Rammstein: Deutschland

The Black Priestess Germania floats through space and time and is invoked by six worshippers. This isn't a music video anymore, it's a 10-minute load that's worth 2 full-length feature films. The visual stylization of historical futility was last seen in A Field in England, saddled by a technocratic Jägermeister, and it has the spiritual charge of the song "This is America." Yes, it's a pure provocation, but that was accompanying Rammstein even when they didn't have grey hairs peeking out of their thinning hair. The moment of defiance across history is editing perfection that pursues emotion with the urgency of a wolf. (04/01/2019)

Exactly the same as Aronofsky's Mother!, so great fun and fine. If it didn't piss anyone off, I'd be sad. It's just a shame that the color tuning and high-frequency camera fetish makes it look like every other contemporary music video in terms of progression and especially color. Unfortunately, a song basically devoid of ideas. (04/02/2019)