008: "Comin' Home" Video feat. Phil Harder (Harder/Fuller Films, Breaking Circus)

Today I’m talking with PHIL HARDER, a filmmaker who’s directed music videos for HUM, Low, Failure, Babes in Toyland, Firehose, Local H, Bailter Space, Afghan Whigs, Seaweed, & many others. In 1985, he & producer RICK FULLER started HARDER/FULLER FILMS, a music video & commercial production house that generated a wide range of visual work across 4 decades.In December of ’97, they shot the “Comin’ Home” video with HUM at the Icehouse in Minneapolis, using a mixture of DIY effects & big budget gloss, staging the band in a psychedelic dream of espionage, locusts, & trippy liquids.In this episode, we talk about the material quirks of the film format, the rise & fall of MTV culture, & what it was like to be in the nerve center of the ‘90s visual world.(Phil broadcasted from a boat in Amsterdam; excuse the cabin noises...)****TIMESTAMPS:02:24 // Firehose, "Walking the Cow" (Intro)03:00 // Video to 8mm to 16mm & Beyond08:57 // A Band Apart09:46 // Foo Fighters, "Next Year"13:33 // Bailter Space, "X"18:33 // Treatments & Creative Control23:12 // Incubus, "Drive"26:22 // '90s Budgets / Failure, "Stuck On You"31:19 // Visual Effects & Retro Digital37:05 // Didjits / HUM, "Comin' Home"****phil-harder.com****Support the show!**** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.