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The EPK
August 1995 Directed By Scott Minor, pictures by Scott Minor and Stephen Lyons, dialogue by Dave Ayers, voices of Valerie O'Brien and Laetitia Sadier. "Sparklehorse's electronic press kit is shot like a low budget foreign film. It details a Catalonian Maiden's desire that 'the Sparklehorse' may someday cross the ocean to play at her wedding, or perhaps her father's funeral, and a French woman's lack of desire for Americans. Cinematic high points include a chain smoking, kind of panda-headed human helping out with the narration. I strongly recommend you lobby your local music television station to screen it in its entirety for your plentiful pleasure." -RipItUp The complete EPK is available as a stream from the official site. Find a green frog. |
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North Carolina Bureau of Tourism
August 2006 Directed by Scott Minor and starring Mark Linkous. Camera: Dominic Giordano. Edited: Dario Gildrie. Writer: Dave Ayers. Narrator: Jeff Sallas. Download a 10 min, 15 meg .mp4 file Stream available at YouTube. |
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Hammering the Cramps
November 1995 Directed by Scott Minor and Mark Linkous (?), produced by Scott Minor (?). Stream available at YouTube. |
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Someday I Will Treat You Good
April 1996 Directed by Scott Minor and Mark Linkous, produced by Scott Minor, edited by Capitol Records "Since the EPK and the 'Hammering the Cramps' video got such a positive response, [Capitol] gave us a little money and let us do sort of the rock 'n' roll video for 'Someday', which we tried to do. Neither Scott nor I were satisfied with the finished results, and Capitol wasn't either. In the end they asked us to send them everything we've ever filmed, and they hired an editor to put it together. That's what you see." - Mark Linkous in RipItUp Download a 30 sec, 1.5 M .mov file ex Filmzone Download a 30 sec, 5 M .mov file ex MTV |
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Rainmaker
October 1996 Directed by Mark Linkous, produced by Scott Minor - |
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Pig
September 1998 Directed by Sophie Muller, produced by Oil Factory Stream available at YouTube. |
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Box of Stars (part 1)
September 1998 Directed by Sophie Muller, produced by Oil Factory Stream available at YouTube. |
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Sick of Goodbyes
September 1998 Directed by Sophie Muller, produced by Oil Factory Stream available at YouTube. |
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Sunshine
September 1998 Directed by Sophie Muller, produced by Oil Factory - |
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St Mary
September 1998 Directed by Sophie Muller, produced by Oil Factory Stream available at YouTube. |
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Happy Man
2000 Directed by Garine Torossian A collage of scenes from her earlier piece 'Sparklehorse' (see below) and fresh footage. |
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It's a Wonderful Life
2001 Directed by Guy Maddin Evidently Guy Maddin made two different videos to go with this song. The first link is the silent-film-style version (reviewed below), and the second two links are to the other video, a pastiche of black and white photographs and video noise. "Hardly anyone here simply shoots footage and presents it without putting it through the wringer in some fashion. A good example is the first piece, made by Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin for the record's title track. To match the snap, crackle and pop of the tune, he makes the film stock look authentically old with a barely-in-focus black and white clip filled with early 20th-century imagery, all rotating on a merry-go-round. It's like a freshly discovered silent film created by an eccentric novice." -High Bias Stream available at YouTube. Stream available at YouTube. Download a 27 M .mpg file |
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Gold Days
2001 Directed by Danny Clinch "Photographer Danny Clinch combined still photos with digital video to capture some of the pastoral Virginia landscapes near Mark Linkous's home and in the piece set to the song "Gold Day" you see Mark exploring the places he loves." -Sundance |
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Piano Fire
2001 Directed by Rodney Ascher, produced by The Directors Bureau "According to the pitch - 'Cops meets Picnic at Hanging Rock'. The best part was we (that is me and Joe Gore) got to create our own remix of the song." - Rodney Ascher. Download a 9 M .mp4 file Stream available at YouTube. |
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Sea of Teeth
2001 Directed by Jonathan Donahue - |
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Apple Bed
2001 Directed by Claire Stansfield - |
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King of Nails
2001 Directed by Keeley Gould Download a 9.4 M .mov file. |
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Eyepennies
2001 Directed by Jon Sadlier - |
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Dog Door/Heloise
2001 Directed by the Quay Brothers "This is a look at the twisted world of experimental filmmakers the Brothers Quay. In this clip their puppets go on a sexual adventure to the song "Dog Door," featuring lyrics by Tom Waits. O.K. basically a dog jerking off to a masturbating doll, but it looks good." -Sundance Stream available at YouTube. Download an 8.4 M .wmv file. |
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More Yellow Birds
2001 Directed by Jason Lytle - |
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Little Fat Baby
2001 Directed by Michele Civetta Stream available at YouTube. |
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Comfort Me
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Babies on the Sun
2001 Directed by Garine Torossian "Babies on the Sun offers nostalgic, weathered images of 'childhood' inspired by the song of the same name by the band Sparklehorse. The textured and layered style of the film gives the impression of blurred memories floating in the subconscious mind. The images, half-visible, are abstracted through a process of visual degradation, suggesting the effect of time on memory, and mystified through collage, revealing the non-linear configurations of memory where images dwell in interesting and emotionally cumulative juxtapositions. In the curious and observing mind, remembered childhood joys coalesce unobstructed by the analytical mind." -CFMDC Download a 5 minute, 12 meg .mp4 file. Stream available at YouTube. |
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Morning Hollow
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Devil's New
2001 Directed by Grant Gee "Filmmaker Grant Gee uses digital video footage he shot in Prague and combines with computer effects to create a disquieting and beautiful piece to the song "Devil's New" on the Gold Day EP." -Sundance |
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Heloise Rex Remix
2001 Directed by Scott Minor "Scott Minor is not only Sparklehorse's drummer, but is also a filmmaker. For this project, he sets winter landscapes seen from his Brooklyn home to a remixed version of the song "Maxine" a b-side off the Gold Day EP." -Sundance |
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Nice Evening (Transmission Down)
2001 Directed by Jem Cohen "A small clarification: I did the film for Sparklehorse using Maxine, not King of Nails. It's called 'Nice Evening (Transmission Down)' and was shot at Static King on Super 8 film. The 10 minute film includes Mark doing an unreleased live song, and a version of Maxine, with insect noises recorded and created by Scott Minor. Best regards, Jem Cohen." |
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Tears on Fresh Fruit
8th September, 1995 Capitol Record's 'Threadwaxing Space' Download a 30 sec, 2.2 M .mov file |
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All Night Home
13th February, 1997 '2 Meter Sessies' Download a 50 sec, 1.2 M .mov file ex NPS |
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One in a Million
1998 Download a 45 sec, 800k .mov file ex ATN |
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Plan 9 20th Anniversary
15th July, 2001 Plan 9 Records, Richmond, VA. Stream 'It's a Wonderful Life' at YouTube. Stream 'Apple Bed' at YouTube. Stream 'Piano Fire' at YouTube. Stream 'Spirit Ditch' at YouTube. |
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Live In Studio
7th November, 2001. KCRW, Los Angeles, CA. Visit KCRW, search for Sparklehorse, stream a 35 minute Realvideo. Mark, Scott, Alan Weatherhead, Kendall Meade, and Margaret White perform 'It's a Wonderful Life', 'Apple Bed', 'Little Fat Baby', 'Saturday', and an excellent version of 'Morning Hollow'. |
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Sparklehorse + Fennesz
8th September, 2003. La Batie Festival, Geneva. Drop by the official site, find yourself a green frog, and you'll be treated to a few minutes of Sparklehorse collaborating with Fennesz as part of the 2003 La Batie festival in Geneva. If you want to hear the whole show, then Basic.ch have an archived realaudio stream. |
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On Location with 3 Voor 12
7th of October, 1998. Visit 3 Voor 12 and look for the 'Specials' section. Mark shows the Dutchies his '68 Charger, mini-tractor, bikes and shed full of bees and studio-to-be in a 3 minute streaming Realvideo. |
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Sparklehorse
1999 Directed by Garine Torossian "With [the nine minute short film], Sparklehorse, Garine Torossian returns to the collage style of filmmaking explored in her earlier films, Visions, Girl From Moush, and Drowning In Flames. The film is divided into three distinct sections: 'Happy Man', 'Good Morning Spider' and 'Hundreds Of Sparrows'. 'Happy Man' suggests a friendship conducted always at a distance - all of the images are presented using formal distancing techniques such as colour, collage and printing. At the same time, the soundtrack combines a 'repressed' musical track with the poignant sound of telephone messages: 'Call me back when you want your VCR.' The brief second section, 'Good Morning Spider', acts as an interlude, providing variations on a primitive scratched image of a spider, with a quiet, eerie musical accompaniment. The final section, 'Hundreds Of Sparrows', returns to the theme of a (romantic?) relationship. Its images of birds echo the words of the poem/song that is spoken/sung on the soundtrack: 'You are worth hundreds of sparrows.' Sparklehorse subtly conveys, with characteristic poetry, the ways in which people communicate with and value each other in a world of spiralling mediation." -CFMDC Download a 9 minute, 16 meg .mp4 file |
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Res Fest 2004 Promo
2004 Directed and Animated by Monkmus Created for Resfest 2004, a Toronto-based Digital Media Festival. The Vapor Music site describes the clip as having "Original Music by Jared Hunter with Sparklehorse". Download a 1 minute, 13 meg .mov file |