We're baaaaack. EMERGE is back on schedule with our weekly Recommends feature. For this issue, we're taking a journey into the favorites and inspirations of Ben Dickinson, a superhot young music video director who is getting lots of love of late for his clips for EMERGE favorites The Rapture, The Juan Maclean and Supersystem. He was recently featured in The Fader's "Silver Screen" issue and as this clip attests, dude not only has a vicegrip on cinematic technique but also on that elusive ability to tell a great story in a few short minutes of music video brilliance.

Here are some of his recommendations:

1. The Getty Address Videos:
"In my estimation a small masterpiece with amazingly original animation. My favorite episodes are 'Warholian Wigs' and 'I Will Truck.' The guy who made them is an eccentric dude named James Sumner who has a degree in linguistics from Yale.

2. "Lost Boy" from Sesame Street:
"A favorite from my childhood and a big inspiration for the animation style in 'WAYUH.' I love the texture of the colors."

3. Hype Williams:
"Idon't understand how the man who made such amazing videos for 'Put Ya Hands' by Busta Rhymes and 'She's A Bitch' by Missy Elliot is the same man who made such crap for TLC and R Kelly and Janet Jackson but there it is. 'Put Ya Hands' and 'Gimme Some More' have gotta be two of the best music videos in history. Ishouted out Belly in The Fader last month and I seriously think it is a very original and compelling albeit deeply flawed film that deserves another look.

4. The Secret Of My Success:
"This is not a good movie. Even so there's something really great and subversive about the plot. Basically Michael J Fox is able to trick everyone into thinking he is an executive BECAUSE he works in the mail room and has access to all of the paperwork that runs through the massive company. He sneaks into the white collar culture using his cunning and introduces a liberal agenda. Great corporate guerilla philosophy stuff but it sounds cooler than it is - I think nostalgia probably pays a part in my appreciation for this film."

5. Dylan 1966:
"I love all the recordings from the European tour where Bob Dylan went electric. I love "Eat The Document' which Pennebaker shot but Dylan edited himself. It is a very startling view into how his mind was working at the time. What a ride. I love how his songs sound during this period. He is so f*cking pissed off, just SNEERING. Pennebaker's work is a big influence on me: framing, lighting, camera movement. Except he was making documentaries!!!!"

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