Lakai: Fully Flared
Spike Jonze and Ty Evans’s iconic skateboarding video from 2007. Slow-motion shots of skateboarders, exploding obstacles, and the magical electronic music of M83.
- USA
- 2007, 6 min
- Director: Spike Jonze
- Director of photography: Ty Evans, Aaron Meza, Chris Ray, Federico Vitetta
- Editor: Ty Evans
- Music: Sam Spiegel
- Producer: Eric Koston, Rick Howard, Spike Jonze, Megan Baltimore
Spike Jonze
American cult director, producer, and actor Spike Jonze shoots unconventional music and skate videos, including for the Beastie Boys, Björk, Fatboy Slim, and the Chemical Brothers. In his feature-film work, he shot Charlie Kaufman’s screenplays for Being John Malkovich (1999) and Adaptation (2002), and he also adapted the well-known children’s book Where the Wild Things Are (2009). In 2013, he shot the romantic sci-fi film Her.