"Burn" is a song recorded by American

industrial rock Industrial rock is a fusion genre that fuses industrial music and rock music. It initially originated in the 1970s, and drew influence from early experimental and industrial acts such as Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubauten and Chrom ...

band

Nine Inch Nails Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN (stylized as NIИ), is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988. Its members are the singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Trent Reznor and his frequent col ...

for the

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to the 1994 film ''

Natural Born Killers ''Natural Born Killers'' is a 1994 American romantic crime action film directed by Oliver Stone and starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., Tommy Lee Jones, and Tom Sizemore. The film tells the story of two victims ...

''. It was released as a

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from the soundtrack. The song was included as a bonus track on the 10th anniversary deluxe edition of ''

The Downward Spiral ''The Downward Spiral'' is the second studio album by the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released on March 8, 1994, by Nothing Records in the United States and Island Records in Europe. It is a concept album detailing the self-de ...

'' in 2004. Live performances of the song are featured on ''KROQ Christmas 2005'' and the concert film '' Beside You in Time''.

Music video

The music video was co-directed by

Hank Corwin Hank Corwin is an American film editor. He has been nominated for three Oscars for editing the films '' The Big Short'' (2015), '' Vice'' (2018), and '' Don't Look Up'' (2021). In addition, he has been nominated for two BAFTA Awards for Best Ed ...

and

Trent Reznor Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. He came to prominence as the founder, lead singer, multi-instrumentalist, and primary songwriter of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. T ...

. The video features Reznor performing in front of a

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displaying a montage of

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and footage from the ''Natural Born Killers'' film. The stock footage and rear-projection techniques used in the video are similar to the ones employed in much of the film. Csaba Toth contributed a detailed reading of the video in his article "Like Cancer in the System: Industrial Gothic, Nine Inch Nails, and Videotape":

References

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