Greg Barth serves us our last supper, sprinkled with confetti, and we eat it up.
This project was heavily inspired by Scorcese’s 20-minute version of Michael Jackson’s Bad. This super cheesy rendition sparked an idea in me: to make a visual track that is both glossy and nostalgic but imparts a very dark message.
The idea that the new generation is being corrupted by the old one and is leaving behind a scorched, polluted world is a bleak one. The 80s look gives the video a certain charm and takes the edge off, making the sombre ending easier to swallow.
I wanted to create a stereotypical dance for the Boomers, a classic number a la West Side Story: totally patriarchal and old school.
I love to play with surrealist juxtapositions. A lot of pessimism disguised in pastel colours
DIRECTOR: GREG BARTH
PRODUCER: GHANDI EL-CHAMAA
EXEC PRODUCERS: TONY ROBERTS, RAMY DANCE
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: MATTHIAS KLEIN
PRODUCTION: COMMON PEOPLE FILMS, REKORDER
SERVICE PRODUCTION: LUCKY LUCIANO PICTURES
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: MICHAŁ SOBOCIŃSKI
GAFFER: MAREK MODZELEWSKI
SPARKS: MICHAŁ JANOWSKI, JAN WOJTCZAK, DARIUSZ KUC, MICHAŁ MAŃKOWSKI, MACIEJ SAWICKI
CAMERA OPERATORS: TOMASZ KSIĄŻEK, KLAUDIUSZ WARSZEWSKI
FOCUS PULLERS: TOMASZ CZERWIŃSKI, PRZEMEK GABRIELSKI
CAMERA TECHNICIAN: MICHAŁ SIUDZIŃSKI, PIOTR BOŻYCZKO
DIT: MAREK MICHALAK
DOLLY GRIP: MARIUSZ DRĄŻYK, MARCIN CYBULA
CRANE: MAREK ROLKA, SZYMON POLAK, MARCIN SKOŚ
PLAYBACK: BARTEK SZEMIS
SET DESIGNER/PROPS: JERZY WŁODARCZYK
STAGE HANDS: PIOTR WŁODARCZYK, TOMASZ MALINOWSKI
COSTUME DESIGNER: MARCIN KOSZEK
HAIR AND MAKEUP: ANDRZEJ BIERUT
CHOREOGRAPHY AND CASTING: ADAM BETA
CHOREOGRAPHER'S ASSISTANT: ERNESTINA PAPAZYAN
CAST BOOMERS: WŁODEK KOŁOBYCZ, JACEK SUCHECKI, RAFAŁ WIEWIÓRA, KRISTÒF SZABÒ, FILIP DUDKIEWICZ, HOANG VIET DO, MAREK BRATKOWSKI,
JAKUB JÓŹWIAK
CASR GEN-Z: ALAN PIOTROWSKI, ANA KAISER, CHELSEA JORDAN, TOMASZ KULIŚ, MILTON VICENTE
HOSTAGE: JAN BZDAWKA
LINE PRODUCER: MARCIN NOWAK
1ST AD: MICHAŁ PISS
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: NICOLAS KUSIAK
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: JAN KONSTANTOPULOS
CAMP: SEBASTIAN ŻAKOWSKI
EDITOR: NICK ARMSTRONG
COLOURIST: CONNOR COOLBEAR
PRODUCER: OLIVER WHITWORTH
FILM PROCESS: AARTI MAHTANI
VFX: GREG BARTH
VO ARTIST: AARON ABEYTIA
Bad. Directed by Martin Scorsese, performances by Michael Jackson, 1987.
West Side Story. Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, performances by Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer, 1961.