Sly
Videography Of Sly
Director: Stéphane Sednaoui
Prop Master: Jerry Schwartz
Special Effects Supervisor: Daniel Adric
Filming Location: Film Studio + Wall Street, New York, USA
Date of Filming: 23rd - 25th October 1994
Video Length: 05:15
This would be the first and only video directed by Stéphane Sednaoui for Massive Attack.
The video was filmed on Wall Street at the same time as the film production for "Batman: Forever" was also filming there, which complicated the shoot for Sly. Coicidentally, Massive Attack would end up providing the song The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game for the "Batman: Forever" soundtrack in the following year.
3D on the making of the video for Sly - "Sly was difficult because we did'nt know the director very well and we had to go to New York and get straight into it, and it was quite a fashion type thing and we were'nt expecting that and so we had a few rows about that. So it was difficult in terms of the vibe" [FHM Magazine - November 2001]
Stéphane Sednaoui on developing ideas for the video for Sly with Massive Attack - "For Massive Attack, I wrote a treatment and that’s it. We didn’t discuss anything. They were enthusiastic (at least I hope so), everything was prepared and we met each other to shoot. So I had really “carte blanche”. As I said, I had these ideas and this music was so “cinematographic”. It was like a soundtrack for an incredible movie then I let music take me away. This song was a little bit different because Nicolette was there" [MassiveAttackArea.com - October 2004]
Stéphane Sednaoui on developing ideas for the video for Sly with Massive Attack - "The shoot was fun! It was like playing make-believe as a child, but with better costumes! It was almost like a film set, there were so many personnel and extras and costumes. Two people had to hold my arms while I walked and sometimes i had to be carried because I was wearing these geisha sandals that only have a very thin edge to walk on...you didn’t see them in the video but they added some kind of authenticity to its energy that Stephane was looking for" [MassiveAttackArea.com - February 2005]
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Duration: 05:18
File Size: 45.4MB
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