New Massive Attack video stars Cate Blanchett’s face

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British trip hop band Massive Attack continues its recent trend of placing intriguing actresses front and center in its music videos. For the six-minute spot accompanying the title track from its new EP The Spoils, filmmaker John Hillcoat (The Road, Lawless) spends the entire running time focused on the expressionless countenance of Cate Blanchett. He studies it from multiple angles, through various filters, and through a number of surreal tricks of CGI. Set against the astral, pulsing rhythms of Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall—not to mention the lush vocals of Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval—the effect is quite hypnotic.