Taylor Swift Releases Video for ‘Eyes Open’ from ‘The Hunger Games’ Soundtrack
5/17/2012Score/SoundtrackTheresa
As you know, Taylor Swift made two appearances on The Hunger Games Companion Album, Songs from Distrct 12 and Beyond. Her first, Safe & Sound featuring the Civil Wars was the lead single and video off the album. Her other piece, Eyes Open was also recently released and now has its own video debut.
Though the song references the Games through its lyrics, the video doesn’t feature much reference to the film. The video is lyrical in nature, featuring stop motion video of the words from the song. There are a few points that seem to be nods to the fans of the series however with the sword fighting, fire on words, etc.
What did you think of the video? Did you spy any Hunger Games references? Let us know in the comments.
Thanks to Tributes_Voice for the tip!
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3 comments
mockingjay20
on said:
is there another video for international readers to watch? because here in germany I’m unable to watch it because of GEMA
Steven K
on said:
Duh, of course I see the reference. If you take the number of all the hole-punch circles and divide them by the total amount of big sheets of paper throughout the video you get 12. Obviously representing the 12 districts of Panem
Lu R
on said:
This song does fit THG beautifully, but what it specifically makes me think of is what it must be like to be a victor. For them, the game is never over. Even if they don’t get chosen to be like Finnick, their lives, bodies and images belong to the Capitol, who will be watching and judging them avidly for the rest of their lives. They have to stay on guard all the time, I imagine, if they want to survive in a healthier way than Haymitch or a Morphling.
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