A unique new form merging film and music into a dark subconscious stew set to the music of Chelsea Wolfe's 2013 album Pain is Beauty.
Cinematography
Pellington paints with shadows; every frame could hang in a gallery.
Score
Wolfe's entire album reimagined as visceral, body-horror lullabies.
Direction
Pellington's grief-informed eye turns pain into something almost sacred.
Director
Mark Pellington
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pellington directed Pearl Jam's 'Jeremy' and literally invented the sad music video — this is him 20 years later, stripped of all commercial obligation.
Released free online before streaming 'visual albums' became Beyoncé's thing — Wolfe and Pellington were doing this in 2014 while everyone else was still making Vine loops.
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