During the Cold War at the beginning of the Space Age, the Soviet Union was rumored to have two space programs – one a public program, the other a secret ‘black’ one, in which dangerous and sometimes downright suicidal missions were attempted. Cosmonauts would be shot into orbit without the means or resources to get them home, stranded in an expanding orbit around earth, slowly pulling away, frozen in space for eternity. I wanted to create a kind of formal and slightly nostalgic vibe. At the same time, I wanted it to feel untethered to an exact era — not specifically in the past. I shot in Portland Oregon and a little in Romania and I was really inspired by Russian cinema and Communist propaganda posters. It was an ambitious idea and I’m really stoked that Deschutes Brewery and North were able to help support the production of this video for Wolf Parade’s great song, Yulia. – Scott Coffey

Lyrics of / Paroles de : Yulia, by Wolf Parade

Diamonds in the face of night time

Watch them as they float along

I was up there floating with them

And you know that I am gone

The radio sings a patriot’s song, it’s the devil that you know

Yulia

We were standing on the platform

The favorite sons of history

While you’re back in Prostronaya

Writing in your diary

They flip on switch at mission control and I’m never coming home

Yulia

Oh! I woke up from a fever dream

Oh! Of floating in the salty sea

I’m stranded up here floating along

and my heart beats slow and I hope they

Bring my body back

Yulia

So when they turn the cameras on you

Baby please don’t speak of me

Point up to the dark above you

As they edit me from history

I’m 20 million miles from a comfortable home

And space is very cold

Yulia

There’s nothing out here nothing out here nothing out

nothing out here nothing out here there’s nothing out here

nothing nothing out here nothing out here nothing nothing out

Director, Writer – Scott Coffey

Production and Editorial – NORTH

Cinematographer – Chris Hornbecker

Compositing – YardVFX

Visual Effects and Color – John Dames

Production Design – David Storm

Prop Stylist – Bowen Ames

Special Effects Make Up – Christina Kortum

Cosmonaut – Blair Mastbaum

Yulia – Katy Beckemeyer

Blond Soviet – Josh Pavlacky

Soviet #1 – Dan Frazier

Soviet #2 – David Storm

Soviet #3 – Scott Coffey

[bravelydone]

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