Vincent Moon / An Interview

 Vincent Moon was born Mathieu Saura in Paris in 1979. At the age of 18, while studying the theory of film and photography, he decided to absorb as many influences as possible, even at the price of absolute oversaturation. In photography, he was most inspired by Michael Ackerman and Antoine D’Agata. Some years later, his discovery of the work of Peter Tscherkassy led him to film.

In 2006, influenced by the film Step Across the Border – a documentary about English guitarist Fred Frith – he and his friend Chryde decided to create the music- and film-themed podcast The Take Away Shows, a series of short music documentaries about musicians improvising in unusual places. Thanks to the speed of the Internet, this podcast became a worldwide sensation within a few weeks. Over a number of years, he managed to shoot about three hundred music videos, short films and documentaries. REM, Beirut, Grizzly, Caribou, Wicleff Jean and Sigur Rós are some of the protagonists of Moon’s films.

Vincent Moon / Rozhovor

Znáte Vincenta? Jestli ne, tak byste měli. Vincent je totiž jeden z nejproduktivnějších filmařů, který chodí po týhle planetě - za posledních pár let natočil víc než 300 krátkých filmů, videí a dokumentů. A nejenže točí hodně, točí taky zatraceně dobře. U jeho videa máte pocit, že hudebníkům dejcháte na záda a jezdíte po hmatníku. Vincent umí blízkost a intimitu.A my ho máme rádi. A nejenom my - R.E.M., Mogwai, Arcade Fire, Lhasa de Sala, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, Caribou, Wyclef Jean, Sigur Rós a stovky dalších ho mají rádi taky. Rozhovor nám dal během zastávky v Paříži, kam se vrátil, aby sestříhal svůj poslední projekt Boomtown Babylon.