Closure (1997) (V)

Directors:

Jonathan Rach
Mark Romanek

Release Date:

25 November 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

A two video set from the band Nine Inch Nails. The first tape consists of all NIN's music videos, including...

Plot Keywords:

Music Video | Tour Documentary | Violence | Torture | Concert Film

Cast

Trent Reznor	...	Himself
Robin Finck	...	Himself
Charlie Clouser
Danny Lohner	...	Himself
Richard Patrick	...	Himself (segment "Head Like a Hole")
Chris Vrenna	...	Himself / Podboy (segment "Head Like a Hole")
James Wooley	...	(segment "Head Like a Hole")
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ginger Fish	...	Himself (segment "Documentary")
Bob Flanagan	...	Slave (segment "Happiness in Slavery")
Madonna Wayne Gacy	...	Himself (segment "Documentary")
Jessicka	...	Herself
Marilyn Manson	...	Himself
Jeordie White	...	Himself (segment "Documentary") (as Twiggy Ramirez)
Zim Zum	...	Himself (segment "Documentary")

Also Known As:

Halo 12 (USA) (informal alternative title)
Nine Inch Nails: Closure

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Certification:

Canada:R

Company:

Acme Filmworks

Movie Connections:

Features Electrocuting an Elephant (1903)

Who does NIN hire to do their music videos?

I borrowed this tape from a friend who likes NIN, yet he said this tape was a gift he didn't ask for and wouldn't have asked for. I watched it knowing what I would see was going to be something sick. It's kind of weird, because the first tape is like a documentary on acid, yet it does have a sense of humor, a first for NIN. One who watches it cannot help but laugh at the scene where the group throws everything they can at an exit sign to knock it down, including beer bottles, couches, chairs, and so on. I found myself enjoying this tape, as twisted and distorted as it was. Then came the second tape, which was an assortment of their music videos, complete and uncut. It was here that the enjoyment of the music and the madness took a downfall. It gets particularly disturbing. I originally had an interest in buying this tape, but the video "Happiness in Slavery" was enough to make me run the other way(I don't want to get into the details). Who do they hire who are willing to participate in portraying such sick activities as depicted on these music videos? It's a mystery! I don't think I'll know what NIN or Trent Reznor's trademark of technical distortions and sick imagery really means or why they are doing it, but a little bit of really sick stuff never hurts, as long as it stays within a boundary that's watchable.