Showing posts with label Anton Corbijn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anton Corbijn. Show all posts

May 13, 2007

Anton Corbijn and The Captain

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A short film about Don van Vliet by Anton Corbijn:

Don van Vliet, alias "Captain Beefheart", is one of the most influential, misunderstood, talked about, admired, copied, treasured, loved and quoted musicians and yet he is still an obscure and mysterious artist. His quite abrupt artistic transformation from working with a microphone to a paintbrush in 1982 and his consequent move from the desert to the ocean meant even less direct contact with the outside world than before. Subsequently there is very little information about Don from this time onwards and this short black-and-white film made in 1993 is an unique opportunity to see and hear this unique man. The film is approximately 13 minutes long, directed and photographed in black and white.

» ubu.com/film/corbijn.htm

September 25, 2006

U2 and Green Day re-enact "Abbey Road" cover

O, that was easy, said man ...

U2 and Green Day have re-enacted the front cover of The Beatles' Abbey Road album. It happened when they were in the coveted studio together last week, recording their version of The Skids' The Saints Are Coming. Apparently Bono and co. thought that it would be a good idea to draft in U2 photographer Anton Corbijn to recreate the seminal snap.