My favorite David Fincher music video is Madonnas Vogue. Shot at The Burbank Studios in Burbank, California on February 10–11, 1990. According to Lucy OBrien in her book Madonna: Like an Icon, the video was brought together after a huge casting call in Los Angeles where hundreds of different sorts of dancers appeared. Filmed in black-and-white, the video recalls the look of films and photographs from The Golden Age of Hollywood with the use of artwork by the Art Deco artist Tamara de Lempicka and an Art Deco set design. Many of the scenes are recreations of photographs taken by noted photographer Horst P. Horst, including his famous Mainbocher Corset, Lisa with Turban (1940), and Carmen Face Massage (1946). Horst was reportedly displeased with Madonnas video because he never gave his permission for his photographs to be used and received no acknowledgement from Madonna. Some of the close-up poses recreated noted portraits of such stars as Marilyn Monroe, Veronica Lake, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Katharine Hepburn, and Jean Harlow. (Additionally, several stars of this era were name-checked in the songs lyrics.) Several famous Hollywood portrait photographers whose style and works are referenced include George Hurrell, Eugene Robert Richee, Don English, Whitey Schafer, Ernest Bachrach, Scotty Welbourne, Laszlo Willinger, and Clarence Sinclair Bull. The video features the dancers for Madonnas then-upcoming Blond Ambition Tour. The choreography was set by Punk Ballerina Karole Armitage. The video world-premiered on MTV on March 29, 1990. There are two versions of the video, the regularly aired television, music video, and the 12 remix, which is the extended version over three minutes longer. youtu.be/GuJQSAiODqI
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 08:23:03 +0000
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