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ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival is dedicated to the discovery and advancement of the very best independent films from around the world. We are a festival who believes in our independent filmmakers and their artistic talents. ÉCU proudly provides a unique platform that brings together diverse audiences who are hungry for something other than major studio productions and original and innovative filmmakers. 

 
The 16th edition of ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival will take place on 9th-11th April 2021. Now open for submissions!

 

 

 

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Music Video Critique: Handsome Furs - "What About Us"

Here at ÉCU we haven’t shied away from bringing you awesome music
videos that also tread that very thin (and much discussed) line between
art and erotica. After ‘Baby Baby Baby’ and ‘Bombay’, a video that
pushed the boundaries even further caught our eye: The new Handsome
Furs video for  ‘What About Us’, directed by Scott Coffey.

Warning: Extremely NSFW. Seriously, unless you work
in the porn industry, or your boss is a liberal naturist, wait til you
get home to watch the following clip.

Scott Coffey is a very interesting guy, and has worked with people
like Robert Zemeckis and David Lynch (he had a role in Mulholland
Drive). After starting in Broadway, he moved onto to TV and films, and
then turned his hand to directing, including 4 music videos.

His latest video, ‘What about Us’ by Handsome Furs, is a pretty
strange head trip full of nudity, night vision, great dance moves and
outdoor sex.

Coffey defends his direction of the video thus:

I think the record is dripping in empathy and questioning freedom and feeling, said Coffey.
We’re a nation of prudes conversely wallowing in pornography. I wanted
to make the diametric opposite of porn. What is that? Intimacy…Real
feeling. We live in a world where that seems transgressive now, added
Coffey.

So according to Coffrey his video is a reflection of the strong
emotional substance in the Handsome Furs record, and instead of a fake,
staged video he is representing the music with a thoughtful intimacy,
that may shock us, but at least it’s real (he claims).

The video is well directed, cleverly shot, with some nice surreal
influences and a dark, moody atmosphere that suits the record well.
Furthermore, I can appreciate how its intentions are to deepen the
argument surrounding censorship. However in typical fashion there are
far more glimpses of naked women than of men (a constant problem that
covers the entire length and breadth of the music industry, this isn’t
just restricted to awful gangster rap videos) and is it really
showcasing anything we haven’t seen before? Is ‘Indie’ female nudity and
sexual promiscuity somewhere different to any other kind?

I’ll leave it up to you to decide, and please, as I already said, wait til you get to the privacy of your own home.

Watch the video:

Handsome Furs - "What About Us" from stereogum on Vimeo.

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Scott Hillier, Founder and President of ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival
 
Scott Hillier is a director, cinematographer, and screenwriter, based in Paris, France. In the last 20 years, Hillier has gained international recognition from his strong and incredible cinematography, editing, writing, producing and directing portfolio in both the television and film industries.  
 
Scott began his career in the television industry in Australia. In 1988, he moved to London getting a job with the BBC who then set him to Baghdad. This opportunity led him to 10 years of traveling around world for the BBC, mainly in war zones like Somalia, Bosnia, Tchetcheynia, Kashmir, and Lebanon. After a near fatal encounter with a Russian bomber in Tchechnyia, Hillier gave up his war coverage and began in a new direction. 
 

He moved to New York City in 1998.  He directed and photographed eight one-hour documentaries for National Geographic and The Discovery Channel. Based on his war knowledge and experience, Hillier wrote and directed a short film titled, “Behind the Eyes of War!" The film was awarded “Best Short Dramatic Film” at the New York Independent Film and TV Festival in 1999. From that he served as Supervising Producer and Director for the critically acclaimed CBS 42 part reality series, "The Bravest” in 2002 and wrote and directed a stage play called, "Deadman’s Mai l," which ran at Le Théâtre du Moulin de la Galette in Paris during the summer of 2004. He then became the Director of Photography on a documentary titled, “Twin Towers." This was yet another life changing experience for Hillier. The riveting documentary won an Academy Award for "Best Documentary Short Subject" in 2003. In 2004, Hillier changed continents again, spending three months in Ethiopia. He produced “Worlds Apart,” a pilot for ABC America / True Entertainment / Endemol. As you can see, Hillier was and is always in constant movement and enjoys working in a number of diverse creative areas including documentaries, music videos, commercials, feature and short films.

 
Scott studied film at New York University and The London Film and Television School. He also studied literary non-fiction writing at Columbia University. Hillier's regular clients include the BBC, Microsoft, ABC, PBS and National Geographic. Between filming assignments, he used to teach film, a Masters Degree course in Screenwriting at the Eicar International Film School in Paris, France and journalism at the Formation des Journalistes Français in Paris, France. 
 

 


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