Wednesday, 8 August 2012

MERRELL FANKHAUSER: Area 51 (Dir. Jon Downes)

I'm rather proud of this. Not only is it the first pop video that I have directed which didn't feature either me, my band, or some mate of mine screaming avant garde nonsense, but I almost got arrested by Special Branch whilst making it. Although Area 51 is in Nevada, it was filmed in North Cornwall outside GCHQ.

Worryingly for the state of the nation's security, the base security forces noticed the fat hippy with an expensive camera but failed to notice to relatively small teenagers (one dressed in an alien mask) and a large, bumbling dog with impressive jowls.

The police were very nice to me when we spoke on the telephone, and I am pretty sure that I have avoided being sent to some secret interrogation facility on Diego Garcia, as they seemed to believe everything I said (which was good, considering that it was the pure and unadulterated truth)


I would like to thank the three kids:

Jessica Taylor
Hunter Ayling
Greg Braund-Phillips

You were all fantastic, and I hope that Rob gives me a budget next time so we can do the car chase scene that Greg wanted so badly.

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