„Hail Taxi“ by METZ from their album Atlas Vending (Release Date: 10/09/2020)
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LYRICS
Hard sell, feels like I’ve been here before
Break right through it to find a new fix
This time, there ain’t no question to answer
Because our love never fit their design
I’m sending messages to you
Hard sell, the structures fall through the floor
Bend into it, to make the shoe fit
Brand new morning taking hold
Did you censor your senses for all those living their lives on top of you?
I’m sending messages to you
I want to take you back there
Under the pinhole sky
We’d sit and watch as the world passed by
It never looked that way before
I’ll take nothing less than all
I want to take you back there
Under the pinhole sky
We’d sit and watch as the world passed by
I want to take you back there
No more asking why
We’d sit and watch as the world passed by
Hail taxi, Hail taxi, Hail taxi, Hail taxi
It never looked that way before
CREDITS:
A NEUPLOT PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION:
A.F. CORTES
Director + Producer
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DIEGO CORDERO
Director of Photography
CASSANDRA HOLDEN
Production Designer
SONIA FOLTARZ
Art Direction, Wardrobe, Double
NICOLAS LOPEZ
Gaffer
POST PRODUCTION: TRAFFIC STUDIO
JAVIER RODRIGUEZ
SFX supervisor, compositing, animation
DANIEL PEÑARANDA
Post-Producer
CAST:
MICHELLE BOBE
The Woman
SPECIAL THANKS:
Nicole Caro, Camden Elizabeth
Jamie and Simon at Oblique Artist Management
Alissa Atkins at Sub-Pop
FILMMAKING IN THE TIME OF COVID
With HAIL TAXI for METZ, I wanted to tell a simple story that captures the song’s overarching theme. The idea of longing for the past creates many visual motifs that I’ve wanted to explore for some time, even more so now in the current climate. For many of us, the hardest thing to do is to move forward because the future is uncertain and living in the present has its challenges.
We live in a dystopian reality; politics, the virus, and social unrest are part of our existence. I purposefully avoided literal connections to the current state of the world. I wanted to create a piece that feels timeless, the sense of isolation palpable within the subtext of the story. We can hide our feelings, but we can’t run from them.
I wrote the treatment during the height of the lockdown in New York City, a time of uncertainty for all of us. As the city started to open, we set to shoot the piece on the rooftop of my apartment, with simple equipment (no drones, cranes or large crew). We used home-made lights, an inflatable pool, a small aquarium as a miniature set with small replicas of the boat, the mask and other items; and many old-school filmmaking techniques to create the effect of water and a woman stranded in the middle of the ocean.
Our crew was barebones. Given social distancing rules, we all had to wear multiple hats, like having our actress do her own makeup. All stores were closed, so we maneuvered to find props and wardrobe. Most importantly, we placed an old rowboat that we got for 50 dollars on the rooftop of a typical NYC building –a five-floor walk-up with narrow corridors. A quixotic task, yet a process that freed us of many preconceptions of the film shoots from the past.
This video was created with many limitations in a moment of personal change. It was a pure process, where the journey was as critical as the goal. Life is uncertain for all of us in the music and filmmaking industries, yet we need to embrace change and stop longing for the past. For just a few days, a small group of creatives decided to follow a crazy idea, live the present, and embrace the uncertain future; to me, that is a beautiful thing.
A.F. CORTES
NYC summer 2020.
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