U2, 2015-07-10 - U2.com, 'There is a light, don't let it go out...'

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'There is a light, don't let it go out...'

10 Jul 2015

'There is a light, don't let it go out...'

Directed by Vincent Haycock and featuring Woody Harrelson and Zoe Harrelson, this seven and a half minute short film accompanies 'Song For Someone', the third single from Songs of Innocence and released on Monday.

Premiered in the US on Sundance TV, the film goes out to the world on Monday... but we've got it for our subscribers ahead of general release.

With cinematography by Steve Annis and produced by Pete Vitale & Park Pictures, Song for Someone features Woody Harrelson as a man being released from prison after years of incarceration and also features his daughter Zoe Harrelson.

Speaking about the film Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. said, 'Vincent Haycock’s vision and Woody and Zoe Harrelson’s performances didn’t just complement Song For Someone — they completed it. We could never have envisioned the new dimension this beautiful story would give our song, and we thank everyone involved for their part in fully bringing Song For Someone to life.'

Watch the video and tell us what you think in the comments below.



And in another exclusive for U2.com subscribers we're now premiering this special behind-the-scenes video in which Vincent Haycock talks about how he came up with the narrative idea - and how Woody and Zoe became involved.

U2, 2015-07-09 - U2.com, Stories That Haven't Been Told...

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Stories That Haven't Been Told...

09 Jul 2015

'Listening to the track I was thinking of stories that haven't been told... how to tell a story that would fit the language of Songs Of Innocence and the idea of what this album is about.'

A seven and a half minute short film by Vincent Haycock, starring Woody Harrelson and Zoe Harrelson, accompanies the release of Song For Someone, the third single from Songs of Innocence, released this Monday.

The video features Woody Harrelson as a man being released from prison after years of incarceration and also features his daughter Zoe Harrelson.

In the US you can now watch the video on Sundance TV.

In an exclusive for U2.com subscribers we're premiering this special behind-the-scenes video in which Vincent Haycock talks about how he came up with the narrative idea - and how Woody and Zoe became involved.

U2, 2015-02-23 - U2.com, U2 - Every Breaking Wave

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'You Go Your Way...'

Premiering today, four and a half minute edit of a thirteen-minute short film by Belfast-born director Aoife McArdle, accompanying the release of 'Every Breaking Wave', second single from Songs of Innocence.

U2 - Every Breaking Wave

Aoife's complete film, recently premiered with The Creators Project, was described by filmmaker Spike Jonze as 'a perfect little gem of a romance movie'.

Read more and watch the whole film.

Every Breaking Wave, produced by Danger Mouse, Ryan Tedder and Declan Gaffney, was recorded in California and New York.

U2, 2015-02-12 - U2.com, "Every Breaking Wave" - A Film by Aoife McArdle

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'Making Waves'

Today The Creators Project premieres Irish director Aoife McArdle’s Every Breaking Wave, a short film based on the U2 song of the same name.

Set on the streets of early 1980s Northern Ireland, the film is built around themes of emotional abandon and the uncertainty of romantic relationships. It follows two teenagers, one Catholic and the other Protestant, who fall in love amidst ongoing violence and the film's emotional core is centred around 'Every Breaking Wave' and 'The Troubles,' two tracks from Songs of Innocence.

'I wanted to make a film about what it was like to be a teenager in the early '80s in Northern Ireland.' explains Belfast-born McArdle. 'All the different pressures on you, the pressures of friendship, of falling in love for the first time, and all that in the face of huge troubles. Violence was inescapable on your doorstep. I remember very vividly what it was like to grow up when there were bombs going off and army everywhere so I did draw on a lot of memories.

'I hope people see that it's a story. A story that's based on real stories. It's like capturing a time. And I hope people feel inspired by how resilient teenagers at that time were in Northern Ireland, and moved by their ability to live life in as full a way as possible, despite the circumstances.'

"Every Breaking Wave" - A Film by Aoife McArdle

The film is already garnering praise and winning fans. Filmmaker Spike Jonze had not seen McArdle's work previously but 'was really taken' with her film.

'She captured that feeling and size of life of being a teenager and of first love so well. She drifts between the reality of friends and first love into fantasy so effortlessly and romantically. It's a perfect little gem of a romance movie.'

Hotel Rwanda writer/director Terry George says McArdle has pulled off one of the most difficult tasks facing any filmmaker. 'She has taken a Romeo and Juliet romance, set in the back streets and alleyways of Belfast, and created a universal story.
'Aoife has captured the tragedy of our young men and women, so full of life and passion, energy and possibility, being swallowed up by the destroying rage of poverty, bigotry and repression.'

As for the band, whose song inspired the film, Edge says they find the finished film 'extraordinary'.

'The Aoife McArdle short film expands on the theme of Songs of innocence which was largely rooted in our experience growing up in the early eighties in Dublin. Aoife chose west Belfast in the same period, as it was the neighbourhood that was so formative to her. We think her work is something pretty extraordinary.'