The Hickey Underworld will attest, Joe Vanhoutteghem's work is unique - a bleak, disturbing, violent, grubby, weirdly fathomless vision of the world. He …
Triggerfinger 'Perfect Match' by Joe Vanhoutteghem
Coming shortly after his version of a performance video for Editors, Joe Vanhouttteghem is now spoiling us. Here's his new video for Belgian outfit Triggerfinger – and he's treading new ground here too.
The video for Perfect Match sees Joe's take on the sex comedy. Which means a whole new level of slightly unsettling reality-suspension and weirdness has been added.
What's going on? That's not so easy to explain. It's a fastmoving story of partner-swapping in the holiday homes and chalets of a coastal town - with a bit of noir thriller thrown in - almost entirely viewed from the interior of a car that drives itself. Ruben De Block, the singer of the band, appears in the back of the car - sometimes.
"If you can figure out the story of Perfect Match, do tell us," say Czar, Joe's production company. That might be asking a bit too much, but its very entertaining nonetheless.
Credits
| Director | Joe Vanhoutteghem |
| Director of Photography | Lieven Van Baelen |
| Executive Producer | Eurydice Gysel |
| Producer | Matthias Schellens |
| Editor | Kristof Van Den Bergh |
| Editor | Martin Leroy |
| Post production company | Moxy |
| Sound | Cobra |
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