Whether you’ve attempted to fool yourself into thinking you’re as badass as the Beastie Boys in “Sabotage,” or suddenly found yourself curiously intrigued by every character that John Malkovich has played since 1999, the fact is this: at one point in your life you were obsessed with director/photographer/generally-dope-human-being Spike Jonze and his work.
Being asked to pick your favorite Spike Jonze work-of-art is quite similar to learning how to lip-synch the lyrics of The Pharcyde’s “Drop” backwards: nearly impossible.
There are far too many great moments in his wide-breadth of a career to focus solely on one. While it is quite apparent that OC Founders Carol Lim and Humberto Leon have a personal taste for Jonze’s 35-milimeter archive photos, we were dying to know everyone else’s personal faves.
So we asked some of the A-list guests at the OC Fall/Winter 2015 presentation the hard-hitting question:
What is your favorite Spike Jonze moment?
"I just spoke with Spike and told him that a lot of his work—like "Oh So Quiet" by Björk and Beastie Boys’ "Sabotage"—inspired me as a director and really made me want to go to film school and learn the trade. Everything that he did was sort of interesting because it spoke from his aesthetic and style. At that time, a lot of the music videos were coming out—it wasn’t in this moment of contrivance. Everyone was speaking from their own style and it was cool to see that he had a sense of humor, he was fun, and that he came from the skate subculture. It really just showed his fun spirit and sense of humor and I think he’s been someone who never necessarily took himself too seriously. I feel like in the world of music videos, people are so focused on this false image and Spike was always just so playful and I always appreciate that." —Vashtie
"My favorite photo of his from this exhibit is the one from the Biggie video with the little kids and the Lil’ Kim girl and all that. I also like all of the collages for sure." —YG
"When I think of Spike, I think of the early skateboard photos. I grew up looking at magazines and [his photos] were in magazines at the time. I’m just so nostalgic when I see it now. But since they’re so that time-period and the way they photographed them. It isn’t really like that in the business now and skateboarding was really fun back then and in these photos it looks like they’re goofing around having fun. That’s what I kind of try to do today with kids and it’s a way different ball game. He captured a good time in that world. I’m a big fan of the music videos too! I’m just such a sucker for when we were younger and everything back then. It’s harder to keep it up and come out with something new now and not have it look so forced is really. But yeah, the skate photos really nail it for me." —William Strobeck
"Björk’s "It’s Oh So Quiet" video is amazing! I’m a huge Bjork fan. I remember discovering her because I used to steal my uncle’s CDs and then she had released
Being asked to pick your favorite Spike Jonze work-of-art is quite similar to learning how to lip-synch the lyrics of The Pharcyde’s “Drop” backwards: nearly impossible.
There are far too many great moments in his wide-breadth of a career to focus solely on one. While it is quite apparent that OC Founders Carol Lim and Humberto Leon have a personal taste for Jonze’s 35-milimeter archive photos, we were dying to know everyone else’s personal faves.
So we asked some of the A-list guests at the OC Fall/Winter 2015 presentation the hard-hitting question:
What is your favorite Spike Jonze moment?
"I just spoke with Spike and told him that a lot of his work—like "Oh So Quiet" by Björk and Beastie Boys’ "Sabotage"—inspired me as a director and really made me want to go to film school and learn the trade. Everything that he did was sort of interesting because it spoke from his aesthetic and style. At that time, a lot of the music videos were coming out—it wasn’t in this moment of contrivance. Everyone was speaking from their own style and it was cool to see that he had a sense of humor, he was fun, and that he came from the skate subculture. It really just showed his fun spirit and sense of humor and I think he’s been someone who never necessarily took himself too seriously. I feel like in the world of music videos, people are so focused on this false image and Spike was always just so playful and I always appreciate that." —Vashtie
"My favorite photo of his from this exhibit is the one from the Biggie video with the little kids and the Lil’ Kim girl and all that. I also like all of the collages for sure." —YG
"When I think of Spike, I think of the early skateboard photos. I grew up looking at magazines and [his photos] were in magazines at the time. I’m just so nostalgic when I see it now. But since they’re so that time-period and the way they photographed them. It isn’t really like that in the business now and skateboarding was really fun back then and in these photos it looks like they’re goofing around having fun. That’s what I kind of try to do today with kids and it’s a way different ball game. He captured a good time in that world. I’m a big fan of the music videos too! I’m just such a sucker for when we were younger and everything back then. It’s harder to keep it up and come out with something new now and not have it look so forced is really. But yeah, the skate photos really nail it for me." —William Strobeck
"Björk’s "It’s Oh So Quiet" video is amazing! I’m a huge Bjork fan. I remember discovering her because I used to steal my uncle’s CDs and then she had released