A music video made it's World Premiere today that is perhaps the final visual work by the late Heath Ledger.
The animated video for the Modest Mouse track "King Rat" debuted exclusively on MySpace this afternoon, and uses blood and gore to send a message about a cause that Heath believed in. Check out the video and the full details below the jump.
In January of 2007, while visiting his homeland of Australia, Heath Ledger presented Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse with an idea to direct a video for their yet-to-be-released song ‘King Rat’. Heath’s vision, brave and unapologetic in its nature, would marry his love of bold and original music with his impassioned stance against the illegal commercial whale hunts taking place of the coast of Australia each year. Always one to operate from his heart and take a stand for what he cared deeply about, Heath's intention was...
The animated video for the Modest Mouse track "King Rat" debuted exclusively on MySpace this afternoon, and uses blood and gore to send a message about a cause that Heath believed in. Check out the video and the full details below the jump.
In January of 2007, while visiting his homeland of Australia, Heath Ledger presented Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse with an idea to direct a video for their yet-to-be-released song ‘King Rat’. Heath’s vision, brave and unapologetic in its nature, would marry his love of bold and original music with his impassioned stance against the illegal commercial whale hunts taking place of the coast of Australia each year. Always one to operate from his heart and take a stand for what he cared deeply about, Heath's intention was...
- 8/4/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
What would happen if the whales one day decided to turn the tables on their whaling hunters? I think the answer here is quite obvious. They'd get their flippers on a big boat, hunt swimming humans with harpoon guns and turn their fresh catch into processed seal food. 'Natch folks... this is elementary stuff.
Today marks the debut of the music video for Modest Mouse's "King Rat," directed by the late Heath Ledger. And it's some weird, weird stuff. We're talking cigar-smoking, boat-captaining whales. Humans being skinned like latex gloves being pulled off. Mean-looking seals. I'm freaked. And I can't embed the video here, but you can check it out over on MySpace. Instead, here's a clip of director Terry Gilliam discussing Ledger's final performance in "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus." Hit the jump for additional details on the video, compliments of the official press release.
King Rat Video...
Today marks the debut of the music video for Modest Mouse's "King Rat," directed by the late Heath Ledger. And it's some weird, weird stuff. We're talking cigar-smoking, boat-captaining whales. Humans being skinned like latex gloves being pulled off. Mean-looking seals. I'm freaked. And I can't embed the video here, but you can check it out over on MySpace. Instead, here's a clip of director Terry Gilliam discussing Ledger's final performance in "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus." Hit the jump for additional details on the video, compliments of the official press release.
King Rat Video...
- 8/4/2009
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
Animated clip intended to raise awareness of whaling practices was completed as tribute to the late actor.
By James Montgomery
Modest Mouse's "King Rat" music video
Photo: Epic Records
In 2007, Isaac Brock — wild-eyed, unkempt mastermind of Modest Mouse — mentioned in an interview that Oscar-nominated actor Heath Ledger had expressed interest in directing a video for "King Rat," a throwaway track from Mm's We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank.
Not only that, but famed director Terry Gilliam, with whom Ledger was working on "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," had agreed to animate the clip. It all seemed rather odd, and Brock appeared nonplussed by the project (telling VH1, "I hope it works out and I don't sound like a f--ing liar at the end of this"). Modest Mouse fans around the world greeted the news with a resounding "Wha?!?"
Then, in early 2008, Ledger was found dead in a New York apartment,...
By James Montgomery
Modest Mouse's "King Rat" music video
Photo: Epic Records
In 2007, Isaac Brock — wild-eyed, unkempt mastermind of Modest Mouse — mentioned in an interview that Oscar-nominated actor Heath Ledger had expressed interest in directing a video for "King Rat," a throwaway track from Mm's We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank.
Not only that, but famed director Terry Gilliam, with whom Ledger was working on "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," had agreed to animate the clip. It all seemed rather odd, and Brock appeared nonplussed by the project (telling VH1, "I hope it works out and I don't sound like a f--ing liar at the end of this"). Modest Mouse fans around the world greeted the news with a resounding "Wha?!?"
Then, in early 2008, Ledger was found dead in a New York apartment,...
- 8/4/2009
- MTV Music News
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