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 somewhat clothes because were doing some old westI remember one guy I thoughtinnocent at the beginning, whenCHANNELING BOB? Dennis Hopper (above) plays a style stuff, and he happened to have that firstwas really terrific was Russelleverybody was still figuringmusic video director in "Running Out of Luck"collection, 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? BG: I remember when I came out wearing something from Versace. It was kindthere were a lot of good ones whoYou never know what willwith Hello, Julien Temple was 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!quoted in the paper saying, Theres backseat to somebody like Michael, but timesbut Russell was somebody IIve enjoyed the runs I and maybeno place for video like Hello. Its too change. The crowd was lined outside thealways looked up to when I sawits a lot to deal with the fact thatsaccharine. And I agreed, I said motor homes and they loved Paul, butGiraldi laughing with the dancers insomething that he did. my work sort of coincided of my Michael was clearly the draw, because byJermaine Jacksons Dynamite video Is there any video that youattention span and with myyoure right! (laughs) You got that then, he was the entertainer of the world. look at and go, I wish I couldpersonality. I do something for aright, bro! It is saccharine, but its His eyes are big and beautiful in thatchange this part? while, enjoy it, and then I move on.American. We are not afraid to cry. clip. Jermaine, Iman and Giraldi onEvery single one of them. II try something, I reinvent, as they And I caught him at the lucky time for me.the set of Do What You Do wouldve like to have the camerasay, and try something differentWe like to cry. We like to feel I definitely got him before all the knives andits pretty fantastic. for another hour. I would like toand then go on to something else, You slipped in a Pretty Poison video inemotional and sometimes its a little just a little bit after. When we did Beat It andchange something that I saw andso Im never stuck in a job. The Say, 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 done And 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 to Michael and Paul are in tuxedoes andremember, I brought Michael [Peters] out ofdo something a little different hereIm one of those guys thatdeal 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 I 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 andMVTM: Has anyone ever pointed you know from Help! Paul was quite a guy.for you? I did with Paul McCartney calledexcept for hanging on onto anotherout to you that in the Mick Jagger I started to get bored and you can see There is no question about it. You cantit in the work. I mean, I had a run there thatStranglehold. He didnt look veryone here and there, but that let melong form video Running Out of imagine a Beatle being as insecure as anwell, and I dont know why wemove on to other stuff that I really 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 coincidesLuck directed by Julien Temple 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 Dennis Hopper plays a music relationship with him was really centeredmarketplace, and I go on to motion picturesokay video. Its all right, but howmovies and then Dinner Rush and other stuff, and I started restaurants,video director who seems to be around Linda by the way. Linda, I got to knowId love to do it again. All Paulcame, and also I am heavily in the 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 thebased on you. He paraphrases 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 youyour famous quote that the only 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 I star on my set is the director.one 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 the be a step ahead. But I dont and wouldnt do My Regards to Broad Street at his request,anymore videos because its such an overlyvery much inwanted to jam with thosebeginning because we formedBG: I dont know Julien Temple, other which wasnt very good, but you know, hedemeaning experience. The commissioners,musicians. I wasnt rolling thesomething. There was nothing,than what I know of his close would just keep trying and kept trying. Hethe 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 talkrelationship with Neil Young. His 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, musicfeature work isokay. Hes not a 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 mydirector without talent. Why he chose John Lennon only in his death. But it was anbecause hes that good and hiscareer, but I told my wife, do not important 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 theto dump on me has more to do with Not pretty much anymore. There so many 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. who Julien Temple is than what Bob stymied him. I wasnt smart enough to realize thatGiraldi did.34MVTMISSUE #1ISSUE #1MVTM35'