''Resigned'' is a 1997 album by singer-songwriter
Michael Penn
Michael Daniel Penn (born August 1, 1958) is an American musician, singer and composer. He is noted for the 1989 single " No Myth", a top 20 hit in the US and successful in several other countries.
Early life
Penn was born in the Greenwich Vi ...
.
"Try" music video
A
music video
A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device ...
for "Try", the opening song from the album, was directed by
Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970), also known by his initials PTA, is an American filmmaker. He made his feature-film debut with '' Hard Eight'' (1996). He found critical and commercial success with ''Boogie Nights'' (1997) and received ...
. Penn had written the score for Anderson's film ''
Boogie Nights'', and the music video was shot with the crew, and certain members of the cast, of the film while it was in post-production. The entire music video is filmed in an over three minute
long take
In filmmaking, a long take (also called a continuous take or continuous shot) is a shot with a duration much longer than the conventional editing pace either of the film itself or of films in general. Significant camera movement and elaborate bl ...
(a technique Anderson frequently uses in his films) in downtown
Los Angeles
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in the longest hallway in
North America, which is over a quarter of a mile long.
The video features Penn walking briskly down the narrow hallway through various vignettes which allude to ''Boogie Nights'' and 70s pop culture, such as a
dance marathon referencing the film ''
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?''.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive supporting and character roles—typically lowlifes, eccentrics, underdogs, and misfits—he acted in many films and theatrical produ ...
makes two appearances in the video, the first time handing Penn a microphone and a guitar, the second time holding a boom mic in front of him. Hoffman is wearing a ''
Planet of the Apes
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'' T-shirt and a jacket with the words "Angels Live in My Town" printed on it (a reference to ''Boogie Nights'').
Thomas Jane
Thomas Jane (born Thomas Elliott III; February 22, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for appearing in the films Padamati Sandhya Ragam (1987), ''Boogie Nights'' (1997), '' Deep Blue Sea'' (1999), '' The Punisher'' (2004), '' The Mist'' ( ...
and
Melora Walters
Melora Walters (born October 21, 1959) is an American actress. She is best known for her starring roles as Wanda Henrickson in the television series ''Big Love'' and Kathy Kone in '' PEN15'', and has appeared in several Paul Thomas Anderson films. ...
are also among the cast members from ''Boogie Nights'' who make small appearances in the video.
The music video was included on the
New Line
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created.
New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
Albums and EPs
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...
Platinum DVD edition of ''Boogie Nights''.
Track listing
Personnel
*Michael Penn - guitar, vocals
*
Brendan O'Brien Brendan O'Brien may refer to:
*Brendan O'Brien (bishop) (born 1943), Roman Catholic archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
*Brendan O'Brien (cricketer) (born 1942), Irish former cricketer
*Brendan O'Brien (journalist), senior Irish journalist on R ...
- bass
*
Patrick Warren
Patrick Warren (born March 26, 1957) is an American musician, composer, and record producer. He is known for his work on the films ''Magnolia'', ''Fifty Shades of Grey'', '' Boogie Nights'' and ''Red State'', as well as the television series ' ...
- keyboards
*Dan McCarroll - drums
*Tommy Cooper - string arrangement on "Small Black Box" and "I Can Tell"
*Mike Clark - narrator on "I Can Tell"
See also
*
List of one-shot music videos
This is a list of one-shot music videos filmed in one long take by a single camera or manufactured to give the impression it was. One of the most famous music video directors for this genre is Michel Gondry, who has done many of his videos in th ...
References
External links
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1997 albums
Michael Penn albums
Albums produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer)
Epic Records albums