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Duranalysis: Arcadia’s Election Day

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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)

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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!

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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

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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

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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: Planet Earth

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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 […]