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Easy Life 'Nice Guys' by Greg Barth

Promonews - 6th Dec 2019

Greg Barth's has smuggled humour and satire into his bright and colourful pop videos for Easy Life, and this one for Nice Guys is their wildest and zaniest collaboration yet.  

The band are the guest performers on a bizarre TV talk show - where the audience are whipped up by a host who is akin to a cult leader - that's disrupted by a Trumpalike and descends into mayhem. It's crazy - while the band manage to keep their cool, led by affably charismatic frontman Murray. Just don't say it couldn't happen. 

GREG BARTH:

"I had loads of fun coming up with the idea for this one. Murray singing 'Nice guys come last' was the igniter for the whole concept of the film. The first thing I thought of was having a controversial person sing the chorus’ lyrics, then building a world around this in order to coherently have a fight break out, disrupting the band’s performance.

"It organically became a weird retro-futuristic abstinence cult talk show that gets disrupted by Donald Trump from the future - which sounds bonkers - but there is so much symbolism hiding in plain sight here: from Donald being crushed by a wall to the broader theme of humanity, and the inescapable result of close-minded ideologies.

"Much like Easy Life’s Nightmares, it’s a darker theme wrapped in candy visuals and humour."

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Greg Barth
Producer
Production Company
Executive Producer
Ramy Dance
Executive Producer
Tony Roberts
Production Manager
Joseph J Goldman
1st AD
Kerry Green

Camera

Director of Photography
Franklin Dow
Focus Puller
Josh Tue
2nd AC
Jamie Cook

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Noah Furrer

Art

Art Director
Louis Simonon

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Maria Bracher
Make-up
Joanne Coleman
Make-up
Kirsten Massingham

Casting

Lead actor
Thomas Adams

Editorial

Editor
Nick Armstrong
Editing company
Cut+Run

Grading

Colourist
Jonny Tully
Colour grade company
Big Buoy

VFX

Post production company
Envy
Post Producer
Ross Culligan

Agent

Director's Representation

Commission

Commissioner
John Moule
Label
Island Records

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