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Michael Stipe and Tom Gilroy have been friends and collaborators for more than three decades now, on an amazing range of film, music and political projects.
And that long, close friendship helped inspire Stipe to create his first music since R.E.M. disbanded in 2011 — which Salon premieres exclusively today in the above video clip.
It’s a really sensational soundscape that accompanies bonus footage from Gilroy’s new film “The Cold Lands,” which is now available to stream on video-on-demand.
Over the last three years, Stipe has focused on sculpture, silkscreens and more visual and tactile art. Many of the very cool pieces fill his New York apartment, where Stipe, Gilroy and I met last Friday afternoon to discuss the music — why he wanted to do this piece and whether there will be more — and other projects he’s been up to over the last three years.
Did you have any choice in selecting the footage? It’s amazing how it feels like you — it’s this edgy, sexy, shirtless footage, and it really captures a different sense of the film. There are secrets being whispered by the water, and these images of water have run through your songs over the years, whether “Nightswimming” or “file under water.”
Michael Stipe: Tom is one of my best and oldest friends; we’ve known each other for 32 years. I knew what he was putting into this film. And I knew, symbolically, what certain things meant to him. So I wanted the peacock and I wanted a scene at the waterfall. I actually didn’t care if there was talking. If there were scenes where there would be dialogue, you’re seeing their mouths move, but nothing’s happening. In fact, I find that kind of thrilling. It makes you wonder what’s happening.
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