Handsome Furs - I'm Confused

What this video is

Released in early 2009 as the lead single from Face Control, Handsome Furs' second Sub Pop album, this video arrived during a pivotal moment for indie rock music video culture — post-MTV gatekeeper dominance but pre-algorithmic YouTube optimization. The band, a Montreal-based duo of Dan Boeckner (of Wolf Parade) and Alexei Perry, used the video format to translate their synth-punk Eastern European-influenced sound…

Why it matters

Represents a high-water mark of late-2000s indie horror-narrative video craft. The clip merges performance and genre filmmaking in a way that anticipates the more cinematic ambitions of music video production in the streaming era. As the lead single from Face Control, it served as a defining…

The director

Scott Coffey (born May 1, 1964) is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. Raised in Kailua, Hawaii, and educated in Rome, Italy, he launched a Hollywood acting career in the early 1980s, appearing in John Hughes productions and multiple…