Nine directors, one synth-pop dreamscape — and an Oscar hiding in the riddle.
The video consists of nine tracks (ten if you count "Anyway", which is played over the closing credits), included in the album The Breathtaking Blue each of which accompanies a short film by a different director. The video for "Middle of the Riddle" won an Oscar for best short feature. Dedicated to the memory of Bruce Chatwin 1940-1988. Recorded and Mixed at Lunapark Studios, Berlin Except Romeos mixed at Townhouse, London
Direction
Nine distinct visual languages, one haunting vision.
Score
Synth-pop as emotional architecture — Bruce Chatwin's ghost approves.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bruce Chatwin's 'The Songlines' had just been published when he died; the band turned their video album into a direct elegy for the travel writer.
This 1989 project anticipated the 'visual album' format by decades — Beyoncé owes Alphaville rent.
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