Spike Jonez has directed numerous music videos for multiple artists and they all share some signiture features.
Dinsaur Jr. - Feel the Pain
Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice
The Breeders - Cannonball
LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls
Weezer - Buddy Holly
WAX - California
Spike Jonez's signature style seems to be basing his videos with come form of comedic element. This and some slightly bizarre elements combine to create surreal humour and a very distinctive sense of style in a Spike Jonez video.
He does not seem to prefer having the band perform or no in the video but the videos always take place around scenes of comedy and often violence. There is a frequent presence of certain youth culture iconography, in particular things like skateboarding. There does not seem to be much reliance on special effects any more complicated then slowing things down, with the exception of 'Weapon of choice' but even then the special effects were scarce.
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