{"id":9884,"date":"2010-11-19T20:30:57","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T20:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=9884"},"modified":"2012-09-02T14:13:02","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T13:13:02","slug":"interview-garth-jennings-and-nick-goldsmith-on-the-hammer-and-tongs-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2010\/11\/19\/interview-garth-jennings-and-nick-goldsmith-on-the-hammer-and-tongs-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith on The Hammer and Tongs Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The directing and producing duo Hammer and Tongs<\/a><\/strong> (aka Garth Jennings<\/a> and Nick Goldsmith<\/a>) have a new DVD out which features their various music videos for artists such as Blur, R.E.M., Pulp and Vampire Weekend.<\/p>\n

The collection also features various audio commentaries from band members featured in the collection, including Jarvis Cocker, Graham Coxon, Norman Cook and Ezra Koenig.<\/p>\n

Garth and Nick first started making videos in the early 1990s for dance act SL2<\/a> and gradually began to make promos for acts including\u00a0Pulp<\/a>, Eels<\/a>, Fatboy Slim<\/a>, Supergrass<\/a>, Blur<\/a>, R.E.M.<\/a>, Beck<\/a> and Vampire Weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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There are also various short films on the DVD that showcase their work from 1998 until 2009, including behind-the-scenes footage from the various videos and their two feature films so far, The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy<\/a> (2005) and Son of Rambow<\/a> (2008).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The tracklisting for the DVD is as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. Blur: “Coffee & TV”<\/li>\n
  2. Vampire Weekend: “A Punk”<\/li>\n
  3. Vampire Weekend: “Cousins”<\/li>\n
  4. Radiohead: “Nude”<\/li>\n
  5. R.E.M.: “Imitation of Life”<\/li>\n
  6. Pulp: “Help the Aged”<\/li>\n
  7. Pulp: “A Little Soul”<\/li>\n
  8. Supergrass: “Low C”<\/li>\n
  9. Supergrass: “Pumping on Your Stereo”<\/li>\n
  10. Bentley Rhythm Ace: “Bentley’s Gonna Sort You Out”<\/li>\n
  11. Bentley Rhythm Ace: “Theme From Gutbuster”<\/li>\n
  12. Badly Drawn Boy: “Disillusioned”<\/li>\n
  13. Badly Drawn Boy: “Spitting in the Wind”<\/li>\n
  14. Beck: “Lost Cause”<\/li>\n
  15. The Wannadies: “Little by Little”<\/li>\n
  16. The Wannadies: “Big Fan”<\/li>\n
  17. The Wannadies: “Hit”<\/li>\n
  18. Moloko: “Flipside”<\/li>\n
  19. Fatboy Slim: “Right Here Right Now”<\/li>\n
  20. Eels: “Cancer for the Cure”<\/li>\n
  21. Eels: “Last Stop This Town”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I spoke with Garth and Nick recently at their offices in North London and you can listen to the interview here:<\/p>\n