'A Question Of Time' was the first promo to be directed by Anton Corbijn who immediately made clear his strange and surreal agenda by shooting the video in black and white, with the band holding babies and a strange man on a motorbike moving in and out of view.
Anton was an unusual choice perhaps, as the band had only ever encountered him once before in an early photo session for the NME. In true Corbijn style, he had shot Dave completely out of focus for the front cover feature, much to Dave's annoyance, leading the band to assume that he must have hated their music. "As unbelievable as it may seem, all our respective image changes over the years have been of our own choosing and until Anton became involved, there was no continuity to the DM image. In fact, some of the earlier promos are embarrassing to the extreme. We allowed ourselves to be walked over by a series of not very good directors practising their trade - Julian Temple springs to mind. Anton's arrival was certainly a relief although our acting abilities have hardly improved with all the experience we've had!" |