My Corporate Cannibal first impression was... what the hell, like most other people in the lesson watching the video i was confused. To me this video/style is aimed towards creating shock in the viewer to further emphasise the point the artist is trying to make, that point being that corporations are cannibals and they simply try to each eat other in a figurative way. I think it succeeds in creating a kind of confusion and fear in its viewers but i dont think the video really explains or shows what the lyrics are trying to say. The use of the image being distorted and stretched has some effect and adds to the song in the way that it makes a strange song stranger but again i dont think it is clear what the song as a whole is trying to say.
Shaviro, S. (2009) Post-Cinematic Affect: On Grace Jones, Boarding Gate and Southland Tales Film-Philosophy, North America, 14, Dec. Available at: <http://www.film-philosophy.com/index.php/f-p/article/view/220/173>. Date accessed: 02 Aug. 2011.
I also took notes from the review of the music video in the book listed above. Here is a scan.
I also took notes from the review of the music video in the book listed above. Here is a scan.
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