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Beyoncé And Jay Z Star In ‘Bang Bang’ Part One

Posted on September 15th, 2014
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Staff Editor

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Are you ready? The first of three videos has surfaced starring music’s favorite power couple: Jay Z and Beyoncé. With the close of their electrifying On The Run tour in Paris, France, fans unable to watch the chemistry on stage can view it from their screens in their short film Bang Bang. Director Dikayl Rimmasch and Nowness premiere the first set of visuals, opening up the Bonnie and Clyde love story.

“Two American outlaws speed through the Californian desert in a dusty 1960s Pontiac GTO with a manifest poise and stylish swagger that could only be embodied by the world’s foremost musical couple: Beyoncé and Jay Z. Directed by the New York-based filmmaker and photographer Dikayl Rimmasch, Bang Bang is a trilogy of short films starring Mr and Mrs Carter’s filmic alter egos, appearing throughout their two-and-a-half month long tour, On the Run, which celebrated its finale on Saturday at Stade de France in Paris. Rimmasch was introduced to Beyoncé and Jay Z via Mark Romanek, and with a creative cohort in the war photojournalist William Kaner put together a filmmaking approach and aesthetic inspired by French new wave cinema and the powerful intimacy of legendary independent director and mentor, Les Blank. Rimmasch’s stripped-back process paid dividends, allowing an incredibly fast, shoot-from-the-hip style using custom camera rigs that he had designed, 50-year-old Russian lenses and lighting effects by Archie Ciotti and Scott Spencer.”

Bang Bang Part Two will air Tuesday (Sept. 16) just ahead of the couple’s HBO special, On The Run Tour: Beyonce and Jay Z, airing Sept. 20. Watch part one on the following page.

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