FACE TO FACE - VIDEO #1

 
 
 

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  Description:  
  The band:  Siouxsie Sioux, Steven Severin, Budgie.  Although both Martin McCarrick and John Klein play on this track, they were not asked to appear in the video.  Tim Burton asked the Banshees to write/record the theme song for 'Batman Returns'.  The result of which was 'Face To Face'.  The understanding was that Tim Burton would also direct the video for the song.  So enthused was the film maker that he showed the band preliminary sketches of characters that he would include in the shoot, some of which would ultimately end up in his own film 'A Nightmare Before Christmas'.  However, preview audiences showed signs of not enjoying Burton's original ending for the film, in which Catwoman dies, and he was called back to re-edit/shoot a new ending.  Burton's renewed schedule meant that he was no longer available to shoot the video and he handed the reigns over to Neil Abramson.  The video itself is grandly Gothic, in the true sense of the word, with beautiful sets throughout.  Siouxsie looks stunning in her appropriation of the Catwoman look , tight, black, rubber/vinyl backless dress with the obligatory stiletto boots.  Severin and Budgie are relegated to Penquinesque grotesques, shuffling, bowing and at one point swinging from the rafters like sleeping Vampire bats.  The band footage is inter-cut with scenes from the film.  Classic moment; Siouxsie reclines on a Chaise Lounge, gazing into a mirror that is backed with a close-up of the face of the Mona Lisa.  
     
  Director:  
  Neil Abramson  
     
  Availability:  
  Hidden Video on The Best Of (Sound & Vision) DVD included in error
Batman Returns 2 Disc Special Edition DVD