Closer (director’s cut music video)
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"Closer (director’s cut music video)" is the uncensored, visually provocative version of Nine Inch Nails’ iconic 1994 music video, renowned for its disturbing surreal imagery and controversial religious and sexual symbolism.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
director’s cut
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music video ⓘ |
| artist | Nine Inch Nails NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Nine Inch Nails NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAlbum | The Downward Spiral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnSong | Closer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cameraFormat | film ⓘ |
| censorshipStatus | uncensored version ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| containsSymbolism |
Christian religious imagery
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animal imagery ⓘ medical and scientific apparatus ⓘ sadomasochistic themes ⓘ sexual fetish imagery ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Mark Romanek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
home video release
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online video release ⓘ television-banned version ⓘ |
| era | 1990s ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental music video
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industrial rock music video ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasReputation | one of the most controversial mainstream music videos of the 1990s ⓘ |
| hasVersion | censored broadcast version of Closer music video ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
fetish photography
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religious iconography ⓘ surrealist art ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadPerformer | Trent Reznor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial religious symbolism
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disturbing surreal imagery ⓘ sexual imagery ⓘ |
| partOf | Nine Inch Nails video catalog ⓘ |
| performer | Nine Inch Nails NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Interscope Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationToOtherVersion | extended and uncensored cut of the original Closer music video ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
body horror
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religion ⓘ sexuality ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| title | Closer (director’s cut) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
provocative
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surreal ⓘ |
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