magazines talking about ewan mitchell's performance as martin for the fontaines d.c. ‘in the modern world’ music video.
UPROXX about the ‘in the modern world’ mv.
“Mitchell embodies the track’s deep emotion conflict heard when the band sings: I feel alive / In the city / You despise / Wait for the day / When you come / Riding on by / Seems so hard just to be / If it matters / You complete me.”
“Throughout the video, Mitchell literally fights his off in a series of suspense car jujitsu matches.”
“After narrowly defeating foes (…) Mitchell just barely makes it home to fight another day. Isn’t that the sad story of life?”
KNOTORYUS about the ‘in the modern world’ mv.
“You need a good actor to get [carjitsu as a physical manifestation of emotions] across in just a few minutes of sweaty seatbelt-choking action, but Ewan Mitchell is the right man for the job. Nailed it. Pinned it. Heel-hooked it.”
PROMONEWSTV about the ‘in the modern world’ mv.
“The director who made her music video debut with the intense drama of Here's The Thing (after her acclaimed feature debut Hoard) quickly returns to duties with the Fontaines with an extraordinary piece of work for In A Modern World: a surreal comedy-drama, featuring an incredible central performance from Ewan Mitchell (House of the Dragon, Saltburn) - as a character engaged in the netherworld of a very niche, indeed bizarre and dangerous sport.”
“It's car-jitsu - jiu-jitsu, within the interior of a car.”
“Invented just a couple of years ago, in Chicago, Mitchell's character is the protagonist through which Carmoon explores an absurd yet compelling experience.”
“At first, its just the raw, explosive physicality involved of clashing bodies within a ridiculously small space - which is surprising and hugely intense in itself.”
“Then the director adds another dimension to the brutal clash of bodies - what is happening outside the car, the voyeuristic relationship of passers-by who become the audience to Mitchell and a succession of combatants, a kind of sexual frisson that is created through the intensity of the action.”
“The parallels with another in-car activity is undeniable.”
“It's Fight Club crossed with dogging.”
“Horrible, painful to watch yet hilarous, it's mesmerizing stuff, a fever dream.”
“And it's hard to undersell how good Mitchell is in this.”
“Or how impressive it is in terms of the vision and world creation by Carmoon.
NME about the ‘in the modern world’ mv.
“Directed by Luna Carmoon, who previously shot the video for ‘Here’s The Thing‘, the video stars Ewan Mitchell (House Of The Dragon, Saltburn) and sees him jump into the brutal, passionate and fetishistic theatre of a Car Jitsu bout.”
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