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Palm Pictures -- suggestions for future "Directors Label" collections
I think it is long overdue that directors who have excelled in the short film and video realm like Spike Jonze have gotten their works collected under such an umbrella as Palm Pictures' new DVD series. As such, these are the directors I'd like to see represented in the future:
Zbigniew Rybczynski -- winner of the 1983 Academy Award for best animated short ("Tango"), he created some incredibly striking and very humorous music videos in the late '80's, taking advantage of the early manipulation possibilities in the medium. They include "Close (to the Edit)" by Art of Noise [punkette and tuxedo guys destroy instruments], "Hell in Paradise" by Yoko Ono [framed among identically dressed midgets and giants like a police lineup], "All the Things She Said" by Simple Minds [multiple Jim Kerrs stand next to each other], and what I believe still holds the record for most edits in a video, "She Went Pop" by Iam Siam. Ryb offers his own DVDs of shorts, but none of them include these classic videos.
Jean-Baptiste Mondino -- photograhper, fashionista, and sometime singer himself, Mondino's classic videos include "Boys of Summer" by Don Henley, "Never Let Me Down" by David Bowie, "Manchild" by Neneh Cherry, and "Sorry About the Weather" by Mark Curry. I think all his Madonna videos have gotten represented on DVD, thankfully.
some others:
Samuel Bayer
Tamra Davis
Godley & Creme
Marcus Nispel
Hype Williams
Russell Mulcahy
\"As I looked back over my life, I realized that I enjoyed nothing--not art, not sex--more than going to the movies.\" -- Gore Vidal
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