Hitchcock’s movies are easily inspiring in themselves, and there have been countless homages to him over the years. In the case of Heiðrik á Heygum, the nod is that bit more subtle. The video for Icelandic band Bloodgroup’s new single “Nothing is Written in the Stars” is a monochrome tale of jealously, envy, and climatically, murder. That itself makes it enough of a Hitchcockian piece, but the use of wide shots, single light sources, and guilty shadows shows that influence doesn’t always have to be surface level. “Nothing is Written in the Stars” comes from Bloodgroup’s third album, Tracing Echoes, which is out now via Sugarcane Records.
Bloodgroup – Nothing is Written in the Stars (Director: Heiðrik á Heygum) from Heidrik a Heygum on Vimeo.
