Monday, February 21, 2011

Kanye West, say "Thank You"

In an effort to give credit when others don't, I would like to point out that a title sequence in a new music video from Kanye West pulls directly from Gaspar Noe's film "Enter The Void," without crediting the film in any way. To be clear, I'm not saying that either the director of the video, Hype Williams, or that Kanye West are evil, idea stealing, hate-demons. In fact, I applaud Kanye West for introducing many people to Daft Punk with his song "Stronger," which featured "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger," by Daft Punk. I just wish the "All Of The Lights" video would at least make some kind of nod or reference to Gaspar Noe.

Kanye West - "All Of The Lights"


Title sequence from "Enter The Void" (2010, dir. Gaspar Noe)


I would also like to thank /Film for bringing this to my attention. In their article, they cover a few more details than I did: http://www.slashfilm.com/kanye-west-channels-enter-void-latest-video/#more-98558