Chris Milk – shape+colour

chris milk: last day dream.

Chris Milk is the shit. I’ve been following him ever since he directed one of my favourite vids of last year; the incredible, bloody, (literally) heart-wrenching vid for Gnarls Barkley’s “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul.”

His latest, “Last Day Dream”, is short but exquisite. With a pace that feels like breathing and glimpses that feel like blinking, he shows us first-person flashbacks of an entire life in 42 seconds: the time limit for this commission from the 42 Second Dream Film Festival in Beijing. All that, and he also wrote the piano score. Unreal.

At the very end, I felt tingles go up my arms. Sometimes my body tells me I love something before my brain does…

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gnarls barkley + chris milk: who’s gonna save my soul.

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Building on the microscopic instrumental insect goodness that was their collab for “Gone Daddy Gone”, Gnarls Barkley has teamed up again with director Chris Milk to create the new video for ‘Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”.

This new vid is closely approaching genius. Fearless, not afraid to be gross, and deeply, depressingly, almost disgustingly insightful about the true nature of relationships, breakups, and the psychological shrapnel they leave behind. If only people could really be this honest with each other.

Plus, in addition to the kick-ass CG, the tricks provide not just flash, but a visual continuation and re-interpretation of the narrative. Attention-grabbing for sure, but as an eye-popping layer to the already laid out story, not just for the sake of special affects alone.