ANDREW MCMAHON HAS MORE TO SAY ABOUT STEPHENIE
Andrew McMahon of Jack’s Mannequin shares more information about how the video for The Glass Passenger came about.
Band’s new video
Author Stephenie Meyer, whose hugely successful vampire novels make their feature-film debut with “Twilight” in November, came up with the concept for the band’s new video, “The Resolution.” McMahon was told by a friend’s wife that Meyer was a fan. She includes a few Jack’s tracks on the online play lists that accompany each of her novels.
“We weren’t finding a story we really connected to, and that made sense for the song,” recalls McMahon. “In a brainstorm, I realized here is this woman who has written these books whose aesthetic has appealed to so many people.”Meyer submitted a video treatment and the band loved it. And no, “The Resolution” isn’t the dark vampire tale one might expect from the author.
“The mermaid was as (fantastical) as we got. … She was even laughing about it – that everybody thinks we’re going to shoot a vampire video,” says McMahon, who is finishing up “Twilight” now. “I couldn’t get into a room and let the woman direct the video unless I’d taken in her art as well.”
Slightly old news, but I like how it came about that Stephenie and Andrew hooked up. Stephenie Meyer fans are everywhere….watch out we’re taking over the world. I like the video so much that I think Stephenie should consider directing other things. What do you think?
