mf SAM BAYER "One of the lessons I learned in don't need of training to create a great painting. You have to dig inside of yourself and create something that comes from your art school is that you 25 years heart and soul. MTV was like an experimental film school for me. I've also been influenced by abstract painters and photogra¬ phers. Take all those things, mix them up and you have a picture of who I am as a filmmaker. Chinese folklore refers to an inner eye. I think that's what allows us split-second decisions can't articulate until you see it through the lens. to make that you It's a combination of intuition and experience. Stanley Kubrick was one of my heroes. I had a zoom lens he had developed for Barry Linden pulled out of moth balls for a commercial where I wanted a particular effect. I can't explain the technology, but I knew it was the right thing to do. I also know if I use a certain film and push it two stops on a dark city street, I'm going to create an emotional response that is more powerful than words. I think the mark of a great music video, commercial motion picture film lies in the answer to this question: Is it or flavor of the month or timeless?" Sam Bayer graduated from The School of Visual Arts in New York City. He was a "starving" painter before he directed and shot his first music video, Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit in 1991. It topped the MTV Best Music Video of All-Time List in 1998. x Bayer has subsequently directed and shot 150 music videos and 200 television commercials. He has earned numerous awards for his short form work. Currently he ssome is'preparing to direct his first feature film, a remake of 1971's Vanishing Point. NFor an extended interview with Sam Bayer, \ visH the Kpdak website at wwW.kodak.com/go/onfilm \ To order Kodak motion picture film, (800) 621-FILM. www.kodak.com/go/motion © Eastman Kodak Company, 2004. Photography: ©2004 Douglas Kirkland call WUrnmUr wMKKMIl i||d[