Amazing Music Video: Justice - ‘Stress’
You must check this out. ‘Stress’ is the latest single from Justice. A pounding, Daft Punk-esque instrumental accompanied by some pretty aggressive visuals that are ripe for controversy. Director Romain-Gavras follows a gang of thugs sporting Justice bomber jackets as they terrorize a city, one person at a time. The visuals are insanely visceral, and the brutality gives Funny Games a run for its money. Especially great is the decision to include the audio, mostly clipping and distorting throughout the video. The realism is disturbing at times, yet the cinematography is simply stunning. Check it out and leave your comments.
Comments (17)
Awesome! Reminds me of Paul Greengrass, as well as the short film Dad’s Dead, which can be found on the Sunshine DVD. Also, I would like to add that if any of those little bastards broke my guitar, I would beat them down so bad!!!
Posted by Mike Marshall on May 5th, 2008Cool. Thanks for passing along these music video links Jay. I also enjoyed the Spike Jonze Kanye West one.
Posted by Ian on May 5th, 2008No problemo. I’m always keeping my eye out for cool new music videos. If you’re digging it, I’ll post them as I see them.
Posted by Jay C. on May 5th, 2008insane
Posted by joe on May 5th, 2008It’s so refreshing to see black and white people coming together for a common cause. I wish Bruce Lee was alive to whup those motha f*ckas’ asses.
I loved the ending because I was thinking while I was watching that the punks should kick the crap out of the cameraperson’s ass at the end. Things never usually end the way I imagine.
Those jackets are gay, though, fellas.
Posted by Reed Farrington on May 5th, 2008If Reed Farrington had one of those jackets, he wouldn’t be gay.
Just kidding Gerr…uh…Reed.
I saw this over at Get Weird Turn Pro a while ago. Amazing indeed! And the first Justice song I like without it being a remix.
Posted by Matt on May 5th, 2008Some of this, possibly all of it was filmed in Paris, I recognized a number of the locations.
i liked how real it all felt, and the bar scene was wicked…except for one guy who looked like he didn’t know what to break
Posted by fizzle on May 6th, 2008actually it was the slap, everybody found something to smash
Posted by fizzle on May 6th, 2008If those guys acted like that in any US city they would have been pulverised by gunfire in a matter of seconds.
Posted by Lord Dungbeetle on May 11th, 2008“If those guys acted like that in any US city they would have been pulverised by gunfire in a matter of seconds.”
Posted by Louis on May 12th, 2008Are you stupid or what? That is not the point at all! Can’t you see through this video? Or do you need people to analyse it for you? It’s an allegory on violence and is not about “those kids should get punished, and if they were in the US people would blow them off cause Americans are so strong!” It happens to take place in Paris, France, where to possess a gun is illegal. If it had been in the US, They’d have had guns!
«If it had been in the US, They’d have had guns!»
exactly what I thought, the first thing that came to my mind when I watched this, was how happy I was that those feckers didnt have guns and stuff …
it totally stressed me out the first time I watched it
dunno if it’s been censored though, haven’t seen it on tv yet …
Posted by florian on May 21st, 2008I guess you took what I said literally and seriously. I am very stupid, but I would rather be a stupid American than a smart Frenchman.
Posted by Lord Dungbeetle on June 4th, 2008It’s good to know that the French have such law abiding gangs.
I’d rather be an average Canadian. Henrik would probably like to be a Great Dane. (Sorry, Henrik, I couldn’t resist. Oh, in case there’s a cultural reference you’re missing, a Great Dane is a dog. They’re large and powerful.)
Posted by Reed Farrington on June 4th, 2008To lorddungbeetle.
Posted by Louis on June 5th, 2008Sorry, I actually took what you had wrote literally. I just thought it was first degree as we say in French (only we say it in French…).
So it was irony! I like that! I did not know Americans had the ability to use it!….I’m kidding of course… just being the regular pretentious froggy.
“It happens to take place in Paris, France, where to possess a gun is illegal. If it had been in the US, They’d have had guns!”
… I don’t think they were the least bit worried about what was and wasn’t legal.
Posted by Riggee on June 18th, 2008«If it had been in the US, They’d have had guns!»
Yeah not only would the gang have guns but the cops, and law abidding citizens would as well which would make this whole situation less likely. The chance that a shootout could occur provokes more fear than getting hit with a metal rod. Thus this situation wouldn’t happen or if it did it wouldn’t last long. So many ppl say making a law against guns is great but it leaves the ppl defenseless. and if u think that a law against guns will keep them out of criminals hands it wont. criminals don’t follow rules they break them.
Posted by mitch on July 11th, 2008This video is disturbing, which is what good art does. It gives no context for the kids’ actions, it is just foundationally violent. I think this video is not trying to explore the why of violence, but its presentation by the media. The music fits perfectly, it is aggressive and frenetic, so you don’t really think, you just experience the violence. It also helps that the cinematography is fantastic.
Posted by Dave on October 19th, 2008Leave a Reply