The video is heavily inspired by and the "paranoid thrillers" of the era, specifically the work of cinematographer Gordon Willis and director Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View .
The official video for by Arctic Monkeys is a cinematic deep dive into the art of filmmaking and the "trace" of a public persona that lingers on an artist. Directed by Brook Linder and creative directed by Ben Chappell , the video serves as a vintage, symbolic companion to the band's seventh album, The Car . 🎬 Cinematic Style and Vision arctic_monkeys_body_paint_official_video
: Much of the video features a Steenbeck editing table , showing the "Body Paint" video itself being edited, which Brook Linder describes as visualizing the process where "symbolic imagery is created (and where that process can fall apart)". The video is heavily inspired by and the
: A standout sequence features a large-scale, revolving zoetrope , an idea that reportedly came to the director in a dream . Directed by Brook Linder and creative directed by