Directors Label

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Directors Label is a series of DVDs devoted to notable music video directors. First released in 2003 by Palm Pictures, the series was created by Spike Jonze, Chris Cunningham, and Michel Gondry, the subjects of the first three volumes. Four new volumes were released in 2005, this time featuring Mark Romanek, Jonathan Glazer, Anton Corbijn and Stephane Sednaoui. Though another series has not yet been confirmed, other directors rumoured to be in future releases are Hammer & Tongs (director/producer duo Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith), Mike Mills, Shynola, Samuel Bayer, Jonas Åkerlund, Jean-Baptiste Mondino and Roman Coppola. David Fincher declined the offer to release his own Directors Label volume. [1] Gondry says he will be getting a second volume in the future. [2]

Contents

[edit] Volume 1: The Work Of Director Spike Jonze

[edit] Music videos

[edit] Special Features

  • The Interviews
  • Making of Drop with The Pharcyde
  • Audio commentaries from Fatboy Slim, Weezer, The Pharcyde, Daft Punk, The Chemical Brothers, Bjork, Christopher Walken, Puffy and more. Also includes Beastie Boys commentary on a selection of the videos.

[edit] Documentaries

[edit] 52 Page Book

Jonze's photographs, drawings and interviews

[edit] Volume 2: The Work Of Director Chris Cunningham

[edit] Music videos

[edit] Special Features

Making of All Is Full of Love

[edit] Other Work

  • Monkey Drummer - Video installation. Featuring music by Aphex Twin
  • flex - Excerpt from video installation. Featuring muic by Aphex Twin
  • Mental Wealth - Sony PlayStation commercial
  • Photocopier - Never seen Levi's commercial
  • Engine - Nissan commercial, featuring music by Boards of Canada
  • Windowlicker - Bleeped version

[edit] 52 Page Book

Behind the scenes photographs, storyboards, sketchbook drawings, record cover art and interview

[edit] Volume 3: The Work Of Director Michel Gondry

[edit] Music videos

[edit] Special Features

  • I've Been 12 Forever (Parts 1 & 2)

[edit] Stories And Things

  • La Lettre
  • One Day
  • Lacuna Inc
  • Drugstore - Levi's Commercial
  • Smarienberg - Schmiernoff Commercial
  • Resignation - Polaroid Commercial
  • Drump and Drumber
  • Pecan Pie - A short film starring Jim Carrey
  • Three Dead People
  • My Brother's 24th Birthday
  • Tiny
  • Spin Art
  • Oui Oui - Live concert footage

[edit] 52 Page Book

Michel's stories, drawings photographs & interviews.

[edit] Omissions

Trailers for "Volume 3: The Work Of Director Michel Gondry" (found on the Volume 1 and Volume 2 DVDs, as well as on Palm Pictures' website) include clips of, as well as references to, Gondry's heavily autobiographical video for Radiohead's "Knives Out." It is unclear why this video was omitted from the final DVD; however, as of June 2008, it is available on a Radiohead compilation DVD released by EMI after the band had left its contract.

[edit] Volume 4: The Work Of Director Mark Romanek

[edit] Music videos

[edit] Special Features

[edit] 56 Page Book

Includes photographs by Mark Romanek and Spike Jonze interview with Mark

[edit] Volume 5: The Work Of Director Jonathan Glazer

[edit] Music videos

[edit] Special Features

  • Ride - Wrangler commercial
  • Surfer (extended) - Guinness commercial
  • Swim Back - Guinness commercial
  • Dreamer - Guinness commercial
  • Protection - Volkswagen commercial
  • Last Orders - Stella Artois commercial
  • Whip Round - Stella Artois commercial
  • Kung Fu - Levi's commercial
  • Odyssey - Levi's commercial
  • Bull - Barclays commercial featuring Samuel L. Jackson
  • Chicken - Barclays commercial featuring Samuel L. Jackson
  • Interviews and Commentaries

[edit] Films

  • Sexy Beast (excerpt) You're the Problem
  • Interviews with Ray Winstone and Sir Ben Kingsley
  • Birth (excerpt) Central Park
  • Interviews with Nicole Kidman, Danny Huston, Harris Savides, Milo Addica and Jean-Claude Carriere

[edit] Tramp

Paul Kaye

[edit] 56 Page Book

Includes photographs, sketches, storyboards and interview.

[edit] Volume 6: The Work Of Director Anton Corbijn

[edit] Music videos

[edit] Special Features (stuff)

  • Beck and Dave Grohl MTV Promos
  • U2 - The Making of "Electrical Storm"
  • Some YoYo Stuff
  • Travis - Love Will Come Through (home made video with Fran Healy)
  • Depeche Mode - "It's No Good" tour projections
  • Palais Schaumburg - Hockey (Anton's first music video)
  • Front 242 - Frong By Front
  • NotNa - a documentary about Anton
  • Interviews and commentaries

[edit] 56 Page Book

Anton's photos, text and drawings.

[edit] Volume 7: The Work Of Director Stephane Sednaoui

[edit] Music videos

[edit] Special Features

  • Walk On The Wild Side - Short film inspired by Lou Reed's song
  • Army Of Me - Animation inspired by Bjork's song
  • Acqua Natasa - Short film featuring Natasa Vojnovic
  • Reve Reche - Stephane's first short film attempt
  • Interviews and Commentaries
  • Stephane's presentation at New York University Film School

[edit] 56 Page Book

Diary of photos, storyboards, sketches and comments

[edit] Series 1 Box Set

Shortly after the release of the first three volumes, Palm Pictures released a box set including all three plus a bonus disc featuring more recent content. Because no additional Cunningham videos were included on the disc, the box set also included a poster with images from the Cunningham disc. Those who purchased the three volumes individually could receive the bonus disc and poster by e-mailing Palm Pictures, but Palm Pictures is no longer able to provide the bonus DVD and Poster.

[edit] Spike Jonze

[edit] Michel Gondry

  • "I Wonder" by The Willowz
  • "Ossamuch!" by Kishu & Co. (original short)

[edit] Chris, Spike + Michel

  • Q&A at Virgin

[edit] Series 2 Box Set

Palm Pictures released a box set of Volumes 4-7 immediately upon their individual releases. Unlike the first box set, there was no additional content save for the box itself.

[edit] References

1. http://www.comingsoon.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2101460#post2101460

[edit] External links