things well done | benjamin steiger levine ::
:: Benjamin Steiger Levine is a wickedly talented filmmaker and music video director from Montreal, Canada.
This video for Socalled’s “You Are Never Alone” is an example of his charming, quirky, wonderfully cinematic style. Given his surrealist aesthetic and love of special effects driven storytelling, it’s not surprising that Steiger Levine has been drawing Michel Gondry comparisons of late.
[The video above loads quickly in China, but for a higher quality version, click here.]
Steiger Levine joined Toronto-based Spy Films in December 2008. On the company’s blog, there’s a short Q&A with him — about a recent video for Beast’s Mr. Hurricane. See more of his reel here.
For those in Shanghai, Socalled is performing tonight (Saturday, May 2) at Yuyintang (along with ) as part of the series presented by Spli-t Works and transmitCHINA. Other visiting bands from the Great White North include (yesterday), and and Hollerado (tomorrow). Local support from and Crazy Mushroom. All the bands will also be playing in Zhenjiang this weekend for the MIDI Festival. Support those crazy Canucks, eh? Bravo, well done. // PL
[Panthea Lee is a guest contributor on 56minus1.]
