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ARKANAR

The city of Arkanar is a fictional place where fanaticism has replaced science, ideology has replaced truth and lust has replaced love. Its roots can be found in the work of the Russian writers’ Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, who once inspired, for example, Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker (1979) and Aleksei German’s Hard to Be a God (2013). Without imposing any specific signs of space-time, the creators of the music video tried to show man’s departure from this city, its infernal nature and destruction. Video for the song Arkanar is the closing song in Arturs Skutelis’s album Lavīna – a story in which the main character tries to regain the lost memory with the help of music. Both the clip and the song use a melody written on the buttocks of the sinner in Early Netherlandish master Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights (1500).

  • Antons Barons
    Writer
    Script writer
  • Arturs Skutelis
    Writer
    Script writer, Song writer
  • Antons Barons
    Director
    Director
  • Dāvids Smiltiņš
    Director Of Photography
    D.O.P.
  • Reinis Vilnis Baltiņš
    Director Of Photography
    Drone operator
  • Uģis Vālodze
    Music Composer
    Author of music
  • Alise Golovacka
    Music Composer
    Keyboard instruments
  • Arturs Skutelis
    Music Composer
    Sound director, mix & mast
  • Mārcis Jansons
    Producer
    Producer, executive producer
  • Vita Kalve
    Producer
    Creative Producer, production coordinator
  • Arturs Skutelis
    Key Cast
    "Main Artist"
  • Aksels Līcis
    Key Cast
    "Boy of Arkanar"
  • Gustavs Zālitis
    Scenography
    Scenographer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    ARKANAR
  • Project Type:
    Music Video
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 30, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Latvia
  • Country of Filming:
    Latvia
  • Language:
    Latvian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, 4k
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Youtube
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: Internet
Director Biography - Antons Barons

After graduation of Riga School of Design and Fine Art, Antons had worked as a painter. After finding his real passion - motion image he started his film studies in audiovisual arts production, later moving on to film directing since 2016.

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Director Statement

While making this music video Antons has strived to compliment the theme of the song , by fabricating metaphorical visual language, supplementing the lyrics of the song. Also the director was interested in overstepping the bounds of Hip Hop genre, to see how it could be different, but still hip hop nonetheless.