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..."
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Rob Ulitski - 15th Apr 2020
Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Moses Sumney
- Producer
- Whitney Jackson
- Production Company
- O&
- Executive Producer
- Justin Benoliel
- Production Manager
- Meredith Kurey
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Cristina Dunlap
Art
- Art Director
- Gunnar Deathridge
Wardrobe
- Wardrobe
- Phil Gomez
- Make-up
- Jacque Piotrowski
Editorial
- Editor
- Wes Sanchez
Grading
- Colourist
- Kaitlyn Battistelli
- Colour grade company
- ES
VFX
- VFX
- Eric Epstein
Agent
- Director's Representation
- O&
Misc
- Dancer
- Malachi Middleton
- Dancer
- Emara Neymour-Jackson
Rob Ulitski - 15th Apr 2020