The The - Angels of Deception

What this video is

Released in November 1986, 'Angels of Deception' exists within the politically charged climate of Thatcherite Britain - a period marked by the defeat of the miners' strike, the US bombing of Libya, and the deepening 'special relationship' between Reagan and Thatcher. Matt Johnson's Infected album was an explicit broadside against these forces, and the accompanying visual film was a radical act of promotion:…

Why it matters

A key document in the evolution of the music video as an art form, part of the first commercially funded full-album visual companion in rock history. The Infected suite demonstrated that alternative UK artists could command major-label budgets for formally ambitious, politically uncompromising…

The director

Alastair McIlwain is a British animator and director whose screen credits include the animated films Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) and Heavy Metal (1981). He directed the 'Angels of Deception' music video as part of the Infected: The Movie suite (1986/1987)…