The rugged, mountainous, old-timey beauty of the Georgian countryside is excellently evoked in Waltz, a highly innovative music video created for the popular Georgian band Mgzavrebi. For Lado Kvataniya (a welcome regular on Dn’s pages) known for the Russian-language thriller The Execution as well as working with Husky in Russia and Kanye West and Cardi B in the USA, this film was an opportunity to get back to his Georgian roots. Mixing different film stocks as well as shooting in both colour and black and white, moving between the countryside and the city, Waltz is a gorgeous evocation of starting a new family while honouring one’s roots. With intuitive editing and some incredible footage – including the rendering of a baby being born! – it is a deeply emotional music video that betrays a strong willingness to push the music video form forward. We caught up with Kvataniya for a conversation about mixing different media,...
- 3/15/2023
- by Redmond Bacon
- Directors Notes
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