Secret Project Revolution

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Movie
German title secretprojectrevolution
Original title secretprojectrevolution
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2013
length 17:03 minutes
Rod
Director Madonna , Steven Klein
script Madonna, Steven Klein
production Madonna, Steven Klein
music Abel Korzeniowski

Secret Project Revolution ( secretprojectrevolution , original spelling ) is a short film by the American singer Madonna , which was made in collaboration with Steven Klein . The short film is part of Art for Freedom , a project that campaigns for the preservation of artistic freedoms and equality . The film was made during and after Madonna's MDNA tour . Both Madonna and the dancers of the MDNA Tour can be seen as protagonists in the film. The film has been available for free via BitTorrent since September 24, 2013 and is also available on YouTube .

action

The film begins with images of an imprisoned Madonna. Sirens can be heard in the background and a speech she made during a performance at the Olympia can be heard. The scene continues into a room in which a group of people are (the dancers on their MDNA tour). They are shot by her, and none of them resist or try to flee. A quote from Jean-Luc Godard appears :

All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl.

"All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl."

- Quote from Jean Luc Godard

Then you see Madonna, handcuffed , being dragged down a corridor by guards . She is taken to the cell where she was seen at the beginning of the film. Pictures of a man who is being tortured by several people are shown and those of a dancer who is dancing in the room in which all of Madonna's people were previously shot. During these scenes you can hear her voice again in the background. This time she reports on the grievances and suffering she saw during her MDNA tour and talks about the growing intolerance towards the various people she spoke to during her tour. She advocates starting a revolution and complains that because of her gender , image and appearance, she is not being taken seriously.

Nevertheless, she calls for a revolution. Too much talent and creativity, in their opinion, is wasted and not recognized. A pattern is emerging that history is repeating itself and democracy no longer seems to exist. Another dancer is shown. This time Martin Luther King's speech I Have a Dream can be heard in the background . The scene ends with an examination of another man and call Madonna, a revolution of love (in the original English. Revolution of Love to start).

Then another dance scene begins. A man, dressed only in underwear, dances in front of soldiers and other men, while a burning pram is shown. In the background you can again hear speeches that Madonna made during her tour in various cities around the globe. In all of the speeches she appeals for more equality , love and tolerance .

In the end, the second scene in which she arbitrarily shot people is shown again, but this time backwards. Once again she asks to start a revolution and a quote from Jean-Paul Sartre is faded in:

Freedom is what we do with what's been done to us.

"Freedom is what we do with what has been done to us."

- Quote from Jean-Paul Sartre

background

Madonna got the idea for the film after she noticed several grievances around the world during her MDNA tour. During her tour, she gave a speech in every city in which she encouraged people to become more involved. Among other things, she supported the punk rock band Pussy Riot , Malala Yousafzai and the election campaign of Barack Obama . The short film was broadcast on oversized street screens in various metropolises around the world. Most of the music played in secretprojectrevolution comes from her motion picture WE Costumes and shoes featured in the film are part of an unreleased collection designed by Madonna.

Reviews

The majority of the short film received poor ratings. The New York Post did not award any of the four possible stars. The Slant Magazine awarded a mixed review:

"The film is beautifully shot, art-directed, and costumed, with shades of" Vogue, "" Die Another Day, "and X-STaTIC Pro = CeSS, her 2003 art installation with Klein, evident throughout. Madonna looks as svelte and as sexy as ever, donning a platinum wig with bangs coincidentally not unlike that of Susanne Sachsse's über-militant in The Raspberry Reich. The entire project, at least aesthetically, recalls the artist's peak of provocation in the early '90s, a fact only reinforced by the scratchiness of her speaking voice, evocative of the raw vocals on her 1992 magnum opus, Erotica.Unlike that Madonna, however , today's Madonna tempers her revolution with vague, quasi-new-age platitudes about love. "

- Sal Cinquemani : Slant Magazine

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.artforfreedom.com
  2. ↑ a b c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U93frWrToI
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXfXrl4K2D4
  4. ^ Secret Project Revolution at tvspielfilm.de
  5. ↑ http://nypost.com/2013/09/25/madonnas-secretprojectrevolution-should-stay-hidden/
  6. ↑ http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2013/24/radical-chic-madonna-unveils-short-film-secretprojectrevolution