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Music Video of the Day: Across the Universe, covered by Fiona Apple (1998, dir by Paul Thomas Anderson)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

In this video, Fiona Apple serenely covers the Beatles’s Across the Universe while chaos reigns all around her.

Fiona recorded this cover for a 1998 film called Pleasantville and the video follows along with Pleasantville‘s plot of a black-and-white world descending into chaos as the result of a little color being added.  That said, I would argue that this video is far superior to the film because Pleasantville was directed by the always heavy-handed Gary Ross while this video was directed by Fiona’s then-boyfriend, Paul Thomas Anderson.  While staying true to the themes of Ross’s film, Anderson still brings his own signature wit to the video.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Criminal by Fiona Apple (1997, dir by Mark Romanek)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today’s music video of the day is Fiona Apple’s Criminal!

I can actually remember the first time that I saw this video.  I was 11 years old and I was like, “So, that’s what you do when you’re a teenager!”  I subsequently had so much fun as a teenager that I kept having fun even after I grew up.  So, I guess it can be argued that this video amounts to 4 minutes that basically determined the rest of my life…

Criminal was directed by Mark Romanek and he has said that he wanted to capture a sense of voyeurism with this video.  He certainly accomplished that.  Fiona Apple has said that Criminal is about “feeling bad for getting something so easily by using your sexuality.”  Myself, I think people tend to pay so much attention to the fact that Fiona’s in her underwear for most of the clip that they miss the video’s rather sly sense of humor.

Here’s Criminal.  Enjoy!