Any interpretations on the Dead Leaves and Dirty Ground Video?
[top] Another great video from director Michel Gondry (who also directed “Fell In Love With A Girl”). The video takes a few viewing’s to fully comprehend: the first viewing is spent solely on the story and how-the-heck-did-they-do-that speculation. In fact they used film projection, one of Gondry’s trademark techniques. Jack White returns home to find a mess of his possessions in front of it. Inside, he finds the home scoured and obliterated, and absent of Meg. He walks through the home in shock, anger, and despondency. His mind races, thinking of how this devastation occurred: what happened to his relationship with Meg? who did this? We know what’s going on in Jack’s head because it is projected onto the very rooms as he thinks them. It is as if his mind is taunting him, forcing him to witness the destruction of his house and relationship like a helpless bystander. On the walls we get to see the story unfold as well: Jack leaves the house and waves goodbye to Meg. The coast clear, par
[top] Another great video from director Michel Gondry (who also directed “Fell In Love With A Girl”). The video takes a few viewing’s to fully comprehend: the first viewing is spent solely on the story and how-the-heck-did-they-do-that speculation. In fact they used film projection, one of Gondry’s trademark techniques. Jack White returns home to find a mess of his possessions in front of it. Inside, he finds the home scoured and obliterated, and absent of Meg. He walks through the home in shock, anger, and despondency. His mind races, thinking of how this devastation occurred: what happened to his relationship with Meg? who did this? We know what’s going on in Jack’s head because it is projected onto the very rooms as he thinks them. It is as if his mind is taunting him, forcing him to witness the destruction of his house and relationship like a helpless bystander. On the walls we get to see the story unfold as well: Jack leaves the house and waves goodbye to Meg. The coast clear, par
