Steven Wilson - PERSONAL SHOPPER (Official Video)

"The song PERSONAL SHOPPER sits somewhere between being a love-letter to shopping (which I love to do!) and the uneasiness I feel about the more insidious side of modern consumerism. Lucrecia’s blackly comic video captures that dilemma perfectly." - Steven Wilson

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“The track is a social criticism of consumerism and how we fill our lives with unnecessary goods to feel important, special or loved. But the truth is, the feeling of unhappiness won't go away with the next pair of sick trainers. Those feelings will only go away when we look within, and if we don't... well, then we're going to end up with a lot of stuff around us, but still pretty empty. Luckily the track being 6 minutes gave me the opportunity to develop an interesting narrative. I wanted to create a fictional world in which people buy goods and the transaction would not only be money but also a part of their body, alluding to the concept of the more you look for answers outside, the more you disappear on the inside.” Lucrecia Taormina, Director

Director: Lucrecia Taormina
Executive producer: Luke Tierney
Production company: FRIEND
Producer: Joseph Goldman
Casting Agency: Lane Casting
Casting Director: Hannah Ashby Ward

Cast:
The Consumer: Robert Lane
Cash Lady: Paula Benson
Shop Owner 1: Jill Buchanan
Shop Owner 2: Stephen Wale
Shop Owner 3: Amy Gallagher
Worshipper 1: Ocean Navarro
Worshipper 2: Karlu Solomon
The Thief: Romano Solano
The Shopper: Steven Wilson

Director of Photography: Pieter Snyman
Editor: Meg Thorne
SFX: Natasha Lawes
Grade: Richard Fearon
Production Designer: Oliver Hogan
Movement Director: Simon Donnellon
Styling: Flora Huddart
Wigs, Hair & Nails Artist: Natasha Lawes
Makeup Artist: Andrea Gomez Anzola

TFB Product Rendering:
Miles Skarin, Crystal Spotlight

VFX Artists:
Kelvin Chim, Steve Hawken, Rob Chandler, Abi Tomasiewicz

Crew:
Production Manager: Hugo Holford
Production Coordinator: Ash Teague
First Assistant Director: Ty Hack
Second Assistant Director: Heini Susanne
Steadicam Operator: Doug Walshe
Focus Puller: Phil Heron
Grip: Charlie Wyldeck - Flowers
Clapper Loader: Rob Hawkins
Camera Trainee: Jack Plumbridge
Gaffer: Peter Bishop
Sparks: James Leech, Matt Simmons
Spark 1st Day - Simona Pran
Spark 2nd Day - Greg Probert
Lighting Trainee - Josh Wood
SFX Prosthetics Assistant - Jess Heath
SFX Prosthetics Trainee - Alice Platts
Art Department Assistants: James Middleton, Rupert Wilson
Stylist Assistant: Molly Robinson
Runners: Joe Coulson, Tara Sadeghi, Tom Stuart
Location Manager: Dean Whittaker

Edit House: Cut + Run
Edit Producer: Maggie McDermott
Edit Assistant: Rob McGuire
Post House: Black Kite
Post Producer: Polly Durance

Commissioned by Natalia Maus