STRIFE – a video directed by Antoine Carlier.
“We wanted to make a video that focused on a timeless human physicality and physical expression, a search for understanding through the movement, action and reaction of two characters. We chose the classical landscape of the empty beach. A fight ensues between two men: one older, one younger; a tragic outcome, and death.”
French director Antoine Carlier – co-founder of Pop Noire records with Jehnny Beth, who previously collaborated with the band on their artwork – filmed the scene with a modern black & white aesthetic on the beaches of Gironde in South-West France. The film is a play on human instincts and desire for survival, echoing the famous beach murder scene in the novel ‘The Stranger’ by Albert Camus.
Either a tale from the past or science-fiction, this is an endless story of human struggle. We see the fragmentation between two generations, a subject of predilection for Savages (ref: ‘I Am Here’ manifesto), where the “young, intelligent and radical people” live in servitude to established elders.
Directed by Antoine Carlier
Produced by Walter Films and Savages
Photography : Thomas Robin
Actors : Leo Pochat and Richard Duval.
ANTOINE CARLIER
Passionné et autodidacte, Antoine Carlier réalise des films expérimentaux, utilisant souvent la musique comme point de départ. Photographe, réalisateur, graphiste, directeur artistique, il enchaîne les collaborations avec des artistes aux univers forts, tout en expérimentant en permanence de nouvelles voies. Ses créations, mélange onirique de surréalisme et de réalisme romantique, l’amènent aujourd’hui à collaborer aussi bien avec de grandes Maisons de Luxe qu’avec la jeune scène musicale française.