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Plenty of music video directors have gone on to make great films. But what if they were to make a great film based on one of their videos? That's kinda the concept behind a list over at JoBlo.com titled "Music Videos That Should Have Been Movies." Many of my favorites are on there, such as Jamie Thraves' video for Radiohead's "Just," Jonathan Glazer's video for UNKLE's "Rabbit in Your Headlights," and Garth Jennings' video for Blur's "Coffee & TV" (pictured above and watchable after the jump). The last of these is said to be one for the kids, but I'd probably be first in line for a feature-length movie about a milk carton on a mission.

Most of the videos included are quite enigmatic, and JoBlo's Mike Sampson admits that for some he simply wants answers, which could be revealed in the longer format of a narrative feature. Haven't we all wondered what the heck is going on in Mark Romanek's video for Nine Inch Nails' "Closer"? And why's that guy in the "Just" video just lying there? Then there's the more easily adaptable videos, such as Van Halen's "Hot For Teacher". I think they've already somewhat made that movie, titled My Tutor, and there's even a remake on the way, but I'd still be interested in Hot For Teacher: The Movie, directed by Judd Apatow, at Sampson's suggestion.

Trent Reznor scares me. He's not scary in the way that Marilyn "Ooo! Look at me! I'm spoooooky!" Manson thinks he is. He seems to be a genuinely disturbed person. I remember being traumatized after seeing the horrifying video for Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" as a young man -- the images of severed pig heads and torture devices remain imprinted on my memory. And now he's talking about taking his latest album, Year Zero, into visual mediums. Says Reznor: "Some interesting things have come up in terms of turning this into another format of entertainment, like a television show or a movie. I've had some meetings with A-list people I'm interested in possibly working with." With the right A-lister, this could be a really cool project. Off the top of my head, Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo) shot that "Closer" video, as well as the video for Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's "Hurt" -- my favorite music video of all time. David Fincher directed the terrific video for NIN's "Only," and memorably used "Closer" in the first-class opening credits to Seven -- putting those two together could potentially be an excellent collaboration as well.

Reznor intended Year Zero to be the first album of a trilogy, and should this film project take off, it could have an impact on the music he writes. "It interjects a narrative into it that, if this is all going to make sense, it affects the second musical part of it. Or not. It depends on how closely I want the puzzle to go." Well, consider me puzzled already, Rezzie! When can we expect this project, Trent? "I haven't written any new music for this yet, I literally haven't had a second to do that...But I don't expect it to sound like Year Zero did. It won't be another 15 songs from that same vibe." Fun Fact -- "Closer" was the last song played at my eighth grade dance. Yes, somehow a song with the chorus "I want to f*** you like an animal!" got past the teachers and principals. As if eighth grade isn't enough of a sexually confusing and frustrating time, just imagine young boys and girls trying to dance to that song under the watchful eye of authority figures. Paging Dr. Freud!

We're lacking all sorts of details, but it seems like Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor is planning to turn his new concept album, Year Zero, into a movie. Maybe even two. The CD doesn't hit the streets until April 19 -- and at this point I don't even know what the "concept" of the album is -- but I've been a big Reznor fan since way back in the Pretty Hate Machine days, and am therefore fairly curious to a) hear the ambitious new CD, and b) see if the guy can actually make a solid movie or two.

Reznor recently told Kerrang! Radio that "I'm excited by the prospect of what this has brought to me, we're really looking into things it could be." And by "things" he seems to mean a pair of movies. Apparently all the hoopla's been kick-started by a very elaborate underground marketing campaign for the Year Zero CD, so it looks like this could be a big year or two for Trent Reznor. Maybe he and Marilyn Manson could star in a horror movie written by Clive Barker and directed by Rob Zombie. Now that's a movie I'd be curious to see.

[ via Bloody-disgusting.com ]