Tale of the Mummy

Russell Mulcahy is an Australian film director. Mulcahy's work is recognizable by the use of fast cuts, tracking shots and use of glowing lights. Russell Mulcahy's career began with making early music videos while he was working for the Seven Network in Sydney, Australia. In early 1974, former... radio DJ Graham Webb launched a weekly teen-oriented TV music show which screened on Sydney's ATN-7 on Saturday mornings; this was subsequently renamed Sounds Unlimited in 1975 and later shortened simply to Sounds. In need of material for the show, Webb approached Mulcahy and asked him to shoot film footage to accompany popular songs for which there were no purpose-made clips . Using this method, Webb and Mulcahy assembled a collection of about 25 clips for the show. The success of his early efforts encouraged Mulcahy to quit his TV job and become a freelance director, and during this period he made clips for several popular Australian acts including Stylus, Marcia Hines, Hush and AC/DC. After relocating to the UK c.
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