[Music Video] Fully Flared by Spike Jonze

[X.]

Wait till 2.00, and you will be rewarded -- very handsomely.

"Heaven" is one of the standout tracks from the 2008 UNKLE album End Titles – Stories for Film, an eclectic collection of recordings inspired by the moving image.

"Heaven" was used in the acclaimed skate film Fully Flared directed by Spike Jonze and Ty Evans. The collaboration inspired the directors to take footage and re-edit a sequence of shots that shows the Lakai skateboarding team demonstrate their considerable skills as they negotiate various exploding obstacles. With Heaven as the musical backdrop, the resulting marriage of sound to picture is quite extraordinary. No CGI was used and as far as we know no skateboarders were hurt while shooting this particular sequence, though that is hard to believe in some of the shots.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/sJTJR83wWfI&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/sJTJR83wWfI&rel=1</a>

[theoddball]

Awesome.

[shariqq]

Just making it slow-motion doesn't make it exceptional. I thought it was strictly ok.

[theoddball]

Shreq, it's not the slo-mo by itself. It's the subject matter, the slo-mo, and the excellent music put together.

[X.]

In addition and concurrence to Odd's point above, it's a miracle none of these guys...died...while making this 'no visual effects' stuff. Brilliant video.

[fizz]

Pretty fucking amazing! I thought "explosive" was being used metaphorically in that descriptive text, but it was literally exploding. And I'm getting that UNKLE album now...

[X.]

I'm listening to it now, and will post my mini-review/ thoughts soon. You should do the same!