Classic Videos: Weapon of Choice

When I first saw the video for the Fatboy Slim song, Weapon Of Choice, I was completely blown away. The shock of seeing the actor, Christopher Walken dance was amazing enough, but to see him dance with such joy and enthusiasm, turns this into one of my all time favourite music video's.

Christopher Walken is one of the great American character actors, up there with Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Dennis Hopper, and many other great actors of his generation. I don't think I've ever seen Walken act badly in any movie, or not give 110% in every role, no matter how small. His performance opposite De Niro, and Meryl Streep, in the movie The Deer Hunter in 1978 put him on the acting map.

His brief monologue as Captain Koons in Pulp Fiction remains a genuine classic. Sadly, this man, who is one of the great acting talents of the past 40 years or so, seems to have been relegated to minor support roles and bit parts throughout most of his acting career.

I can't understand why great directors like Martin Scorsese, or the Coen Brothers haven't given this man the starring role he deserves. But hey, what would I know? Ok, don't get me started...

Anyway, back to the video. The director was Spike Jonze, who has directed a bunch of other great music videos, some of which I will write about as time goes on.

You can visit a very good unofficial Christopher Walken website here...

But before you do that, do yourself a favour and watch Chris strut his stuff to Fatboy Slim's, Weapon Of Choice...

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