The winning entry for "Rocket Man" was co-directed by Iranian refugee Majid Adin and Stephen McNally.
The snow globe scene. The look on the wife’s face. The shot of the astronaut cleaning a floor in zero gravity. rocket man elton john video
This new audience brought a fresh, unironic appreciation. They weren't laughing at Elton John; they were laughing with the surrealism of the 1970s. The video became a touchstone for "liminal space" aesthetics—the empty living room, the grey sky, the unsettling quietness of the whole affair. The winning entry for "Rocket Man" was co-directed