High and Dry (US Version)
Directed by Paul Cunningham
Filmed at Dick's Diner, 3188 Alvarado Street, San Leandro, CA
The video for the US version
of "High and Dry" features various persons miming the lyrics
to the song whilst the band sit watching a portable TV after
arriving at a Dicks restaurant. It does have a plot to it but
figuring it out is way beyond my brains capability. Anyone??
Very Pulp Fiction-esque.
The manager for Dick's said that the band were just driving
through the area and thought the diner would be a great video
location.
Review by Karen Hands:
When I first saw this, I thought I could tell what the rest
of the plot would be after about the first minute. I was wrong.
This plot is one of many dodgy goings on that end up all in
the same diner, where Radiohead just happen to be taking a break.
It's a bit hard to explain because there are so many people
in it. Thom sees a bloke putting a key into some dip. I thought
Thom was going to get them caught and the band would become
heroes. Wrong! The bloke and this girl end up being in car that
gets blown up.
The only real 'Thom moment' is when he goes to the toilet, smiles
at a small child that smiles at him, then gives the dirtiest
look to one of the dodgy people involved in this complex plot.
You would not want to be on the receiving end of one of those
looks, it is a look of real hate. As he really hated his old
headmaster, you can imagine Thom giving that look to him.
