Faithless - "I want more"

I know this 'Hits and Myths' blog is all about the songs and the videos attached are an addition to complete the picture. However, todays blog is going to be more about the video. 'Faithless' have always released good dance/trip hop songs and "I Want More" is no different. In saying that, it is the video that is the star here. Faithless have to take some credit for adding this footage to their song before anyone else did the same thing.... and they also edited it well to fit with the music. The footage itself comes from a BBC documentary "A State of Mind" which was about the Pyongyang Mass Games in North Korea. It followed two child gymnasts for eight months as they trained for the event. I tracked down the DVD and it is such a wonderful insight into a country we know little about.... and one of the last remaining communist nations. The film was not too political, for obvious reasons (we wouldn't have the film at all if they had a political agenda)... but we still got a rare glimpse into what happens and the mindset of the North Korean people. After watching the film, I pitied them and envied them at the same time. Their undeniable love for their leader is absurdly fascinating as well. The mass games themselves are as regimented as their army and on such a large scale that only a communist country could pull it off. I encourage anyone with, at least, the slightest interest to track down the DVD of this... I've only ran into one other person that has seen it and we couldn't stop talking about it. So thanks 'Faithless' for bringing this film to my attention. While we are on the subject of Doco-Movies, another interesting film is one called 9/11 and this one has no Michael Moore propaganda and doesn't come from any angle at all. It is a documentary by a couple of French brothers, about fire fighters in New York. They are following a new recruit at Battalion 1 and after about a week or so in September 2001, he still hasn't been to a major fire or incident... that all changes when they are sent to a gas leak and they see (and film) a plane flying low in the city. In the distance they see it fly into the tower and they rush there.... while still not knowing what is going on. The footage is different to what we have seen over and over, for the sole reason that a lot of it was taken inside one of the towers. It is edited with complete respect for the the families of the victims, with no actual footage of the falling victims.... and there were more of them than I had realized. It is an emotional insight into the events of that day, as they unfolded.
Sorry, this song blog has turned into a movie blog... it will be business as usual again tomorrow.