Sharon Van Etten - "Taking Chances" (Official
Video)
Sharon Van Etten, 'Are We There' out May 27th (May 26th in
the UK) on Jagjaguwar.
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten3
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SCD/Jag bundle: http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten
// Indies:
http://smarturl.it/sharonvanetten4
Director, Editor & DP: Michael Palmieri http://michaelpalmieri.com
SVE contacted me a few months back to see if I'd like to
come up with some ideas for "Taking Chances", her first single off
the new record. When I first heard the song the lyrics immediately made me
think about the opening sequence to the great Agnes Varda film "Cleo from
5 to 7", one of my favorites. I usually mull over ideas for days or weeks
before coming up with anything decent to share with an artist, but this one
just came out immediately. I sent a sketch of the idea onto Sharon and Zeke
Hutchins, her manager, then I didn't hear back from them for over a week, at
which point I thought, well, damn, they must hate the idea, I blew it! But soon
Zeke contacted me and asked if Sharon had sent me the album artwork. I said,
no, I haven't even heard anything else off the album yet, let alone seen anything
from it. Sharon then texted me pretty much the same question, "Did Zeke
send you the album before you wrote this?" Nope. I didn't understand what
the big deal was. Finally they sent me a photograph that's a big component of
the album artwork, it's this beautiful aged picture of Agnes Varda standing in
front of a bazillion reels of 16mm film. This image of one of my filmmaking
heroes has been hanging on Sharon's wall wherever she's lived for years and
years to the point where it's all tattered and weather-worn. I like to think
that Ms. Varda is standing in front of a bunch of reels from Cleo from 5 to 7,
but who knows. It's just one of the strangest coincidences, and it made us all
feel like the video had to be made. So now I can safely say the video is
inspired by two incredible women: Sharon, for her musical inspiration, and
Agnes Varda, whose inspiration on the both of us is quite apparent.
Sharon Van Etten Artist Page http://www.jagjaguwar.com/artist.php?...
Website http://sharonvanetten.com/
Instagram http://instagram.com/sharonvanhalen
Sharon Van Etten - "Taking Chances" from 'Are We
There' out May 27th (May 26th in the UK) on Jagjaguwar. #SharonVanEtten
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