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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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