The broken movie is a short film made in 1993 to promote the broken. It contained music videos for songs off the broken ep but it is. Gave up plays at the end of the film, where a killer is shown mutilating and murdering a. With trent reznor, james duval, bob flanagan, nine inch nails. Broken 1993 film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Singer, songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, and producer trent reznor was the only permanent member of the band until the addition of english musician atticus ross in 2016. The broken film, which is about 20 minutes long, is structured to look like a discarded found object. I used to hang out with an older crowd and my buddy came back from cleveland with a bootleg vhs of it. Nine inch nails infamous unreleased snuff film now online. It is presented as a snuff film, about 20 minutes in length, interspersed with broken s four music videos and includes its own video for the song gave up as its conclusion. Watch nine inch nails disturbing broken short film nsfw. Nine inch nails 20year old broken film is too violent for.
But as my fellow nin superfan rob galuzzo rightly pointed out in that article, many of the most eyeballburning, stomachchurning clips featured therein are parts of a larger project the 20minutelong promotional film for the bands 1992 minialbum broken. May 07, 20 yesterday, the nine inch nails broken film an oftbootlegged, never officially released, snuffstyle music video collection was officially released for the first time on vimeo after. Nine inch nails 20year old broken film is too violent for vimeo. But he did make a few vhs copies of it and gave them to friends. The video as a whole was a conceived by trent reznor and peter christopherson as i understand. In this episode of full disclosure, richard patrick explains why the fbi thought nine inch nails down in it video was a snuff film and how the investigation ended up as a report on hard copy. Essentially one long extended music video for the broken ep, made to look very convincingly like a snuff film.
Nine inch nails broken film is scariest video ive ever seen. Nine inch nails, commonly abbreviated as nin stylized as ni, is an american industrial rock band formed in 1988 in cleveland, ohio. In fact despair by spk easily tops it with its authentic footage of autopsies and corpse abuse. The band called nine inch nails is the industrialalternative rockmetal in broken era. Reznor and nine inch nails performing in a cage surrounded by lunatic fans. Broken explicit by nine inch nails on amazon music. Nine inch nails extremely graphic broken short film.
Nine inch nails broken also known as the broken movie is a 1993 short film featuring four music videos from the broken ep with. Apr 26, 2016 in 1993 nine inch nails released the 20 minutes short film broken often referred to as the broken movie featuring 4 music videos from the broken ep. Trent reznor presents his dark vision of the ep broken by telling the story of a man kidnapped and forced to watch nine inch nails videos, disturbing in. For those unfamiliar with the term, a snuff movie is a movie in which an actor is actually murdered or. Nine inch nails finally release extreme snuff film broken nsfl written by marc zanotti on may 7, 20 trent reznor has finally released a 20minute short film, titled broken, which. The decision to string the music together as a snuff film was intentional. I immediately bought it, smuggled it home in my jacket, and waited. In 1993 nine inch nails released the 20 minutes short film broken often referred to as the broken movie featuring 4 music videos from the. Anyway, getting back to this supercool, underground, snuffish film. Omfg nine inch nails releases incredibly rare broken. The horrifying, controversial and secret history of the.
Opening title the broken movie is a short film made in 1993 to promote the broken ep, released in 1992. At the films start, we see polished, professional footage of a man about to be hung, but then the scene shifts to shittylooking handheld vhs footage as a car drives through town, eventually stopping in front of another man, who is then filmed in a basement while hes tied up and held hostage. I remember it was the early 90s and i was only 14 or so. Its very violent and extremely graphic, which are a couple of reasons why i really. Broken is something i cant force myself to make it through. The film was never released, but made the rounds via leaked copies. Way back in 1992, nine inch nails released the broken ep, perhaps trent reznors most purely aggressive album to date. Directed by serge becker, peter christopherson, eric goode. Sure, snuff was cheap exploitation of the lowest order, and the socalled real murder looks laughable by modern makeup effects standards horrible performances dont help either, but shackletons marketing campaign which included hiring fake protesters to picket theaters showing the film got plenty of asses in seats, and.
It is presented as a snuff film, about 20 minutes in length, interspersed with brokens. Oct 02, 2012 fans of nine inch nails and loud music know the story of the broken ep, but for those less familiar, here is the readers digest version. Since then, the broken movie has gone on to achieve an almost mythical status as lost or banned footage even though its technically neither. Broken and the snuff films of nine inch nails horror freak news.
This is nin broken movie but its just the gave up part with all the snuff film parts. Ironically, the same guy tried to claim there was a laserdisc out there that included a last video, and that i could buy a copy. Apr 26, 2016 the nine inch nails short film known as the broken movie is up online, but nobody knows for how long. Its a 20minute short film designed to look very much like a snuff film. Trent reznor presents his dark vision of the ep broken by telling the story of a man kidnapped and forced to watch nine inch nails videos. Twenty years ago, peter christopherson directed the broken movie, a short film that collected nin s videos from the broken ep as a snuff film. English broken informally known as the broken movie is a 1993 horror musical short film and longform music video filmed and directed by peter christopherson. The nine inch nails short film known as the broken movie is up online, but nobody knows for how long. Nine inch nails was launched into superstardom after being introduced to the world on the first lollapalooza tour in 1991. And its realistic enough to look like an honesttogod snuff film. A video clip from the unreleased movie broken by nine inch nails i own nothing just sharing it with the world. Broken nine inch nails ep, 1992 broken soulsavers album 2009 broken straight faced album 1996 songs.
Friendsweird times indeed as the news seems to turn ever more grim by the hour, weve found ourselves vacillating wildly between feeling like there may be hope at times to utter despair often changing minute to minute. The movie was filmed and directed by peter christopherson. This 1993 short film, directed by peter christopherson, collects the videos from the nin broken ep and ties them together as a snuff film. Story behind infamous viral vhs snuff film shocking longform music video was both ahead of its time and compellingly of its time. Slicing up eyeballs points to a post on nine inch nails tumblr page, on which trent reznor has posted a 1993 short film made in conjunction with the bands broken ep, directed by peter sleazy christopherson, of throbbing gristle and coil fame the video, which is highly disturbing and presented as a snuff film though were pretty sure nobody was actually killed for the.
May 06, 20 twenty years after its creation, nine inch nails mastermind trent reznor today finally released broken, the 20minute, highly graphic short film directed by peter christopherson. It was released on september 22, 1992, by nothing, tvt, and interscope records. Broken informally known as the broken movie is a 1993 horror musical short film long form music video filmed and directed by peter christopherson, based on a scenario by trent reznor, the founder of the industrial rock band nine inch nails. Yesterday, the nine inch nails broken film an oftbootlegged, never officially released, snuff style music video collection was officially released for the first time on vimeo after. Dec 24, 2009 music video by nine inch nails performing wish. May 07, 20 nine inch nails finally release extreme snuff film broken nsfl written by marc zanotti on may 7, 20 trent reznor has finally released a 20minute short film, titled broken, which. Then the murderer,who wears plastic mask like the snuff filmmakers from last house on dead end. The extremely graphic film was directed by peter christopherson of throbbing gristle, coil, and. Rumors even swirled that it actually was a snuff film. Its very violent and extremely graphic, which are a couple of reasons why i really dig it. The camera work closely resembles that of an amateur snuff film, while there. Nine inch nails infamous unreleased snuff film now.
Story behind infamous snuff film shocking music video was both ahead of its time and compellingly of its time. May 06, 20 slicing up eyeballs points to a post on nine inch nails tumblr page, on which trent reznor has posted a 1993 short film made in conjunction with the bands broken ep, directed by peter sleazy christopherson, of throbbing gristle and coil fame. Broken also known as halo 5 is an ep released on september 22nd 1992. It was never officially released due to its graphic content, but was leaked in the 90s and became a widelytraded vhs bootleg. Nine inch nails and trent reznor have been around since 1988 and are still going strong nine inch nails musicworthadamn nin after muddy woodstock im guessing. Notice agerestricted video based on community guidelines category. Although not technically so, broken is usually considered nine inch nails second major release after pretty hate machine since it consists entirely of new material. It was made to look like a snuff film, and some viewers were convinced it was. Broken, a 2006 film broadcast by horror channel broken 2012 film, a british comingofage drama film by rufus norris broken 20 film, a nigerian drama film by bright wonder obasi. Broken, by lindsey haun from the film broken bridges broken, by jack johnson from singalongs and lullabies, soundtrack for the film curious george. The horrifying nine inch nails movie trent reznor doesn. In 1993 nine inch nails released the 20 minutes short film broken often referred to as the broken movie featuring 4 music videos from the broken ep.
Needless to say, if you appreciate nine inch nails and arent weak to gore i would recommend. It is based on an idea by trent reznor, founder of industrial rock band nine inch nails, and is a companion piece to the 1992 nine inch nails ep broken. May 06, 20 premieres \ nine inch nails extremely graphic broken short film surfaces 20 years later images of sex, murder, and cannibalism make up the nsfw 1993 feature. It is presented as a snuff film, about 20 minutes in length, interspersed with brokens four music videos and includes its own video for the song. The amount of violence and disgusting shit on screen doesnt bother me as much as it makes me feel weird and distressed. It feels kind a horror crimedrama and metal music, too. The fact that its still so hard to find only adds to its notorious reputation. Trent reznor presents his dark vision of the ep broken by telling the story of a man kidnapped and forced to watch nine inch nails videos, disturbing in their own right, while being tortured. The film is a companion piece to the bands 1992 ep broken, featuring its songs and music and compiling. Music watch nine inch nails take fans questions live at chicagos reckless records.
Broken is a collection of music videos from the album of the same name with faux snuff interludes to tie things together. Broken is an infamous nine inch nails pseudo snuff video that its not as shocking as its reputed to be. Nine inch nails finally release extreme snuff film broken. The extremely graphic film was directed by peter christopherson of throbbing gristle, coil, and hipgnosis design group. Watch nine inch nails graphic, unreleased short film broken. Nin art director rob sheridan on broken controversy.
We, as viewers, take what we want from the artist, critiquing imperfections and claiming ownership to that which was never truly ours in the first place. The framing story was designed to look like a snuff film, presumably. Nine inch nails 20year old broken film is too violent. Apr 26, 2016 the downward spiral was well received by fans and critics, and cemented nine inch nails status as a premier band of the 1990s. The film itself consisted of segments shot in the style of an amateur snuff movie based on a scenario by trent reznor. Then, the leaked bootleg short film released in 1993 called nine inch nails. According to the official nine inch nails tumblr, this 1993 short film, directed by peter christopherson, collects all of the videos from the broken ep and ties them together as a snuff film. It is presented as a snuff film, about 20 minutes in length, interspersed with brokens four music videos and includes its own video for the song gave up as its conclusion. The extremely graphic film was directed by peter christopherson of throbbing gristle, coil, and hipgnosis design group fame. Vhs tapes of the film exist, torrents of the film were made by trent in 2006, and the film was put up by download, also by trent, in 20. Due to its extreme graphic content, the broken movie was never officially released.
The movie wove broken s four music videos together via a violent snuff film and included its own video for the song gave up as its conclusion. The broken movie is a short film made in 1993 to promote the broken ep, released in 1992. Twenty years after its creation, nine inch nails mastermind trent reznor today finally released broken, the 20minute, highly graphic short film directed by peter christopherson. It was never officially released due to its graphic content, but was leaked in the 90s, and became a widelytraded vhs bootleg. Word of god himself, it was intentionally designed to be as realistic and borderline snuff film. The downward spiral was well received by fans and critics, and cemented nine inch nails status as a premier band of the 1990s. Upset with his record label trent reznor recorded, in. This intense visual was created by peter christopherson of throbbing gristle, coil, and hipgnosis design group. Until one day, i was at a record shop looking for some halo in particular, when i picked up a vcd. The ep was produced by frontman trent reznor and flood the release consists entirely of new material and replaces the synthpop style of the bands 1989 debut album pretty hate machine with a. It is based on an idea by trent reznor, founder of industrial rock band nine inch nails, and is a companion piece to the 1992 nine inch nails ep br.
Reznor posted the movie to nin s vimeo channel today, warning that it contains extreme violent and sexual content. Nine inch nails broken also known as the broken movie is a 1993 short film featuring four music videos from the broken ep with wraparound segments shot in the style of an amateur snuff film. The horrifying nine inch nails movie trent reznor doesnt. Trent reznor produced a short film featuring the songs on the ep, which became known as the broken movie. Broken is a 1993 horror musical short film and longform music video filmed and directed by peter christopherson. Nine inch nails snuff movie for broken ends up on archives side. Broken 1993 trent reznor presents his dark vision of the ep broken by telling the story of a man kidnapped and forced to watch nine inch nails videos, disturbing in their own right, while being. One year later, reznor partnered with peter christopherson founding member of. May 04, 2016 but as my fellow nin superfan rob galuzzo rightly pointed out in that article, many of the most eyeballburning, stomachchurning clips featured therein are parts of a larger project the 20minutelong promotional film for the bands 1992 minialbum broken. Code oranges shade balderose is quickly becoming one of the most interesting, creatively ambitious characters in metal. It was followed in 1993 by a short film, roughly 20 minutes in length, known as the broken movie. May 06, 20 this 1993 short film, directed by peter christopherson, collects the videos from the nin broken ep and ties them together as a snuff film. Feb 17, 2019 broken, also known as the broken movie, was a short horror film made in 1993 to promote the nine inch nails ep of the same name.
Reznor once claimed that it made the aforementioned happiness in slavery video look like a disney movie. Broken, also known as the broken movie, was a short horror film made in 1993 to promote the nine inch nails ep of the same name. Shocking longform music video was both ahead of its time and. I still remember buying a copy from someone on alt. The horrifying, controversial and secret history of the snuff. Fans of nine inch nails and loud music know the story of the broken ep, but for those less familiar, here is the readers digest version. Way back in 1992, nine inch nails released the broken ep, perhaps trent. Reznor believes gibby haynes of the butthole surfers leaked the infamous broken movie after reznor saw the fake snuff film that director and founding member of throbbing gristle and coil peter christopherson had created for nin s broken ep, he decided not to officially release it. Balderose recently sat down with us to share his thoughts on why nin s disavowed, viral vhs snuff film, broken, is the scariest music video ive ever seen in my life and how it inspires him to make something that has the same impact. Nine inch nails finally release extreme snuff film.
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