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Rikas 'Stereo' by Aladin Mekanović

Rob Ulitski - 11th June 2021

A young girl dreams about purchasing Berlin-based rock band Rikas, in Aladin Mekanović's promo for Stereo. 

In the video, the group are taken back to the girl's house and made pride of place in the living room, before the whole family start to lightly bop to the beat of their performance in an understated - and slightly absurd - manner. 

Things get weirder from there, as Rikas are tossed around by the desires of the family, before the whole thing is revealed to be a vision, and the girl instead decides to buy the more famous band, Von Wegen Lisbeth. 

It's a surreal yet effortlessly charming piece of filmmaking, in the same vein as oddball comedies Napoleon Dynamite and the like, and has instant replay appeal. 

You'll find yourself pining for your own German rock band to take home by the end of it... 

Rob Ulitski - 11th June 2021

Tags

  • New Director
  • Rock
  • Absurd
  • Narrative
  • Performance
  • Shopping
  • Shop Window
  • Oddball
  • Von Wegen Lisbeth

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Aladin Mekanovic
Producer
Ronja Prinz
Production Company
Studio 11:40
Production Manager
Pia Domkowski

Camera

Director of Photography
Diara Sow
Focus Puller
Jason Yanez

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Sandra Glaser

Art

Art Director
JUNG&DYNAMISCH

Casting

Cast
Marie Gerhard

Editorial

Editor
Andreas Meichsner

Grading

Colourist
Andrea Gomez

Agent

Director's Representation
Bite Management

Commission

Label
Columbia Records

Rob Ulitski - 11th June 2021

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