The Strokes get satirical with Spitting Image
In a biting artists-versus-corporations music video, the trademark rubbery caricatures pit the band, Lou Reed, Stanley Kubrick and more against the Musks, Zuckerbergs and Murdochs of the world.
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- Production Company Partizan/London
- Director Warren Fu
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Credits
View on- Production Company Partizan/London
- Director Warren Fu
- Production Design Sets Appeal
- VFX Corduroy Studio
- Creative Director Johann Rashid
- Executive Producer Pegah Farahmand
- Executive Producer Danny Herman
- Producer Sam Murray
- DP Adolpho Veloso
- Editor Jeffrey Bloom
- Editor Johann Rashid
- Executive Producer Richard Allen-Turner
- Executive Producer Roger Law
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Credits
powered by- Production Company Partizan/London
- Director Warren Fu
- Production Design Sets Appeal
- VFX Corduroy Studio
- Creative Director Johann Rashid
- Executive Producer Pegah Farahmand
- Executive Producer Danny Herman
- Producer Sam Murray
- DP Adolpho Veloso
- Editor Jeffrey Bloom
- Editor Johann Rashid
- Executive Producer Richard Allen-Turner
- Executive Producer Roger Law
Satirical TV show Spitting Image took 1980s Britain by storm with its hilariously grotesque renderings of political and pop-culture faces and cutting, irreverent humour.
In his latest video for The Strokes, a continuation of a 20-year collaboration, Partizan director Warren Fu has resurrected the puppet show's distinctive style for a politically charged pop at the absurdities of modern life.
Taking its cue from Genesis' classic Land of Confusion music video, Lonely in the Future features puppet versions of creative visionaries such as Lou Reed and Stanley Kubrick, alongside the critics who dismissed their work and a contemporary cast of billionaires, activists and media personalities.
Shot in London and utilising many of the original Spitting Image team, the result is a grimy and hilarious slice of puppet-powered provocation.
“I’ve been working with The Strokes for nearly 20 years, and I’ve always loved that they’re constantly evolving and willing to stand behind what they believe in," explains Fu. "As a kid, the Spitting Image puppets in Genesis’ Land of Confusion video scared the shit out of me, but they were also completely captivating in their uncanny way.
"I was thrilled to discover that many of the original Spitting Image team from the ’80s were still active, so getting to work with them all these years later was pretty surreal. We wanted to tap into that irreverent spirit and say something about the absurdity of the moment we’re living in.
"Sometimes puppets let you say things you might not otherwise get away with.”
