: Much of the video features a Steenbeck editing table , showing the "Body Paint" video itself being edited, which Brook Linder describes as visualizing the process where "symbolic imagery is created (and where that process can fall apart)".
: A standout sequence features a large-scale, revolving zoetrope , an idea that reportedly came to the director in a dream .
While some viewers see the lyrics as a story of infidelity—identifying "body paint" as a physical giveaway of a secret affair—many fans and critics view it as a meta-commentary on .
: It was shot primarily on 16mm Ektachrome film , a discontinued Kodak stock that provides an intensely nostalgic, high-contrast look.
The official video for by Arctic Monkeys is a cinematic deep dive into the art of filmmaking and the "trace" of a public persona that lingers on an artist. Directed by Brook Linder and creative directed by Ben Chappell , the video serves as a vintage, symbolic companion to the band's seventh album, The Car . 🎬 Cinematic Style and Vision
The video is heavily inspired by and the "paranoid thrillers" of the era, specifically the work of cinematographer Gordon Willis and director Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View .
: Filming took place between London (Versa Studios) and Springfield, Missouri . 🕵️ Interpretations and Themes
