Fox 411 is reporting today that a Heath Ledger “death video” would be a collectible, if anyone could find it. Apparently, the actor made the video last year for the song Black Eyed Dog by Nick Drake, the British rocker who died of an antidepressant overdose in 1974. Ledger, who plays the main character, directed himself at the end to be dead in a bathtub from drowning. Ledger talked about it at a 2007 Venice Film Festival press conference, saying he was obsessed with Drake and his “suicide.” Where is the video? Good question. Although several dozen blogs have picked up on the story, no one has a copy of it. It was shown exactly twice. Last fall, it was included in an anthology of short films about Drake titled Their Place: Reflections On Nick Drake, which received its world premiere at the Mods & Rockers Film Festival held at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles on Oct. 5, 2007. It was also shown on a small screen in a video festival in Seattle.
Note: The video above is a tribute to Heath, and NOT the original video for the song.
[Source: Fox 411]
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