RIP Dick Pope: Great cinematographer and Barney Bubbles’ collaborator on the Ghost Town video
RIP to the great British cinematographer Dick Pope, who has died aged 77.
Pope is best known for his work with the director Mike Leigh, and his impressive CV includes a raft of music videos including Queen’s I Want To Break Free and, of course, the Barney Bubbles-directed Ghost Town for The Specials.
As recounted by Bubbles’ video producer Genevieve Terry in The Wild World of Barney Bubbles, Pope was horrified when Bubbles played fast-and-loose with the expensive camera affixed to the car the members of the Specials were travelling in, though appreciated the outcome.
Here’s the tremendous outcome of their efforts: