The Arcade Fire’s enigmatic Miroir Noir opens with its most authentic moment: the band faces each other in the middle of an audience and gingerly eases into “Wake Up”. The fans bunch awkwardly around them as Win Butler intones into a ghetto-taped megaphone. Renowned for their sojourns into the crowd, this particular gimmick is usually configured as a populist transgression of the supposed boundary between performer and audience. But this footage shows indie’s high priests seeming uneasy among the faithful, who appear to share the feeling. No species of direct connection is sought. Even in such close quarters, the act of leveling can only be achieved through the conduit of the music.
Vincent Morisset
Director
Win Butler
Himself
Régine Chassagne
Herself
Will Butler
Himself
Richard Reed Parry
Himself
Tim Kingsbury
Himself
Jeremy Gara
Himself
Sarah Neufeld
Herself
Western Stars70%
David Byrne's American Utopia74%
Junun72%
Hired Gun70%
The Up in Smoke Tour76%
Dua Lipa: Studio 205490%
Live Aid79%
Avicii: True Stories79%
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten72%
We Are Twisted Fucking Sister!65%
OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)78%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Harry Styles: Behind the Album85%
Iron Maiden: Rock In Rio85%
Springsteen on Broadway79%
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones76%
Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids73%
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story75%
Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams78%
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert80%
