R.E.M. ROLL OUT COLLAPSE INTO NOW FILM PROJECT WITH MUSIC FILMS FOR EACH SONG ON UPCOMING NEW ALBUM
DIRECTORS INCLUDE JAMES FRANCO, SAM TAYLOR-WOOD, ALBERT MAYSLES AND
MICHAEL STIPE
DATELINE ‹ Los Angeles, CA ‹ R.E.M. is gearing up to roll out the Collapse
Into Now Film Project, a selection of films accompanying each song on the
band¹s upcoming album, directed by notable artists and filmmakers and
personally curated by singer Michael Stipe. The list of directors
includes Oscar-nominated actor James Franco, filmmaker, photographer, and
conceptual artist Sam Taylor-Wood, and Oscar-nominated documentary
filmmaker Albert Maysles. See a full list of directors below.
The films will be unveiled for viewing at broadcast and web outlets over
the course of the next several weeks, so please stay tuned to remhq.com
for schedule and details.
In its four-star review, Rolling Stone calls Collapse Into Now ³a portrait
of full-grown artists who reached the top long ago but decided to stick
together and ride out the decades. You can hear a lot of shared history in
the music, but you can also hear conflict, confusion, doubt ‹ exactly the
kind of recipe that R.E.M. thrive on.² Spin finds the band ³refreshed and
refueled for a new alt-rock reckoning.²
Collapse Into Now will be released by Warner Bros. Records on March 8th.
³It Happened Today² is currently available on iTunes as an ³Instant
Download² track for those who pre-order the Deluxe Version. Visit R.E.M.¹s
YouTube channel for lyric videos for several tracks on Collapse Into Now
at http://www.youtube.com/user/remhq.
R.E.M. Collapse Into Now Film Project
Directors
1) DISCOVERER
Directors: Michael Stipe and
Lynda Stipe
2) ALL THE BEST
Director: James Herbert
3) ÜBERLIN
Director: Sam Taylor-Wood
4) OH MY HEART
Director: Jem Cohen
5) IT HAPPENED TODAY
Director: Tom Gilroy
6) EVERY DAY IS YOURS TO
WIN
Directors: Jim McKay, Chris Moukarbel
and Valerie Veatch
7) MINE SMELL LIKE HONEY
Director: Dominic DeJoseph
8) WALK IT BACK
Director: Sophie Calle
9) ALLIGATOR_AVIATOR_AUTOPILOT_ANTIMATTER
Director: Lance Bangs
10) THAT SOMEONE IS YOU
Director: James Franco
11) ME, MARLON BRANDO,
MARLON BRANDO AND I
Director: Albert Maysles
& Bradley Kaplan
12) BLUE
Director: James Franco