Okay, Mr. Franco, we'll change your grade in Music Video Production 101 from an "incomplete" to a "C." When R.E.M. released their final album, Collapse Into Now, in 2011, the band announced a "film project" that was supposed to see each track made into a music video by well-known directors, artists etc. including Albert Maysles, Sam-Taylor Wood, Lance Bangs and, yes, James Franco. Well, a year and a half later, Franco has finally finished his contribution to the project with this clip for R.E.M/Patti Smith collab "Blue." So why the hell did it take him so long to finally deliver the video? Maybe he got lost while cruising around Los Angeles looking for iconic SoCal locations -- and waiting for the perfect Lindsay Lohan/Terry Richardson photo shoot? Franco was supposed to make a video for Collapse track "That Someone is You" as well, which has yet to materialize.
Okay, Mr. Franco, we'll change your grade in Music Video Production 101 from an "incomplete" to a "C." When R.E.M. released their final album, Collapse Into Now, in 2011, the band announced a "film project" that was supposed to see each track made into a music video by well-known directors, artists etc. including Albert Maysles, Sam-Taylor Wood, Lance Bangs and, yes, James Franco. Well, a year and a half later, Franco has finally finished his contribution to the project with this clip for R.E.M/Patti Smith collab "Blue." So why the hell did it take him so long to finally deliver the video? Maybe he got lost while cruising around Los Angeles looking for iconic SoCal locations -- and waiting for the perfect Lindsay Lohan/Terry Richardson photo shoot? Franco was supposed to make a video for Collapse track "That Someone is You" as well, which has yet to materialize.
