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The Cranberries

Director
Bayer, Samuel
Year
1994
Category
Music Video
Genre
Alternative Rock
Country
Ireland
Producer
Friedman, Doug
Director of Photography
Bayer, Samuel
Editor
Zumbrunnen, Eric
Studio
HSI Productions

The video features footage of Irish children filmed by Bayer during the war and footage featuring graffiti and around the streets of the country; he lied about filming a documentary about Irish peace-keeping efforts, and had a rifle pointed at his camera when he told a soldier the actual purpose of the footage. Interspersed with the footage are of two sets of scenes. One features the iconic visuals of a golden Dolores behind a cross with a rope on the top of it, with golden angel children around her, all on a black background with red, empty trees. The other scenes are clips of the band performing the anti-war protest song in a warehouse. The video was edited by the late Eric Zumbrunnen, who edited the video for Weezer's "Buddy Holly" video for Spike Jonze and later edited that for The Smashing Pumpkins' "Tonight, Tonight" for Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. -EmisAway