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“I was inspired by the weirdness of just being in the back country parts of Texas. I wanted to use some locations that were relatable to the blue collar worker and maybe a little bit of some outdoors environments. When I was a teenager I grew up listening to the band the Butthole Surfers. They also happen to be from Texas. I used to think they were a weird band and the music and art on their albums spoke to me during those times.”
“Right before I started shooting this video I got a call from a friend who happened to be living on the old Butthole Surfers ranch and he asked me if I wanted to film the video there. I of course said hell yes and took my crew out there. The only thing he asked of us was to not burn the place down. I had to light some already dead trees on fire which at the time was part of a dry season in that part of Texas so it was a bit dangerous. There were rumors that The Butthole surfers used to perform Satanic Rituals out at that Ranch. The famous actor John Hawkes was in a one of their short films filmed there titled “Entering Texas-Bar-B-Que Movie. I was inspired by that film for this video.”
“I’m a huge fan of the movie “The Machinist” directed by Brad Anderson and Scott Kosar. I loved Christian Bales character in that movie and wanted to do the opposite with The Machinist character in the music video. The actor gained 15 lbs for the role of this video in about two weeks by eating donuts and tacos. He really embodied that character.”
“One of the parts that I filmed was a protected wildlife area in Texas so we had to be extra precautious about leaving carbon footprints in the areas we filmed. Also two of the actors were not climbers in this project and we had to climb into a cave located about 200 ft from the forest floor. My producer did manage to fall and slide down holding a prop. He ended up being okay. Just his ego was bruised.”
“One of the things I did on the film was that I didn’t tell the actors what this video was about. I kept it secret so that they wouldn’t dive too far into their characters and over act.”
“I used a Blackmagic Mini Ursa 4.6k with Rokinon cine lenses. I also did the post on the project. I usually do the post on most of my projects if I have enough time between projects.”
“I enjoyed the project mainly because it afforded me the opportunity to travel back to Texas to work with old friends out in the woods where I belong. Texas breeds a special kind of weirdo and I’m from Texas.”