Margaret & David get their Rage on





Back away from your TVs as sparks might fly when the doyens of film criticism and spirited verbal combat Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton take control of the Rage playlist on ABC1 tonight from 11pm.

Pomz and Stratts are presenting a special ‘Auteur Edition’ showcasing music clips directed by some of cinema’s best known and most talented filmmakers.

Who knew that David Fincher (Seven, Fight Club, The Social Network) directed Aerosmith’s ‘Janie’s Got A Gun’? Or that cinema icon Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull) helmed Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’? Or that Brian DePalma (Scarface, Carrie) directed Bruce Springsteen’s suspect dance moves in ‘Dancing In The Dark’?



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There’s sure to be many more surprises as Margaret and David show these clips and loads more from the likes of Sofia Coppola (Lost In Translation), Kriv Stenders (Red Dog), Lasse Hallström (Good Will Hunting), Guy Richie (Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels), Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands), Tony Scott (Top Gun), The Coen Brothers (Fargo), Spike Lee (Do The Right Thing) and Spike Jonze (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) amongst a cavalcade of others.

Musical acts featured include The Beatles, Madonna, Radiohead, Elton John, Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, INXS, The Angels, Divinyls, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Bob Dylan and Marianne Faithfull and many more.

To get the party started here’s the craptastic video clip ‘Reach’ by the equally craptastic so called new wave ‘80’s band Martini Ranch (featuring actor Bill Paxton!) It’s a madcap wild west themed clip directed by none other than James Cameron (Terminator, Titanic, Avatar) and featuring his ex wife director Katherine Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) as a gun-slinging hottie and Paxton (Apollo 13) hamming it up as a hapless outlaw. Did I say craptastic?