Richard Marx - Satisfied

What this video is

Released in spring 1989 as the lead single from 'Repeat Offender,' this video arrived at the precise apex of the MTV-driven AOR commercial cycle. Propaganda Films — co-founded by Sena alongside David Fincher and others — was at that moment the single most influential music video production house in the United States, responsible for defining the visual language of late-1980s mainstream rock and pop. The video's…

Why it matters

A canonical example of late-1980s AOR music video production, 'Satisfied' demonstrates Propaganda Films' mature commercial formula: narrative-performance hybridity, rapid MTV-optimized editing, and aspirational working-class visual settings. It sits at the intersection of arena rock's commercial…

The director

Dominic Sena (born April 26, 1949, Niles, Ohio) began his career as a cameraman in the early 1980s and co-founded Propaganda Films in 1986. He worked on over 100 music videos, winning awards including the Eastman Kodak Certificate of Visual Excellence. His…