Want all the mind-bending visual splendor of an acid trip without the negative side effects? The flamboyant, never-dull Scissor Sisters have found the solution in their video for “Invisible Light,” in which you’ll swear you took a hallucinogenic substance and wandered through a movie theaters back in the 70s. Watch the video after the jump (but don’t blame us if you have flashbacks later).
Vertigo, The Last Temptation Of Christ, Basic Instinct — there are so many cinematic allusions here that to mention them all would be like researching a film school term paper. Suffice to say, we love the way this was shot to resemble a 60s-era Roman Polanski film, from the costuming and sets to the color (and, in certain moments, an Abercrombie and Fitch catalogue — but that might be just an accident.)
Aside from trippy tropes like stigmata, laser beams shooting from a man’s eyes, a menacing clown, and even a unicorn, the video features a very memorable, near-epic ass-grab that stands out in this otherwise quick-cutting video. This sort of over-the-top, grab-bag madness is exactly what we’d expect from the Sisters — this is one band we’re confident can match Gaga every step of the way on their upcoming tour.
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About The amazing music video of Scissor Sisters…I think U need to learn more about hystory of cinema!!!!! It’s a tribute of Luis Buñuel and Catherine Deneuve movie “Beauty of the Day” or “L’enfer” of Clouzot with Romy Schneider for example… absolutely not Basic Instint!!!!
Yep, definitely Buñuel and the french surrealists. Also, Polanski and Revulsion. I’d hate to think the “turkey legs/under table leg spread” is a Basic Instinct reference but, hey, you never know. What does it take to startle the bourgeoisie these days?
Moreso than Buñuel or Polanski, about half the imagery is a straight lift from The Holy Mountain by Alejandro Jodorowsky