Nothing But Thieves 'Sorry' by Thomas James
David Knight - 27th July 2017
Thomas James's second video for Nothing But Thieves sees band frontman Conor Mason in a state of reflection, whilst nothing less than the end of days unfolds around him.
Shot in Kiev, and created on a similarly impressive scale as James' previous NBT video for Amsterdam, Sorry is both satisfyingly simple and detailed. A range of reactions to the imminent Apocalypse is sketched through a series of vignettes where individuals resort to anger, sex and murderous revenge, as well as family love and passive acceptance in their final hours. All the while everything revolves around Conor Mason, who walks past the ensuing chaos in a regretful, apologetic mood under a beating sun, towards his fate.
“Sorry is about getting older and the difficulties associated with it. It’s about looking inwards and facing your demons," comments Nothing But Thieves' guitarist Joe Langridge-Brown, who penned the track. "The song hinges around a flawed individual who can’t hold down a relationship, both to the detriment of themselves and their partner.”
Thomas James adds: “The track to me felt like the last stop, a point in a relationship where you can be super honest, because it’s the end. So we took that, and exaggerated it a teeny weeny bit, and went with the end of the world. If everyone has only got a couple of hours left – you’re going to do and say exactly what you want. Whether that’s poetic human honesty, or getting dominated one last time at a sex party.”
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Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Thomas James
- Producer
- Sam Holmes
- Production Company
- BD
- Executive Producer
- Martin Roker
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Benjamin Wearing
Art
- Production designer
- Anthony Neale
Editorial
- Editor
- Jake Armstrong
- Editing company
- Marshall Street Editors
- Edit Producer
- Carys Duffield
Grading
- Colourist
- Oisín O’Driscoll
- Colour grade company
- The Mill
VFX
- Post production company
- Absolute Post
- Post Producer
- Geri Krasteva
Commission
- Commissioner
- Elizabeth Doolan
- Commissioner
- Daniel Millar
- Label
- Sony Music
Misc
- Production Assistant
- Holly Wolfers
- Production Services
- 2F
- Service Co Exec Producer
- Sasha Chernyavsky
- Service Producer
- Daria Stepani
- Flame
- Chris Tobin
- Sound design
- Mike Bovill
- Colour Producer
- Lucy Mason
Other credits
1st AD UA
Dima Hasanov –
Production Manager UA
Andrew Naumchuk
Production Assistant UA
Jenya Goyan
Art Director UA
Daniel Dubrovsky –
Location Manager UA
Oleg Kupstow
Stefanie Reines
Artist Manager
Antonia Vlasto
Producer
Sony
William Stevens – Label Marketing Manager
David Knight - 27th July 2017