MOMUS: What Will Death Be Like (1997)

2nd Place Student Emmy: Music. 1997. National Academy of Television Arts & Science Foundation College Television Awards *** video by: Liza Case Sawitzki.

1998 Cannes Film Festival - Kodak Film Emerging Filmmaker.

music: Momus' What Will Death Be Like

BONUS VIDEO: WSU 1998 Rose Bowl Student Recruitment Video. by Liza Case Sawitzki

Thanks Momus, Edward R. Murrow School of Communication, Washington State University and Marvin Marcelo.
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A story about Liza and Momus (aka Nick Currie)

After Liza went to LA to accept her award and after Kodak confirmed they would show this piece at their Cannes Film Festival Pavilion, she wrote to Nick. She did this to let him know what she had done with his song and since he was in Paris at the time, to invite him to the showing.

Momus wrote back to her to say that unfortunately he would be unable to make it down for the festival. At that time he was recovering from eye surgery, but he was able to watch the copy she had included with the letter. He said that until then he had never really thought of his song as a visual piece. But, she had changed his mind. He was happy for what she had been able to accomplish using his music.

The next year he was on tour in the United States. Liza traveled to San Francisco to see the show. At one point in the evening, she doesnt quite remember when, perhaps it was during an intermission; she took a chance and introduced herself to Momus. He not only remembered her, but he invited her up on stage with him.

In a wonderful pantomime Nick reached into a case and pulled up an invisible statuette. He told the audience Liza's story and how happy he was that one of his songs made it into the Cannes Festival. He took the time and explained that he was holding an Oscar Award for Best Music Video and presented to Liza.

The statuette is now displayed in a place of prominence.

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[ununbilium]

I'm not getting something, this is just flashing images of what Momus is singing about in black and white, is that really enough to get to cannes? Impressive.

[matjohnroe]

@ununbilium I would like to see psychopathia sexualis done in the same fashion.

[blu3vibration]

While the video is just a compilation of scenes representing what Momus is singing about, virtually all of the acted out ones are very mood-appropriate and well composed, with a lot of thought obviously having gone into them (I like the AIDS one and the paper boat for the RotAM in particular). I will admit I found the lack of consistent color a bit off-putting, and that some of the stills got repetitive (..book titles.. *cough*), but in general I thought this was pretty well done.

[kehya]

lovely story xx