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Moses Sumney 'Cut Me' by Moses Sumney

Rob Ulitski - 15th Apr 2020

Moses Sumney gives into his darkest, most satisfying impulses in the self-directed video for Cut Me.

Across a collection of surreal, otherworldly vignettes, Sumney runs riot in an abandoned hospital with two other patients- dancing on caskets, performing on stage and taking on the roles of the non-existent staff.

The glossy, theatrical art direction places the concept very much in a dream world of Sumney’s creation, blurring the lines between reality and fiction. The performances are top-notch, adding a lively vibrance to the derelict location, and cleverly personifying the complex themes in the track.

"It is, amongst many things, a satirization of masochism and the medical industrial complex, and a chuckle in the face of Black Death," says Moses Sumney about his directorial debut. "I couldn’t have predicted it’d be released in our current climate. And yet..."

Rob Ulitski - 15th Apr 2020

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  • New Director
  • Performance
  • Electro
  • Soul
  • Surreal

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Moses Sumney
Producer
Whitney Jackson
Production Company
Executive Producer
Justin Benoliel
Production Manager
Meredith Kurey

Camera

Director of Photography
Cristina Dunlap

Art

Art Director
Gunnar Deathridge

Wardrobe

Make-up
Jacque Piotrowski
Wardrobe
Phil Gomez

Editorial

Editor
Wes Sanchez

Grading

Colourist
Kaitlyn Battistelli
Colour grade company

Agent

Director's Representation

Rob Ulitski - 15th Apr 2020

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