This looks very much like a typical (and brilliant) Michael Gondrey directorial style.
This makes a lot of sense because Gondrey is not only a brilliant director, but has also made at least 4 of the previous White Stripes (also brilliant) music videos that I'm aware of.

Hmmm, it reminds of another recent one regarding the Apple I-pod ad / billboard that's supposed to have been being constructed in Australia, and will be able to be seen from space (and via Google Earth) - I've not seen anyone own up yet, but I always thought that was another April Fools Day gag, based upon a completely coincidental piece of human engineering.
Go to http://maps.google.com/?t=k&ll=-30.516354,121.336956&spn=0.051463,0.080509

or read some discussions about it here:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/496815.html

Hey Dabitch, you're becoming quite the celebrity down-under - as some kind of dominatrix maybe?
Firstly, on the Kiwi site http://www.nzcreativecircle.blogspot.com/ where under the headline 'Sunday, February 05, 2006 - Pictures from our LA office opening'
there's a very fetching photo of you (in leather) standing in front of a pic of Patti Hearst. You almost have a MaDOMma look going on :)

Then regarding the Battle of the Blogs, you actually pop up yourself to tell the bad Ozzie boys attempting to grind out more votes for the CB Blog, that you'll know if they attempt to cheat -
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Dabitch said...

Delete cookies all you want fools, one ip# only gets to vote once anyway.

2:42 AM
Anonymous said...

Aaawww Shit! Dabitch is in da house.

6:49 AM

Doncha just love it? The Kiwi and Ozzie ad-industry blogs are some of the nastiest around in terms of abusing folk, BUT Dabitch goes in to straighten them out and all they can do is panic.. ha ha - I think Dabitch could end up as the industry, disciplinarian pin-up for foul mouthed, rowdy ANZACS!

Good on you Dabitch - from another, not quite so foul mouthed, rowdy ANZAC!
X

Neil French eh?
A living example of the danger of believing your own press, then putting your foot firmly, and very publicly in the mouth - but who's really to blame , guys?
We are - (the 'royal we' that is). All of us -the ad media, industry conventions, and every single one of us for queuing up to hear the great oracle speak.
A great creative throughout his career? Yes.
An inspirational CD? I don't know, having never worked for him, but probably 'Yes'.
But what happens? Over the years, the media and event organisers want more punch & bite from the creative talent they interview or put on stage in front of an audience. They realise that here was a guy who was fearless and universally acknowledged as one of the 'chosen' - whatever that means. He believed it himself, and was more than happy to offer an opinion on anything and everything under the sun.
But that's the point - he was merely expressing his opinions, and that's also where he well and truly shot himself in the foot. Not because having an opinion is wrong. That is after all, his right. Where he went wrong was broadcasting his opinion, and parading it as fact.
Is his opinion 'right'? Well, in this particular case, no. Not by my subjective opinion - the standards of modern western society have judged him, and found him guilty.
However folks, controversy (and sex) sells papers, magazines and bums on seats at conventions - it always has, and it always will....... up to a point, and then sometimes a 'false idol' goes too far and crosses that line of acceptability.
In this case, Neil French became the Porcelain God that shattered when it fell - but as long as we (again, the 'royal we'), worship these false idols for anything more than the terrific creative work they do, there's plenty more of him waiting into hold forth on everything and anything.
In the meantime, isn't it time we all got over it by now? :)