Kanye West and Hype Williams have been accused by the film director Gaspar Noé for ripping off his fantasy movie 'Enter the Void' for the 'All of the Lights' music video.
The similarities between the two videos were criticized by fans and critics in 2011, but Noé remained silent about it until now. In an interview, the film director finally addressed the controversy and has spoken about it. He revealed he was never consulted by the rapper during the making of the music video. Instead he was surprised when he saw Kanye's video and couldn't help but notice the similarities of it. He said he was totally in shock after he noticed William's name was added to the content, using his typography.
"The director (Hype Williams) was someone else who ripped off the titles to my movie," Noé revealed to the Daily Beast. "I was more shocked by the fact that that guy who copied all the typography of my titles put his name in it - Hype Williams - when you never usually see a director's name in a music video." Adding, "He was putting his name on it over and over! It was so weird that he was not only copying it, but adding his name into the credits over and over again."
Despite the fact that he was disappointed by the copying, he explained that he is aware that there is a huge possibility that good art can actually attract imitators. He said, "The truth is that when you put something out there, if you put any idea out there that's kind of flashy, you have many, many people that are going to be copying it. This happens whether you do movies, paintings or music."
While Noé has remained silent about the controversy in the past years, Tom Kan on the other hand, the one who designed the title sequence of 'Enter the Void' criticized Kanye's video in 2011 and said according to Rolling Stone, "I was amused that my work was being referenced by a well-known artist, but I was also disappointed that he had not contacted Gaspar nor myself to work on it."
