In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week: Fran Perea's Carnaval, directed by Álex de la Iglesia. Álex de la Iglesia's sole music video, for Fran Perea's Carnaval, seems fitting almost to the extent of self-parody. If any word would describe a lot of De la Iglesia's movies, it's carnivalesque. The Last Circus has clown characters, Witching and Bitching has a heist in weird costumes (there is a Jesus bank robber and a Spongebob bank robber) and pagan parties, and Veneciafrenia is a slasher based on bal masques in Venice. There is a sense of excess to the films of De la Iglesia, with a focus on the grotesques, caricatures and silliness. Costumes, circusses,...
Sound And Vision: Álex de la Iglesia
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In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week: Fran Perea's Carnaval, directed by Álex de la Iglesia. Álex de la Iglesia's sole music video, for Fran Perea's Carnaval, seems fitting almost to the extent of self-parody. If any word would describe a lot of De la Iglesia's movies, it's carnivalesque. The Last Circus has clown characters, Witching and Bitching has a heist in weird costumes (there is a Jesus bank robber and a Spongebob bank robber) and pagan parties, and Veneciafrenia is a slasher based on bal masques in Venice. There is a sense of excess to the films of De la Iglesia, with a focus on the grotesques, caricatures and silliness. Costumes, circusses,...
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