Lamb of God -laulaja Randy Blythe joutui kovaan paikkaan saadessaan niskaansa syytteet bändin keikalla Tshekeissä sattuneessa onnettomuudessa, joka johti fanin kuolemaan. Lopulta Blythe todettiin oikeudessa syyttömäksi.
Prague: The Devil Is the Details -nimisen lyhytelokuvan oikeudenkäyntinsä aikoihin kuvannut Blythe kertoo filmistä blogissaan:
”This is a movie I made in Prague during my trial. I filmed the footage with a Canon EOS 60D, edited it with Final Cut Pro X, and wrote the music using Reason.
I wanted to release a slightly different version of the film right before my judgement was rendered by the court (the very last shot in this version was not there until after I was pronounced innocent). My idea was to show my mind set through film and music during the process of my trial, and have a more ambiguous ending heading into my final day in court.
I did not know what was going to happen to me, only that I felt I was doing the right thing by being there. Working in a creative capacity during the trial helped me to remain calm — it is what I know how to do, so I wanted to share it with people.
I showed the clip to my lawyer and he advised against releasing it until after the trial was over, thinking the authorities might not understand what I was trying to say with the movie. It is all over now, so here is my poor attempt to try and create art in a time of great personal uncertainty.
Note: the Devil plays an important part in Czech fairytales, and marionettes are a bit of Czech folk culture I came to love while I was there — the marionette hangs in my study now.
The Devil is different in Czech fairy tales though, to my understanding — the puppet is representative of me, the way I viewed myself, the way I was viewed by society at different times — all sorts of things. It is not representative of evil — just wanted to clarify that.”
Lyhyt taidepläjäys on katsottavissa täältä.