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I was very well aware of the movies Heath wanted to make, because we shared the same values," Amato reflects. "We definitely wanted to make movies for smart women. I think he had his daughter in mind, as well. We hated violence in our culture. We're very against it. We wanted to flip that paradigm and focus on women and love, and chess.

It's about connecting with people. I've had some great opportunities to connect in a very personal way with some of the artists I worked with on music videos. There is that sense of nostalgia, even while you're there, on some music videos. I'm thinking particularly of the family I stayed with in Scotland when I did the Withered Hand video. Or working with Justin out in the woods during the Bon Iver video. Those are very powerful memories for me.