On many lists of the "Greatest Music Videos of All-Time", such as one from NME, one specific video kept appearing at number one. Hurt by Johnny Cash (2002) was described by the magazine as "A fitting audiovisual epitaph." after the famous artist died 7 months later.
The video was directed by Mark Romanek, a renowed music video, advertisement and feature film director who has won a toal of three Grammy Awards for Best Short Form Music Video, more than any other director. His credits include the critically acclaimed and contraversial video for Closer by Nine Inch Nails and the modern film Never Let Me Go. The video uses haunting imagery of decaying fruit and montages of Cash from his earlier years, amking it a poigniant reflection on his life past and present, just before his death.
Another video that everyone appears to remember is Michael Jackson's Thriller. In fact, many of the pop icons videos have posthumously and his lifetime become iconic. Thriller was one of the most expensive, and longest, music videos made of it's time, and is often refered to as changing the concept of music video. Directed by John Landis, it won a Grammy award for the Best Video, Long Form and had a total budget of $500,000.
Landis wanted to create a video that really told a story and thats exactly what was produced. The video has often been called a "mini movie" in itself and remains one of the most recognisable songs of all time.
