Never Let Me Down (David Bowie song)
Music video
Music video
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[thumb\|left\|Two still images from the video for "Never Let Me Down"](/wiki/File:David_Bowie_Never_Let_Me_Down_video_stills.jpg "David Bowie Never Let Me Down video stills.jpg")
French director [Jean\-Baptiste Mondino](/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Mondino "Jean-Baptiste Mondino") was selected by Bowie to direct an accompanying music video. Regarding this, Bowie said, "It's an experiment; I'm really putting myself in his \[Jean\-Baptiste's] hands. \[...] I think if I did it \[the video myself], it would be very abrasive, and I'm not quite sure if that's how I want the song to come off visually. In concert it will be abrasive; it won't have the same quality as the video. But I really think Mondino is a fantastic video maker. He just knows that this is his genre. He's like a craftsman and that's what he's trying to perfect, this craft of making his five minutes work." Actor [Joe Dallesandro](/wiki/Joe_Dallesandro "Joe Dallesandro") makes appearances throughout the clip, announcing the [dance marathon](/wiki/Dance_marathon "Dance marathon"). A shot from the music video was used to commercialize 7" releases of the single.

The video, described as a dream\-like portrayal of a 1950s\-style dance marathon, was viewed positively by one [critic](/wiki/Music_journalism "Music journalism"), who called it "creative and engaging." A review in the *[Los Angeles Times](/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times "Los Angeles Times")* scores the video "excellent (85/100\)" and the newspaper later rated the clip as one of the Top 10 of 1987\. Bowie encyclopedist [Nicholas Pegg](/wiki/Nicholas_Pegg "Nicholas Pegg") called the video "years ahead of its time", saying that it "beautifully captures the song's dreamlike quality."


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