Music Video of the Day: Shine by Walt Mink (1993, dir by Sofia Coppola)


Happy birthday, Sofia Coppola!

Today’s music video of the day is the first music video to have been directed by Sofia Coppola.  In fact, this may be her first directorial credit.  While the song itself is a bit generic, the video is pure Sofia Coppola.  Watching it, it’s hard not to see the same vision that, a few years later, would give us The Virgin Suicides, Somewhere, and The Bling Ring.  This video was filmed at the Coppola vineyard in Rutherford, California.

Interesting to note that the film’s editor was Spike Jonze, who would later marry Coppola in 1999 (they would get divorced in 2003) and who is thought to have been the inspiration for Giovanni Ribisi’s character in Lost In Translation.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Stefan by Hrdza (2018, dir by ????)


Today’s music video of the day comes to us from Hrdza, a band from Slovakia.  It’s an adaptation of an old folk song and it’s a nicely energetic and fun little video.  I have to admit that as I was watching it, I saw a lot that reminded me of my own family.  It’s kind of nice that I can relate a song and a music video from Slovakia to my own big American-Italian-Spanish-Irish family.  Some things are universal!

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim (2001, dir by Spike Jonze)


Val wrote about this music video way back in 2016.  I’m sharing it again because today is Christopher Walken’s 83rd birthday!  Walken trained as a dancer before going into acting and he gets to show off more than a few moves in this video.

Walken also trained as a lion tamer before he went into acting.  I guess he’s a little bit old to play a lion tamer now but still, that’s something I would have liked to have seen.

Enjoy!