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Bad Religion ?Los Angeles is Burning? directors Lightborne



?Los Angeles is Burning? is a song about tabloid journalism and how it perpetuates evil in this world by preaching false truth and sensationalizing true lies. Like books, journalism chronicles life with the boring parts dutifully omitted. Burning?s philosophical heaviness weighed down on directors Lightborne. Lightborne wanted to simulate a burning Los Angeles, but at the same time make it unique. Because let?s face it - borrowing a quote from ex-Python Graham Chapman - who hasn?t at one time or another considered setting fire to a public building! Some people work best under pressure, especially if it?s from a major label. And before too long, ideas were spewing all over the canvas. ?Two books in particular inspired me,? Lightborne's Ben Nicholson said, ?City of courts by Mike Willrich and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.? On the set, the cityscape backdrop was made out of aluminum and glass, materials that aren?t flammable under high temperature. The moving images in the foreground were cutouts animating at 15 frames per second. The final product was a composite of traditional stop motion and after effects. A burning Los Angeles does not make for pleasant thought, but what a sight!