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Dylan video coup for Israeli digital ad whiz

Vania Heymann’s trailblazing clip is taking the Internet by storm

Screenshot from the 'Like a Rolling Stone' video
Screenshot from the 'Like a Rolling Stone' video

NEW YORK (JTA) — The first official music video for Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” is making the rounds on the internet. And Dylan’s endorsement is only half the reason why.

The video, produced by media start-up Interlude, includes a novel interactive channel-tuning button, each channel mimicking a different cable channel or news program, featuring cameos by Drew Carey and a matzah-eating Danny Brown.

The video was filmed under creative directorship of 27-year old Vania Heymann, an Israeli graduate of the Bezalel Arts school.

In just two years, Heymann’s video portfolio has grown from student film trailer about Yiddish-speaking hitman “Der Mentsh” to a digital shorts series on Eretz Nehederet (Israel’s Saturday Night Live), a Pepsi Max commercial and now a Bob Dylan music video — 48 years after the original release — with the artist’s blessing.

US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan performing in France in July 2012. Jonah Lehrer, a staff writer for The New Yorker, has resigned and his latest book has been halted after he acknowledged inventing quotes by Bob Dylan. (photo credit: AP Photo/David Vincent, file)
US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan performing in France, July 2012 (photo credit: AP/David Vincent/File)

Seems as if Heymann isn’t pacing himself between achievements in digital advertising. As long as he doesn’t tire out, that could be a good development for digital media consumers and brands.

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