John Cassavetes had Gena Rowlands under his influence, and Martin Scorsese always managed to bring out the bull in Robert DeNiro. Turns out that the person to thank for Dave Matthews’ finest acting performance in the last few years isn’t Hugh Laurie, or the director of Lake City—it’s Johnny St. Ours!
St. Ours, whose work covers anything and everything between heaven and Earth, served as the director of photography for the lead video from Dave Matthews Band’s new album, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. (He makes a few mentions of the project on his blog.) The video, for "Funny The Way It Is," follows Matthews through a few long tracking shots while he tries on a few coats, toys with magnifying glasses and plays a bit of air guitar. You can watch the complete video here.
I’ve seen a few of Dave’s acting performances, and should say that his finest characters are usually caricatures of his live presence. St. Ours does a great job bringing these characters out of Matthews. How about more collaborations in the future, you two?
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