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Moses Sumney 'Cut Me' by Moses Sumney

Rob Ulitski - 15th Apr 2020

Moses Sumney gives into his darkest, most satisfying impulses in the self-directed video for Cut Me.

Across a collection of surreal, otherworldly vignettes, Sumney runs riot in an abandoned hospital with two other patients- dancing on caskets, performing on stage and taking on the roles of the non-existent staff.

The glossy, theatrical art direction places the concept very much in a dream world of Sumney’s creation, blurring the lines between reality and fiction. The performances are top-notch, adding a lively vibrance to the derelict location, and cleverly personifying the complex themes in the track.

"It is, amongst many things, a satirization of masochism and the medical industrial complex, and a chuckle in the face of Black Death," says Moses Sumney about his directorial debut. "I couldn’t have predicted it’d be released in our current climate. And yet..."

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  • New Director
  • Performance
  • Electro
  • Soul
  • Surreal

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Moses Sumney
Producer
Whitney Jackson
Production Company
Executive Producer
Justin Benoliel
Production Manager
Meredith Kurey

Camera

Director of Photography
Cristina Dunlap

Art

Art Director
Gunnar Deathridge

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Phil Gomez
Make-up
Jacque Piotrowski

Editorial

Editor
Wes Sanchez

Grading

Colourist
Kaitlyn Battistelli
Colour grade company

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Director's Representation

Rob Ulitski - 15th Apr 2020

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