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The music video for "Just Like Heaven" was directed by Tim Pope, who had directed all of the band's previous videos since 1982's "Let's Go to Bed". The video was filmed in England's Pinewood Studios in October 1987.
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Jul 25, 2016 · The music video for The Cure’s hit single “Just Like Heaven” was filmed in England’s Pinewood Studios, and shot on location on the cliffs of Beachy Head. in October of 1987. The video was directed by Tim Pope, who had directed all of the band’s previous videos starting with “Let’s Go to Bed”.
Jan 11, 2022 · For The Cure, this was an important aspect for ‘Just Like Heaven’ as they looked to enhance the narrative of the music through visual display led by Smith and his ghoulish choreography. The video for ‘Just Like Heaven’ was one of the group’s most iconic visual productions.
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- The Hanging Garden
- Let’s Go to Bed
- In Between Days
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The band’s first promo video, “A Forest” sees a very different Robert Smith to the one most fans picture when they think of Cure videos. The Cure were allegedly very anti-image to begin with, until the day Robert Smith daubed himself in hairspray and lipstick, and knew his face would never be the same again. “We had to get away from that anti-image...
Pornography was The Cure’s fourth studio album, and was followed by the Fourteen Explicit Moments tour, during which the band finally shook off their anti-image look, teasing out their hair and adorning black clothes and smudged makeup. Speaking to Shake magazine about the video for the only single to be lifted from Pornography, Smith said, “For ‘T...
A landmark among Cure videos, “Let’s Go To Bed” marked their first collaboration with director Tim Pope, who went on to direct many videos for the band. Three years later, during an interview on the set of the “In Between Days“ video (also directed by Pope), Robert Smith recalled meeting the director for the first time: “As soon as he walked throug...
Back in director’s chair for the first single from The Head On The Door, Tim Pope recalled, “I think Robert is a true English eccentric, you see. He’s an absolute nutcase; he’s absolutely mad. Therefore, the films are very easy because I just do a close-up of his face and let him go a bit mad.” Speaking about the “In Between Days” video himself, Ro...
Probably one of the most famous Cure videos, “Close To Me” is set inside a wardrobe on the edge of a cliff. Another Tim Pope creation, the director said that he wanted to shoot the video in a confined space, in order to mirror the claustrophobic feeling of the song. Interestingly, his treatment actually ended up influencing the song, as The Cure re...
Another Tim Pope creation, the “Boys Don’t Cry” music video featured three boys miming along to the song, with shadows of The Cure projected onto the background. As the younger version of the band were filmed live in front of a blank screen, Pope couldn’t see if their actions were even matching up. Speaking about the video on TV documentary series ...
The first single from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, “Why Can’t I Be You’”s video stood out for its radical overhaul of what people had come to expect from Cure videos – though some aspects have dated less well than others. Featuring the band as a variety of characters, the dance routine was choreographed in a single night at the Westbury Hotel bar in ...
Also from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, the “Catch” video was shot at the home of Lady Kildare in Cap Camarat, France. “The whole location in Nice, France, stank of dog shit,” Tim Pope later recalled. “Tortoises were everywhere, cooking in the sun like boil-in-a-bag crustaceans, and we found another room that was just like something Miss Havisham woul...
Filmed in Pinewood Studios, “Just Like Heaven” was yet another Tim Pope creation set on a cliff. Robert Smith said the song was about “something that happened to me a long time ago” and directed fans towards the video for more. In it, Smith’s wife, Mary Poole, appears dressed in white and dances with the singer. Revealing that she was the girl he w...
The fourth and final single taken from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, “Hot, Hot, Hot!!!” was typically unpredictable. Filmed in black-and-white, it features The Cure disguised as dwarves in 50s clothing. Robert Smith later described how his ideas for the video got somewhat lost in translation: “I told Tim Pope I wanted us to look like a lowdown funky s...
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The Cure: Just Like Heaven: Directed by Tim Pope. With The Cure, Simon Gallup, Roger O'Donnell, Mary Poole. The Cure performs the song on the seaside cliffs of Beachy Head. An ethereal woman joins them and dances on the edge with Robert Smith.
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Dec 18, 2023 · Director Tim Pope filmed the band as though they were near the same English cliffs visited by Smith and Poole for the video to “Just Like Heaven.”
Just like Heaven is a 2005 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Mark Waters and starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo. It is based on the 1999 French novel If Only It Were True ( Et si c'était vrai...
