Interpol - Heinrich Maneuver

From Wikipedia:

"The video for "The Heinrich Maneuver" was released on June 26, 2007. It is a single take of the main character, a woman in a white dress, shown in extreme slow motion applying lipstick and walking towards her demise, being hit by a bus. This overlays three other characters whose reactions to the event unfold in a mixture of speed altered motion, initially proceeding forward and then reversing. A man taking out his cellphone, a vogue lady screaming, and a waiter running to the scene. The woman featured unwittingly walks in front of a moving bus whose impact is cut short by the screen turning black as the song's outro is cut short."

This is a pretty old song that I by chance came across again. It's a good one. I would like to talk about the music video. The first time I saw it I just thought it was odd. Upon seeing it again, I think its absolutely genius. Not only the concept of a people stuck in different time lines very interesting, there also is another element that makes this video great. Basically, its one very slow take. This allows for the view to actually listen to the song. Often, music videos are quite distracting to those who want to listen to the song. A new trend is to make mini-movies for music videos. I don't immediately eschew this idea, but its about the music and not the video.

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-Link to the original video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GpcrxlSNU8