"Everybody Artist" is kind of a Bob Dylanish tune I think and I kept the graphic style all in black and white. I'm a big fan of Howard Smith' 1982 movie Gizmo, and it struck me that the vibe of that movie can be adapted to the philosophy of my song. So I recycled a lot of the film's footage about man's perpetual dream of flying! (By the way, you can watch Howard's entire film on YouTube)
There's more to that particular dream than meets the eye, I believe.
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During Christmas 2003 Rolf and his brother Robert, who is a professional cameraman in Frankfurt/M, shot a video for the song Darkness. It is set in the wild and beautiful landscape of the island Tunø (population 90) in the stormy Cattegat, where the brothers grew up. The rural scenery fits well to the imagery in the lyrics. There was plenty of footage, so Rolf ended up making a video for André's Naked Bulb remix as well — a much more sinister vision than for the folk song.
Darkness video (5 MB) Darkness video (19 MB)
Darkness (Naked Bulb Mix) video (7 MB)
Darkness (Naked Bulb Mix) video (12 MB)
Camera: Robert Heitmann, Westend TV, Germany
Editing: Rolf Heitmann
Actors: Anja Evelyn Holm and Rolf Heitmann
Images, music, and lyrics © 2004 Rolf Heitmann
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John Kent, a good friend of Lars and of the band in general, shot some great footage of a little outdoor concert we played during Århus Festival Week (Gyngen, Sept. 3, 2005). Len is standing in for her temp, Anni, and had promised to go into labour on stage — to our disappointment she couldn't keep that promise though she's bouncing around enough:
Darkness (live video 7 MB)
And Then a Sigh (live video 6 MB)
* * *Our occasional roady, stage hand and friend Geerth Jeppesen took some brilliant video of our performance at Kjærsholm Festival (a wonderful place to play, awesome people) on Aug. 26, 2005. You can watch (and download) the videos here:
It's Hard to Believe live video (6 MB)
Fear of Heights live video (7 MB)
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