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Justified provocation?
So I was very curious to see what was so shocking about "Stress"... Then, I read that the video was directed by Romain Gavras from Kourtrajme Productions (quite famous French team of directors, artists, actors) which was already a sign that the video would be pretty different from what we were used to with Justice. I mean Romain Gavras is not an amateur... he already showed his talent by making DJ Mehdi's video "Signature" which was already kinda disturbing...
"Stress" is even more: the video follows a group of teenagers wearing black blazers with Justice's famous Cross symbol on their back... walking around in Paris, attacking people on their way, beating them up, destroying everything around them... its violent, brutal and it totally matches the song's name... pure Stress.
Most of all it is very realistic... Im French, I lived there for 20 years of my life and I know that these things DO happen... maybe its not as extreme as the video shows it, but yeah, there are always some guys who will just feel like attacking the first person they see or simply destroying things for absolutely no reason...
Why? I have no idea, I guess its just anger... but its a too simple answer. and it would take hours to try to explain what make these kids so angry.
This video is not very shocking for what it shows (maybe it will be shocking for you... I mean these things just don't happen in Japan). What disturbs me is why a band like Justice decided to make that kind of video?
Thing is, the guys from Justice they know exactly what they are doing... they are good, they know how to build their image and make people talk about them. I mean, their album was released last summer and see, we still talk about it like it was something totally new... These guys are good!
Now, Im wondering what exactly was their message or goal with that video... I don't mean that Im against it, (the film in itself is a very good piece of work in my opinion... reminds me of some masterpieces like "A Clockwork Orange" or the exellent "La Haine"). Im just curious about what kind of reaction they expect from people who will watch this video... Do they want to provoke them? to make them angry?
These past two days people have been talking a lot about "Stress", lots of them criticize Justice, saying that this video will encourage teenagers to act violently... (which is the usually reaction when there is something a bit provoking, and I think it is stupid... most people are able to make the difference between a movie and reality) Others say that the video will stigmatize youngsters even more... which should really be avoided... there are already enough problems in France, and their image is already bad enough.
Or, is this video a way to attract a broader audience? Do Justice wants to take over the kind of teens from suburb who usually are more into dirty hip hop than hype electro?
Im wondering what non French people will think about this video... espeically Japanese people who usually have a very nice and neat image of France...
Anyway... once again people are gonna keep talking about Justice for a very long time!! And these guys deserve it... they are pure genius! (And the "good" news is that Romain Gavras is gonna be the one working on Justice Live Tour DVD... very promising!)
No more talking here is the video: Please watch it!!!
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