johnny cash: 'hurt' - reviewed
by kelefa sanneh

04.27.03

a brutal, beautiful music video by mark romanek. mr. cash has outlived old age, and the song (a cover of a nine inch nails song) suggests that endurance is its own bitter reward: "you are somewhere else / i am still right here." as he sings, mr. cash sits before a sumptuous table, contemplating a feast he will never touch. we catch glimpses of his past - a younger mr. cash hops a freight train; a gold record lies smashed on the floor - but his granitic face barely twitches.

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