Dire Straits: Money for Nothing

Music Video
1985
5m

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Music video for the 1985 Dire Straits single "Money For Nothing". The iconic video mixtures advanced animation technology and footage from the band performing the song, seen by the animated ... Read allMusic video for the 1985 Dire Straits single "Money For Nothing". The iconic video mixtures advanced animation technology and footage from the band performing the song, seen by the animated characters such a factory worker and a dog.Music video for the 1985 Dire Straits single "Money For Nothing". The iconic video mixtures advanced animation technology and footage from the band performing the song, seen by the animated characters such a factory worker and a dog.

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- Steve Barron
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7.4/10

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Director
- Steve Barron
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Awards
- 2 wins & 10 nominations total

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8rangesterling

Unique video

One of favorite videos as a kid, it was weird, but good.

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Trivia
In the video are featured scenes of a theoretical video named "Sally", performed by "Ian Pearson Band". This video is fictional, as Ian Pearson was a technical animator who with Gavin Blair created the iconic rotoscope effects for the Dire Straits' video. These effects can be seen over Mark Knopfler and the band when they playing at a concert, watching them totally or partially colored.

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Mark Knopfler: Now look at them yo-yos, that's the way you do it You play the guitar on the MTV That ain't workin', that's the way you do it Money for nothin' and your chicks for free Now that ain't workin', that's the way you do it Lemme tell ya, them guys ain't dumb Maybe get a blister on your little finger Maybe get a blister on your thumb,