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28 minute feature with behind-the-scenes footage from the "Closer" video shoot and commentary from director Mark Romanek.

From the underground "Closure" DVD release. Compiled/edited by Rob Sheridan.

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  • Combustion 2 years ago
    This video is a masterpiece.

    Mark Romanek had long hair, didn't know about it. Also Aphex Twin remix appears on the video.
  • Combustion 2 years ago
    "At the Heart of It All" remixed by Aphex Twin. Appears on the "26 Mixes for Cash" album.
  • Joe Primmer 2 years ago
    This Video is truly a masterpiece... great job!
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  • JP De la Torre plus 2 years ago
    My all-time fave vid!
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  • Marcel Maynard 2 years ago
    And it is ALL THIS, that is making me pursue my career in film and music videos... I love it :)
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  • Marcel Maynard 2 years ago
    One day I WILL be able to something like this...
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  • LuluFlynn 2 years ago
    this is sweet!
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  • Chris Hadden 2 years ago
    Speaking of Underground! I couldn't find this DVD anywhere. this is the only confirmation i have that it even existed. ...i still want it, lol
  • kevin r 2 years ago
    You can find it on The Pirate Bay. There are two dual-layer DVD torrents that you can download and burn for yourself. It's about 14GB or so but it's definitely worth the wait :)
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  • Falconhawkman 2 years ago
    I have the VHS version of Closure and this isn't on it.
  • Mike z plus 2 years ago
    Read the description under the video.
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  • NERDOTV 2 years ago
    thanx for sharing =)
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  • Merrel Davis 2 years ago
    Thank you for sharing. I've not actually seen this before. For those that don't know: Romanek went on to direct many other great music videos like Fiona Apple's "Criminal" and Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt." He also wrote and directed "One Hour Photo."
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  • circe moon 2 years ago
    It's not going to look good without the anal balls :(
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  • Henrique Cabral 2 years ago
    This is also my all time favorite - I don't think they (music in general) do videos as good as they did in the 90's and very early 2000's anymore.
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  • uuku 2 years ago
    Mary Poppins is a virus. am now levitating before going to bed with pinada in Y-rot on retinas. thank you!
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  • Rudra Banerji 2 years ago
    Wow, this is probably one of the best making of videos I've ever seen. It totally takes me deeper into the video. Thanks!
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  • Michael Critz 2 years ago
    Great documentary. I love hearing the rationale behind the artistic choices.
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  • Andrew Butitta 2 years ago
    Fantastic making-of. I'd always wondered how so many strange little scenes made it into that video. One of my all-time favorites, after The Perfect Drug.
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  • OMS 2 years ago
    What is amazing is how timeless this song and video is.
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  • Chaz Carlson plus 2 years ago
    One of the greatest videos I have ever seen in my life, I never noticed the amount of detail that went into Closer.
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  • RTC TV 2 years ago
    What a visionary director. Love the detail. I can relate to the process. Thanks for sharing this.
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  • makemassair 2 years ago
    fantastic, great to find this on here.
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  • Justin Stark 2 years ago
    Thank you! great video, much insight
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  • MariaNYC plus 2 years ago
    When I first saw Closer I thought how the heck did they get Joel Peter Witkin to do this video? lol
    Definitely deserves the tag. Awesome behind the scene
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  • Erica Fleming 2 years ago
    Being able to see the detail in the set and hear the reasoning behind why they did what they did is beyond inspiring. It makes the viewer appreciate it more and pay even closer attention to the final product.

    Thank you for posting this. It's one of the best videos I've seen in months.
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  • Ryan Murowsky 2 years ago
    what song is at 9:12? i think it's a remix, i can't make out the original though
  • Dave Aria 2 years ago
    sounds like a fucking amazing heresy remix.. let me go investigate..

    edit: yes, it is 'heresy (version)', which can be found on the UK version of further down the spiral.
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  • Paul Isakson 2 years ago
    This is so great. I saw this video when it came out (I was 8) and it blew my mind and freaked me out for years. Now what's blowing my mind is how normal the set looks. I somehow expected it to be filmed on location in Hell.

    Great documentary!
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  • mungkey 1 year ago
    Amazing! thanks for this
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  • matt mccluskey plus 1 year ago
    What is the music version (remix?) @ 9:14?
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  • Timur Civan plus 11 months ago
    please dont ever take this down.

    Also, is an HD version of Closer available? i see the SD version, this video truly deserves an HD version to enjoy its texture and visual grit.

    Thank you.
    -Timur
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  • Humberto Ponce 9 months ago
    Best Music Video from the past 17 years.
    In my opinion best music video EVER.
    The Music and the Video in perfect harmony.
    So Dark & so Beautiful.
    NIN fucking Rocks
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  • Humberto Ponce 9 months ago
    whats the name of the song thats playing8:30 its a remix of heresy.
    But I never heard of it.
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  • Sean McHenry 3 months ago
    Excellent. Thank you for posting this. Very inspiring and especially wonderful since it keeps the actual uses for honest "film" alive.
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