Duran Duran - Out Of My Mind

What this video is

Released in March 1997 as a tie-in single for the Paramount Pictures Val Kilmer film The Saint, 'Out of My Mind' occupied a culturally liminal space: Duran Duran were a legacy act from the New Romantic/MTV era navigating the post-Britpop landscape while their parent album Medazzaland (Capitol Records) leaned into darker, more introspective territory. The video's deployment of a gothic Central European castle,…

Why it matters

Represents a key document of Duran Duran's mid-career sonic and visual reinvention, bridging their glossy New Romantic origins with a gothic atmospheric sensibility. As a soundtrack placement on a major Hollywood film, it also exemplifies the mid-1990s synergy between major label pop acts and…

The director

Dean Karr (born 22 February 1965, Seattle, Washington) is an American photographer and director of music videos, commercials, and films. He attended Washington State University (BFA) and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Known for gothic and…