Shan Jayaweera6. Johnny Cash - Hurt directed by Mark Romanek
April 19th 2008 07:36
This clip is one of the most emotional I have come across - it's the late great Johnny Cash doing a cover of the Nine Inch Nails song Hurt. He makes it his own. And there is so much pain it really does hurt - probably more moving in five minutes than the whole film Walk The Line. Caash is 6 months away from his death and his wife June Carter Cash who is pictured in the video is a few weeks away from her death.
It features a mixture of Cash singing and playing the guitar and Piano in the run down House of Cash museum as well as archive footage from Johnny Cash's career. This is intercut with shots of Jesus on the Cross. The editing builds and the cutting gets quicker as the song reaches its big climax. The penultimate shot is an archive shot of cash with guitar as he looks up at the camera it feels like he is looking straight through you as you have just watched his entire life pass before you. The shot goes for half a second. It's brilliant, beautiful and really touching. Mark Romanek has made the final tibute video to a legend - Hurt by Johnny Cash - enjoy
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