简介：ForthenewalbumU2askedCorbijnnotjusttotakethepicturesbutalsotomakeafilmtoaccompany'NoLineOnTheHorizon'.Theresultis'Linear' "LateMay2008-atabandmeetingIwasintroducedtothenewsongs.ThereasonforlettingmeinsoearlyonthissonicallyandlyricallydifferentU2recordisthatthebandhavethisideaformetomakesomekindofmovingimagerytogowiththerecord.Thethinkingisthatasalotofpeoplebuymusicfromtheinternetandarelikelytohearthisonacomputerormp3player,theirlisteningpleasurecouldbeheightenedbyvisuals.Insteadofjustseeingapackshotoftherecordsleeve,orastillphotographofthebandfor45plusminutes,asisoftenthecasenow,whynothaveamovingimageforthedurationoftherecord?Itisnotessentialtotherecord,youcaneitherwatchitorignoreit.Brilliant!Asalways,U2arethinkingahead,notsomuchhavingonefootintomorrow'sdoor,ashavingbuiltthehousetowhichthatdooristheentrance. "Bonotalkedmethroughthesongsandtherecordasawhole.Forthefirsttimehehadcreatedcharactersforthisrecord,andwrotelyricsabouttheirlivesorfromtheirperspectives.Therecordhadanessenceoftimetoit,mostsongshadanumberortimereferencesconnectedtothem,asifgoingthrougha24hourperiod.AlthoughIdidn'twanttotranslatethelyricsvisually,IfeltthatmakinguseofonethecharactersBonowroteaboutwouldbeinteresting.ItbecametheParisianmotorcyclecopofnorthernAfricandescent,whothrewitallintogobacktoseehisgirlfriendinTripoli.Iwasgoingtomakeasilentmovie,withatouchofastorytoit.WepreppedlateJune-earlyJuly,shotlateJuly,editedinAugustandwerereadyfortherecord'sNovemberrelease.Fantastic!However,itwasatthispointthatthebanddecidedtogobackintothestudioandworkontherecordabitmore.AsU2neverdoanythinginhalfmeasures,therecordthatemergedfromthestudioinlateDecember2008wasaverydifferentonethantheoneI'dmadeimagesfor.Notonlyhadtherunningorderchanged,nowtherewerecompletelynewsongsontherecordwhileanothersonghadgone,newlyricswithoutthecharactershademerged,anddifferentsoundsdominatedthesongsIhadworkedon.Disaster!Thankfully,weworkedonasolutionthatsawLINEARkeepingitsownrunningorderandsongs,whilstonlychangingeditsforthe10songs,thosethatarealsoonthenewU2record,totheirnewlycreatedidentities.ThusLINEARisaveryinterestinghybridversionofNoLineOnTheHorizon,partlyhowitwasinMay2008andpartlyhowitisnow.Tomorrowisalwayspartlyyesterday.Apparently." AntonCorbijn January2009…