Movies are a dream, and probably a picture of the images in the mind
that are formed of a person and this is the person who is guiding the
entire movie. Normally this individual is the leader of the pack making the
movie, and he is the director. In the past, this was not the scene and the
movies were being made by studios, which had set formulae for making movies
and through the movies, money. That was money making venture, but it did
not have many dreams woven into them. This still exists in certain types of
movies in certain countries, but the cheapest method of making movies is
now on the video, and this has led to enormous dynamism in the production
of these movies. They were also not so original a few years back and did
not get into diversions regarding ART or similar outlandish' ventures.
(The Duke on The Work of Chris Cunningham')
At that time there would be just a few songs playing and this would be
the main music element in the music video. This music would have a visual
accompaniment from persons like Madonna or Thin Lizzy, or any other popular
artiste. This was felt to be enough as a visual, and the concerned viewers
would be happy. There would not be demands from the audience about unusual
pictures like a sex action between robots or kids chasing pensioners around
the housing area. Today, the dialogue of these video movies has changed and
they usually start with a lot of motherfucker' and ho' filled words that
would not have even appeared in print earlier. Along with that there are a
lot of effects like SFX, CGI, malarkey and other effects. All this is added
to make the nonsense that is coming out of the video movie interesting' to
the viewers. Other interesting bits are added through robots engaging in
sex and SFX. One of the greatest in this field was Chris Cunningham. (The
Duke on The Work of Chris...