FAITH NO MORE singer Mike Patton and Jean-Claude Vannier, who recently issued the “suave and slinky” (Consequence Of Sound) album “Corpse Flower” (Ipecac Recordings), has released the official music video for “A Schoolgirl’s Day”. The clip, which was created by Nino Del Padre, features footage from the 1962 low-budget classic film “Carnival Of Souls”.
Del Padre said of the pairing: “It’s almost as if the film was created for this song.”
“When I first listened to “A Schoolgirl’s Day,” I fell in love with the intense and ominous track. I also knew that coming up with a concept for the video would be challenging as Ipecac gave me full creative control. I spent a few days brainstorming and I had the track on loop while surfing the web for inspiration when I remembered a 1962 low-budget classic, Carnival of Souls. While watching parts of the movie with the song playing, I knew I had something that might work.
After spending some time editing a demo, I realized that this was going to work better than I thought, and I had something special. It’s almost as if the film was created for this song. The plot follows Mary Henry (Candace Hilligoss), a young woman whose life is disturbed after a car accident. The film has been named as a precursor to the works of various filmmakers, including David Lynch, George A. Romero, Lucrecia Martel, and James Wan.”
