Kate Bush - Cloudbusting - Official Music Video
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Published 2010-12-17
The music video, directed by Julian Doyle, was conceived by Terry Gilliam and Kate Bush. The video features Canadian actor Donald Sutherland playing the role of Wilhelm Reich, and Bush playing the part of his young son, Peter.
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R.I.P Donald. Donald wasn't allowed to work whilst he was in the UK for this video shoot due to not having a work visa. He did the video for free.
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Sad to hear about the passing of Donald Sutherland today. Despite all of his acting achievements, this is what I'll always remember him for. Rest in peace, sir.
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RIP Donald Sutherland 1935-2024
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How many are watching this now because of the passing of Donald Sutherland? 🙏
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R.I.P. Donald Sutherland. One of the greatest actors of all time. 😞
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R.I.P. Donald Sutherland. Thank you for everything!
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R.I.P. Donald Sutherland - A legend has left us.
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Donald Sutherland died today. To me he will always be the scientist in this video.
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Chilling. The song is about Willhelm Reich, eccentric inventor of the "orgone accumulator" and the "cloudbuster" who was persecuted by the FBI in 1941 and died in custody. It's written from the point of view of his son Peter. Welcome ST fans, Kate is magic.
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This is what happens when one creates music, not just for attention and spotlights, but in the name of art itself. It becomes timeless and always present.
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I’m leaving this comment here, so after a week or a month when someone likes it, I get reminded of this masterpiece!
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REST IN PEACE DONALD SUTHERLAND THANKS FOR HELPING TO MAKE THIS SONG & VIDEO, A KATE BUSH MASTERPIECE.
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So 36 years later, and we all agree this is still a God-tier song, right?
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I was privileged to have been the production designer on this video: My late father created the 'Cloudbuster' and I designed and had the laboratory built in a Wimbledon studio. Was great having Donald Sutherland on my set! Went on to do another film about Willhelm Riech a few years later called 'It Can Be Done' where I had to build yet another Cloudbuster, this one slightly more accurate though.
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Hollywood actors don't often appear in music vids. This must have meant a lot to him. RIP Donald S.
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When you arrive at a significant cultural moment like the passing of a great actor, you find at the intersection - Kate Bush. This is no accident, her genius of tapping into the great artists of her generation leaves us with a powerful legacy that we will no doubt revisit. So many of us are here because of Donald Sutherland. I hope he was tremendously proud of this collaboration. He will surely rest in peace.
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For me one of the best music videos ever made. RIP Donald Sutherland.
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This is not just a song. It´s art. It works on so many levels. As an epitaph for Wilhelm Reich. On the relationship between son/daughter and father. About free thinking vs. the system. The loneliness of the artist. And that´s only what I see in this song. Kate Bush - truly one of the greatest singers/songwriters of her generation. Maybe the greatest.
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John here-I'm almost 70 and this song still makes me cry-I don't know why I feel such emotion when Kate sings this, but memories of my late father well up in me and I'm a kid all over again.
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RIP Donald Sutherland. I always remember, amongst all of his work, that he did this brilliant video. 💔
