b'DIRECTOR INTERVIEWS U.S.walk in the woods, getting me high as a kite,they dont even realize that, youthats really what he wanted to do which he did every day at four oclock, andknow, Im in my 70s, Im not aand our relationship suffered after convinced me if it not with the little dancespring chicken. It doesnt makethat. They wanted to just play and I next to Michael Jackson, as he knows thatsense for someone my age to dokept saying, Come on Paul, weve hes not going to be able to hold up. Mysomething. I can still be one ofgot to shoot, weve got to shoot. I wardrobe stylist Faye Poliakin, a great girlthose guys, and the film is still aswas really so conscious of having she was the one that came up with the redcontemporary as the next person,a good shot.jacket for Beat It , and for Michael andbut I wouldnt hire somebody likeYou had shot so much talent she came up with that wardrobe, and thatme to do a new, you know, a newby then, with the notion that wardrobe is on loan, and it was the first timeband or something like that. Ivesometimes youve got to herd or any other video had clothes on loan fromhad my time, my history is securethem in.Gianni Versace. Thats all Gianni Versace depending on what you sayThis is the one time I shouldve wardrobes. She went into Giannis newabout me! (laugh) herded Bob in, and not Paul, if you store in Beverly Hills, they had just opened aDuring your music video run,want to know the truth. store and she said, my boss is doing a videowere there other directors thatSome of the other directors with Michael and Paul, Id love to use youryou had your eye on? said that the era felt somewhatChanneling Bob? Dennis Hopper played aclothes because were doing some old westI remember one guy I thoughtinnocent at the beginning, whenmusic video director in Julien Temples Mickstyle stuff, and he happened to have that firstwas really terrific was Russelleverybody was still figuringJagger long form video Running Out of Luckcollection, some western-inspired stuff. Mulcahy. Russell was marvelous,things out. Because you were Oh, wow. he had a way with film and withdoing commercials for so long, And yso they put on their fedoras andhis artists, and he picked goodis that true for you? Was it fun at sweaters and all that, I was wearingartists. The others came and werethe beginning and then just not something from there and everyone wasall up and down or whatever, andfun at the end?wearing something from Versace. It was kindthere were a lot of good ones whoYou never know what willBG: I remember when I came out of historic, and it was fun. It was fun to seemade lot of great videos obviously.happen tomorrow, but every day is that a Beatle could take a little bit of aLater on, it became an art form,fun for me, you know, to be Bob!with Hello, Julien Temple was backseat to somebody like Michael, but timesbut Russell was somebody IIve enjoyed the runs I and maybequoted in the paper saying, Theres change. The crowd was lined outside thealways looked up to when I sawits a lot to deal with the fact thatno place for video like Hello. Its motor homes and they loved Paul, butGiraldi laughing with the dancers insomething that he did. my work sort of coincided of mytoo saccharine. And I agreed, I said Michael was clearly the draw, because byJermaine Jacksons Dynamite video Is there any video that youattention span and with my then, he was the entertainer of the world. look at and go, I wish I couldpersonality. I do something for ayoure right! (laughs) You got that His eyes are big and beautiful in thatchange this part? while, enjoy it, and then I move on.right, bro! It is saccharine, but itsclip. Jermaine, Iman and Giraldi onEvery single one of them. II try something, I reinvent, as theyAmerican. We are not afraid to cry. And I caught him at the lucky time for me.its pretty fantastic. the set of Do What You Do wouldve like to have the camerasay, and try something differentWe like to cry. We like to feelI definitely got him before all the knives andfor another hour. I would like toand then go on to something else, just a little bit after. When we did Beat It andYou slipped in a Pretty Poison video inchange something that I saw andso Im never stuck in a job. Theemotional and sometimes its a littleSay, Say, Say, you know, he was stunning.there somewhere there to coincide withended up being the video. Everything Ive done the longest in mycorny, but as long as it is doneAnd obviously we know how it went on fromyour feature Hiding Out. single piece of work that Ive everwhole life is be a director ofcleverly and with some good taste, there, so As I remember, the dance was lovely.done, and especially the videos,television commercials and to this At the end of Say, Say, Say whenIt was a song that was very short-lived. II wish I could have them back today, I still enjoy that. were okay with that and youve got Michael and Paul are in tuxedoes andremember, I brought Michael [Peters] out ofdo something a little different hereIm one of those guys thatto deal with that.running away, it feels like a Beatlesretirement and I remember the dance, right inand there. The one thing I regretrealizes my strengths and certainly moment. Was that your idea? the school corridors, being pretty cool. was anything, anything in therealizes my limitations, and IHas anyone ever pointed out to Yeah, yeah, very much. And we are so,Did the genre start to lose its appealvideo life, was the second videorealized that it was over and you know from Help! Paul was quite a guy.for you? I did with Paul McCartney calledexcept for hanging on onto anotheryou that in Julien Temples Mick There is no question about it. You cantI started to get bored and you can seeStranglehold. He didnt look veryone here and there, but that let meJagger longform video Running imagine a Beatle being as insecure as anit in the work. I mean, I had a run there thatwell, and I dont know why wemove on to other stuff that I reallyOut of Luck, Dennis Hopper artist as he was, but he was just wantedwas beautiful. And then they wanted otherdidnt make him look a little sexier.enjoy doing. I think that coincidesplays a music video director who to make sure everything was right, and mykinds of things and new people come into theIts an okay song and a not-so- with me working on a couple of relationship with him was really centeredmarketplace, and I go on to motion picturesokay video. Its all right, but howmovies and then Dinner Rushseems to be based on you. He around Linda by the way. Linda, I got to knowand other stuff, and I started restaurants,Id love to do it again. All Paulcame, and also I am heavily in theparaphrases your famous quote Linda, when Linda gone out with an old calledand so my life, as it always does, takes awanted to do was jam. Of course,restaurant business. Im in thethat the only star on my set is chum of mine from Chappaqua. She was aturn here and turn there, a jump here, aat the end of the day, I was soeducation business now so youthe director.great girl. And he was endearing. We wentdive there, and I held on for a little while,The music videowrapped up in what I thought wasknow.over a few more times. We collaborated onand came back actually with a very populara story, but as a director I shouldThe music video world Ione other video, I went to his opening of Givevideo for Will Smith. I always managed toworld, I enjoyedhave known that this man, heenjoyed very much in theBG: I dont know Julien Temple,My Regards to Broad Street at his request,be a step ahead. But I dont and wouldnt dowanted to jam with thosebeginning because we formedother than what I know of his close anymore videos because its such an overlyvery much in which wasnt very good, but you know, hemusicians. I wasnt rolling thesomething. There was nothing,relationship with Neil Young. His would just keep trying and kept trying. Hedemeaning experience. The commissioners,the beginningfucking camera like I would today.and we formed something. I mean, is quite an artist. It was a great momentand youve got to go out all for it, and also theToday I would just changeI get called all the time to talkfeature work isokay. Hes not a in my life that he was my favorite Beatle.hip hop world is not the world that I inhabit. because we formedeverything, and just shoot that guyabout then. Obviously, musicdirector without talent. Why he How often, how often do you get a I have since come to realize the genius ofphone call from somebody asking you tosomething. Therejamming for an hour or twovideos have a big place in mychose to dump on me has more to John Lennon only in his death. But it was anbecause hes that good and hiscareer, but I told my wife, do notdo with who Julien Temple is thanimportant video, and Paul played it on hisdirect a music video? was nothing, and weguys were that good. I couldve putput on my tombstone Here lies the Not pretty much anymore. There so manywhat Bob Giraldi did.tours for a long time, you know, so its pretty,new guys, there so many other people, andformed something. together up a killer performance. Idirector of Beat It.stymied him. I wasnt smart enough to realize that 34MVTMISSUE #1 ISSUE #1MVTM35'