19 years later, I still can’t believe that saving Private Ryan was the basis for this emo music video

Although Saving Private Ryan has left a cinematic legacy in many ways, I always forget that this film heavily influenced the emo music video that was made almost two decades ago. Saving Private RyanThere are so many big names in the cast that I’m losing track of the established stars who played in the 1998 war epic. There is no doubt that this is one of the best war films of all time. Saving Private RyanThe success that goes far beyond the target audience is a testament to this fact.

Saving Private RyanThe ending still haunts me all these years later, and that bleary-eyed level of emotion is captured surprisingly well in the emo music video in question. The group featured in the project are not unique in using cinematic influences in their music videos, but they have been particularly successful at it. As one of my favorite bands, I would probably be a little biased in saying that they are one of the best at making music videos, but it wouldn’t be an unreasonable statement from an objective point of view either.

Saving Private Ryan inspired My Chemical Romance’s “The Ghost Of You” video

MCR’s second studio album was full of hits

My Chemical Romance from New Jersey took the world by storm in 2004. Three cheers for sweet revenge. “The Ghost of You” wasn’t released as a single until the following year, but it was accompanied by a music video that was well worth the wait. As soon as I saw it, I was well aware that the video borrowed heavily from Saving Private Ryan. I always felt like this song stood out on the album, so its unique video seemed like a good fit.

Despite the disparate genres of the music video and the film it’s based on, the melding of worlds is surprisingly effective. Captivating words from frontman Gerard Way such as: “at the end of the world or the last thing I see, you’ll never come home, you’ll never come home“,” strongly resembles the emotions and mindset that I imagine a soldier might feel in the thick of battle. Despite this, I still can’t quite wrap my head around the idea of ​​combining emo music and war films. – and how well it worked.

“The Ghost of You” has only a passing thematic connection to Saving Private Ryan

It would be impossible to recreate a Tom Hanks war film in less than 4 minutes.

Beyond the film’s signature aesthetic and overarching themes, Your Ghost borrows little from Saving Private Ryan. Although this is understandable. The famous clock from war films runs for almost 3 hours. “The Ghost of You” doesn’t even make it to the four-minute mark. Trying to recreate the entire story in a My Chemical Romance music video would simply be impossible in any decent way. However, I would say that it provides an instant and easy way to connect video to Keeping it private Ryan even more impressive.