Video installation for the Anthony d'Offay gallery, depicting a naked man and woman floating in darkness, beating each other and engaging in acts of intercourse. Only a 3½ minute excerpt has been commercially released.
Direction
Cunningham's precise choreography of aggression and tenderness.
Cinematography
Blinding light vs. pitch black — you see only what he permits.
Sound
Each impact lands with sickening clarity.
Director
Chris Cunningham
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cunningham made this after 'Windowlicker' and 'Come to Daddy'; it's his pivot from music videos to fine-art provocation.
The full 17-minute version has screened fewer than 10 times publicly; most viewers have only seen the excerpt.
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