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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros 'Wake Up The Sun' by Noaz Deshe

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros 'Wake Up The Sun' by Noaz Deshe

Luke Bather - 12th July 2016

Israeli director Noaz Deshe travels to Moldova for this arresting and spiritual clip for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

The setting is a beautifully choreographed yet impressionistic study of a culture in an East/West limbo that feels part-celebration and part-funeral march - all the elements pulled together by a charismatic boy dancer, with an assurance beyond his years, and his ballroom dancing partner. 

We see Moldovan natives dance their way through streets in cities and rural areas, but they also dance their way through sex, death and innocence. It's a compelling video that gives very little away until you start to truly pick it apart.

Outside Chișinău, the capital of Moldova, you find time stands still—communism and religion are still the backdrop of an identity not yet conquered by the east or the west. It seems like any minute chain stores will spring up, but for now it is undefined by the powers that be. I was struck by the beauty of an identity not yet overtaken by what has become all-too familiar—the song struck that chord with me.

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Luke Bather - 12th July 2016

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Production/Creative

Director
Noaz Deshe
Producer
Dragos Scutelnicu
Producer
Shadoworks
1st AD
Calin Laur

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Casting
Ruxanda Spatari
Casting
Dragos Scutelnicu
Assistant Editor
Marion Brown
Assistant Editor
Bridget Honan
Choreography
Snejana Apostol

Luke Bather - 12th July 2016

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