Film Flam

via claytoncubitt:

This song was on the soundtrack to Pleasantville, an adorable but somewhat forgettable movie. The highlight of the film being the near saccharine sweet idea of a black and white world being introduced the variety and multitudes of choice/color.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s music video pulls off a few feats worth noting. A constantly flowing camera that flows between the contexts of the film and the pop charm of Fiona Apple. You get the joy of seeing Apple in the way that PTA probably saw her; coy, alluring, whimsical and wholly indifferent to a male world of violence tearing itself apart.

It’s also worth noting that this is yet another collaboration between PTA and his long-time Director of Photography Robert Elswitt, who would go on to shoot Punch-Drunk Love and Magnolia.

(Source: youtube.com)

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