This is a pretty amazing video. Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia) directed this, and they shot it in the longest hallway in North America (like 1/2 mile or something). It's all one shot, and it took them about a dozen takes to get it all right. It's pretty cool, check it out. (And yes, that is Philip Seymour Hoffman making a cameo...)
Click on the picture below to watch the scene. (12 MB, Windows Media Player required)
A couple other cool things:
Fiona Apple - "Across The Universe"
Another Paul Thomas Anderson music video. This one is AWESOME... so many complicated shots in this one. (Notice how everyone's walking around in slow motion, but Fiona's singing and moving in real time? This was accomplished by having everyone else around her move at normal speed, but having Fiona sing and move much faster than normal. When the film was slowed down, it appeared as if she was moving normal speed and everyone else was in slow motion.)
(And the guy at the end of the video who steals the records out of the jukebox? John C. Reilly!)
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Weezer - "Buddy Holly"
I can't talk about music videos without leaving this one out... Whoever hasn't seen this, you should get a real kick out of this. Director Spike Jonze, back when he was only doing music videos, had this great idea to insert the band Weezer into a "Happy Days" episode for their next music video. Some clever cutting and great use of clips from the real show create the illusion that they are actually on "Happy Days".
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