#mcmxcad

Enigma · MCMXC a.D. (1990)

Odesli Wikipedia Discogs MusicBrainz Amazon

 January 15, 2011 (Via Enigmamusic.com: http://www.enigmamusic.com/news/news.html)

Dear Enigmatics, Since 1990's debut of groundbreaking ENIGMA single, "Sadeness Part I. (from the album MCMXC a.D) There have been many questions and unsolved mysteries around the music video. Celebrating the 20 golden years of the project, EnigmaMusic.com is proud to announce that after all these years we are now able to shed light to one of the greatest mysteries.

French Director & Producer Michel Guimbard was kind enough to share some production details with us;

First we would like to introduce him with short bio,

Michel Guimbard started his career in the film industry as a trainee at Premiere Heure, a Paris based advertising production company. He launched the company's post-production department. And he then turned more specifically to editing. He started as a director shooting music promos, one of which (Enigma - Sadeness) was nominated at the MTV awards. He then shortly ventured into fiction ; directed 3 x 52min formats for a children’s program for Canal + (Canaille Peluche) before entering the world of advertising. He directed his first TV commercial in Belgium with Milly Films and have since worked with several French production companies : Frog, Wanda, Telema and Radical Media. Michel Guimbard has directed over 60 commercials and won a Gold Lion at Cannes. Today represented by Premiere Heure; back where he started his career.

''I made Sadeness video clip in 1991. The girl I found for the video was very young (17 years old, way back in then) Her name is Cathy Tastet. (Also known as Kati Tastet, born in Toulouse France on January 01, 1973) After the video, she became an Elite Model in the USA. Director of Photography of the film was Jérôme Robert. I wrote the story of the film. Shooting Ratio of the music video of Sadeness was 1.33 (4:3) "

"The gate in the video was inspired by Auguste Rodin's ''La Porte de l'Enfer'' (The Gates of Hell) The church was actually a model inspired from a Flemish painting exposed in Musée du Louvre, Paris. (Louvre Museum) Production company's name was ''Une de Plus'' who lost money and closed the doors. At that time video was not completed."

http://michelguimbard.com/ ← Michel Guimbard's Official Site

---------

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F9DxYhqmKw ← Enigma's "Sadeness Part I" Video.