Phoenix - Funky Squaredance

What this video is

Released in 2000 as part of Phoenix's debut album 'United' (Source Records), 'Funky Squaredance' emerged from the same fertile Parisian creative ecosystem that produced Air and Daft Punk. The video represents a unique intersection of Hollywood cinema pedigree and French indie pop experimentation: Coppola brought an essayistic, anti-commercial filmmaking philosophy to what would ordinarily be a promotional artifact.…

Why it matters

A canonical artifact of French indie pop's first global wave, this video documents the Versailles/Paris scene's cross-pollination with American cinema culture at the turn of the millennium. As a music video it is formally significant for dismantling genre conventions entirely, functioning instead…

The director

Roman François Coppola (born April 22, 1965, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and music video director. Son of Francis Ford Coppola, he co-founded The Directors Bureau production company in 1996. He directed…