b'Inside Videos We LoveWhen theIn the Zone: directorDick Maas (sitting, front) with band and crewBullet Hits the BoneDirector Dick Maas Takes Us Behind the Scenes of the Golden Earring Twilight Zone video shootWhat had you been directing prior to that, and what is your background?I directed some short movies for television. I had also a background as a comics artist and musician. How did you get involved with Golden Earring in the first place?Cesar Zuiderwijk, the drummer of Golden Earring, contacted me after seeing some of my short movies on TV. Apparently, he was impressed by them. They were working on a new album and they needed some videoclips. We shotthis video on a very low budget. I think it was around $15,000. Who came up with the concept? You have a guncompany Red Bullet was I think I came with the idea. I wanted the video to lookshooting a bullet throughenthusiastic about the like a trailer for a movie. a playing card, which isvideo. It was shown also Where and when was this shot?a nod to the Cut albumon film in Dutch cinemas. We shot the video in 1982 around Amsterdam. We hadcover. How did youFor MTV, the video was three long shooting days with a very small crew. The tortureaccomplish that?censored.and dance sequence was shot in one night in a dilapidatedWe had no money forDid you continue to factory just outside Amsterdam. One of the scenes we shotoptical or visual effects, soshoot music videos after in the well-known sex club Yab Yum. for the split-screen shots ofthis? Who decided that a dance break was a good idea?the gun, we used mirrors.I did some videos for the It almost looks as if you are poking fun at dancing inMy hand holds the gun.Earring and other local and music videos. The shot where the bulletforeign bands like Mai Tai It seemed the logical thing to do. There was a longgoes through the playingand Billy Falcon.instrumental break in the middle of the song.card was shot for real. ItAs a filmmaker, what The video is very cinematic and very true to spywas a real bullet that wasdid you learn and how did thriller traditions. Have you always had an interest inheated and the point wasyou grow from directing suspense and action filmmaking? sharpened. It was put onmusic videos?Yes. My first feature film was a horror/thriller called Thea device so it could cutMy main goal was Lift and Ive made several action movies after that.through the card. It seemsto tell a short story in all Who is the funny guy in the orchestra pit? Is he anyonelike a slow motion effect,my videos, so it was an we should know? but it wasnt. exercise in (short) story Thats Hans van den Burg.He was the front man of aWhat was the recordtelling. Nowadays, I see very popular band at the time, Gruppo Sportivo.You cancompanys reaction to thevery little videos that try also see him in the When the Lady Smiles video, in theclip? Did they react wellto do that. Its almost all subway. He is a friend of lead singer Barry Hay and livedto the first cut with theabout visuals now. Id like to across the street. nudity? see the storytelling clip be The Dutch recordbrought back. 68MVTMISSUE #1ISSUE #1MVTM69'