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R.E.M. announce short film project

R.E.M. are set to release their forthcoming new album, 'Collapse Into Now', internationally on Tuesday, March 8 and have some special plans for it. 

They have revealed that every track featured on the record will have a short film created to represent it, and have drafted in exceptional talent such as James Franco and Sam Taylor-Wood. Three of the mini films have already enjoyed their premieres and the rest will follow, as announced on the band's official website. 

The credits for R.E.M.'s 'Collapse Into Now Film Project' read:

 

Michael Stipe and Lynda Stipe ("Discoverer")
James Herbert ("All the Best")
Sam Taylor-Wood ("Uberlin")
Jem Cohen ("Oh My Heart")
Tom Gilroy ("It Happened Today")
Jim McKay, Chris Moukarbel and Valerie Veatch ("Every Day is Yours to Win")
Dominic DeJoseph ("Mine Smell Like Honey")
Sophie Calle ("Walk It Back")
Lance Bangs ("Alligator_Autopilot_Antimatter")
James Franco ("That Someone is You," "Blue")
Albert Maysles and Bradley Kaplan ("Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I")

Watch a recent interview with R.E.M. about their new album here: