Kanye West’s Premieres “Runaway” [Video]

“First rule in this world baby, don’t pay attention to anything you see in the news”

Kanye’s short film “Runaway” premiered tonight on MTV and BET to mixed reviews. The film, co-directed by Hype Williams, revolves around a failed relationship between Kanye West and a phoenix. I will admit the film was beautifully put together.

The two things that stood out to me and left room for many interpretations were, the dinner scene when the man turned to Kanye West and said “Your girlfriend is beautiful. Do you know she’s a bird?”. It was hard not to wonder if this scene represented his relationship with Amber Rose. Also during that same scene, Kanye and the Phoenix sat at a banquet table of black people who were being served by white servants.

Earlier this year while on ustream, Kanye talked about how he makes sure that his work is abstract:

I want to find more of an abstraction in my work. When things are like completely literal and you have to take it one way, it’s too commercial to me. When it’s abstract people can take it a lot of different ways so whatever people think about it, it’s good. If people think think a 100 different things and have a 100 different opinion about it, it’s much better than giving or demanding that someone thinks one way about it.

It will be interesting to see how others viewed the film and interpreted it.

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