Legendary film-maker to helm live streaming of Killers show in New York in September. Expect live animals, says bassist
No mere pop promo director is good enough for the Killers' next webcast â€" legendary film-maker Werner Herzog is to direct the band's forthcoming concert video, to be broadcast live on 18 September.
Anyone with an internet connection will be able to tune in to the concert at New York's Paradise Theatre, which will be streamed on YouTube. It's the 11th in the American Express Unstaged series, which previously saw Arcade Fire team up with Terry Gilliam, Duran Duran with David Lynch, and John Legend with Spike Lee.
"I think there's gonna be an animal involved," bassist Mark Stoermer told Rolling Stone, regarding Herzog's plans. "He has ideas for someone crowd-surfing with a camera on … [and] he's gonna put cameras on Ronnie [Vannucci Jr] while he's playing drums."
Herzog is certainly an unconventional pick for a concert film: with epics such as Fitzcarraldo and Aguirre, the Wrath of God, he became known for an obsessive work process. More recently, documentaries such as Grizzly Man and Encounters at the End of the World mixed soul-searching gravitas with screwball flights of fancy. While he has stayed away from music videos, his 1994 documentary The Transformation of the World into Music explored Bayreuth's Wagner festival, and Herzog has helmed numerous operas for the stage. The director also has a long working relationship with theGerman band Popol Vuh.
"He definitely wanted to make the best version of this live Amex performance of any director so far," Stoermer said. "I'm sure it will be all done the right way."
The Killers' fourth studio album, Battle Born, is due on 17 September.
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