Rating 4.7 out of 5.
This video uses an interesting reverse tactic to illustrate the story of a tragic accident. The video starts out with Chris Martin, the band’s lead singer waking up on a mattress in a run-down urban area. He sings the lyrics to the song as we follow him in reverse through a city, railroad tracks, a forest and eventually to an old BMW he was driving. At the end, we realize the reason for his loneliness and wandering. We find out that he swerved to avoid a truck and his girlfriend was thrown out the windshield of the car because she had removed her seat belt to put her jacket on.
This video used this reverse film style to the best extent possible. I was really impressed with several shots in the video, particularly the one where Chris Martin is seen walking in reverse with the railroad tracks directly behind him (Fig 1). This could’ve been a great picture in and of itself and I feel it did capture the sense of loneliness portrayed in the video. I am a big fan of this style of filmmaking and I would give this video 4.7 out of 5 for excellent usage of a wonderful genre.
Johnny G
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