Pure Anna Is A Speed Freak - Pure Anna Is A Speed Freak

What this video is

Released in October 1996 on Pure's self-founded Shag Records label following the band's departure from Warner/Reprise, 'Anna Is A Speed Freak' captures a pivotal moment in Canadian alternative rock — the post-grunge indie underground asserting creative independence from major label infrastructure. The song became a key driver of the re-released Generation Six-Pack's success on the Canadian campus chart. The video's…

Why it matters

A document of mid-90s Canadian alternative rock at a moment of maximum DIY creative energy. The Sigismondi direction elevates a campus-radio single into an art object, prefiguring the director's internationally acclaimed body of work and demonstrating the cultural richness of the Canadian indie…

The director

Italian-Canadian director, photographer, and screenwriter born 1965 in Pescara, Italy; raised in Hamilton, Ontario. Graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design. Began as a fashion photographer before transitioning to music video direction via The…