Duranalysis: John Taylor’s In the Pleasure Groove versus Andy Taylor’s Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran John Taylor’s memoir, In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death & Duran Duran, […]
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Duranalysis: Arcadia’s Election Day
Plans were originally in place to have Ridley Scott (!) direct Arcadia’s 1985 video for “Election Day,” but when his production schedule for Legend conflicted, Scott suggested Roger Christian, who’d […]
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Duranalysis: Arena (An Absurd Notion)
For the past, oh, several months, I’ve been loosely planning on doing one of my Duranalysis thingymabobs on Arena (An Absurd Notion), Duran Duran’s 1984 Russell Mulcahy-directed science fiction-themed […]
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Duranalysis: Girl Panic!
In Duran Duran’s dazzling, gorgeous, nine-and-a-half-minute Jonas Åkerlund-directed video extravaganza for “Girl Panic!”, a flock of big-name supermodels of days past—Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Eva Herzigova, Helena Christensen, […]
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Duranalysis: Sing Blue Silver
Sing Blue Silver, the 1984 documentary about the 79-day North American leg of Duran Duran’s 1983-1984 world tour, is a fascinating glimpse into the rarified lives of the […]
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Duranalysis: Girls on Film
Fair warning: I’m going to be looking at the uncensored Night Version of the video for Duran Duran’s 1981 hit, “Girls on Film,” which is the porny version […]
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Duranalysis: Arcadia’s Goodbye Is Forever
Sometimes it’s all about Nick. My apologies in advance to Simon, who is doomed to get a little shortchanged in the praise department this time around. I’d feel […]
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Duranalysis: Lonely in Your Nightmare
Of the three videos Duran Duran shot with Russell Mulcahy whilst in Sri Lanka, “Lonely In Your Nightmare” is both the least known and the least impressive. Granted, […]
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Duranalysis: Planet Earth
Here we are, back where it all began. “Planet Earth” was Duran Duran’s very first video from their very first single off of their 1981 debut album. It […]
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Duranalysis: Is There Something I Should Know?
You know, I planned this all wrong. Back when I first embarked upon this ongoing analysis of Duran Duran videos, I opted to tackle them in random order […]