Catherine- Four Leaf Clover - Catherine- Four Leaf Clover

What this video is

Released July 1996 as a single from Catherine's second and final album Hot Saki & Bedtime Stories (TVT Records, September 1996), this video captures a Chicago alternative rock band orbiting the gravitational pull of the Smashing Pumpkins during alt-rock's commercial peak. Directed by Floria Sigismondi through Revolver Films — the same production house that launched her career with Canadian acts — the video…

Why it matters

Documents the mid-90s Chicago alt-rock underground at the moment of its widest MTV exposure, while simultaneously functioning as an early-career artifact of Floria Sigismondi — one of the most consequential music video directors of the era. The video bridges the raw indie-rock aesthetic of the…

The director

Italian-Canadian director and photographer born 1965 in Pescara, Italy; raised in Hamilton, Ontario. Studied at Ontario College of Art and Design. Entered music video directing via Revolver Film Co. in Canada. Career spans music videos for Marilyn Manson,…