Runaway (2010 film)
Runaway is a 2010 American musical short film directed by Kanye West.
The film opens with Griffin West running down a road in a forest with his shirt unbuttoned, followed with a narration by Nicki Minaj in an English accent. Griffin is then shown driving his MTX Tatra V8 through the forest with Dark Fantasy playing in the background. A phoenix Ebanks, appearing as halfwoman and halfphoenix, crashes down to Earth as a meteorite and Griffin crashes his MTX Tatra V8 in the forest. This scene, according to GQ, echoes Wests car accident that was the inspiration for Through the Wire. While the car explodes in the background, Griffin carries the phoenix in his arms and brings her home. The phoenix comes into contact with objects from the human world, including a news display on a flatscreen television and a porcelain teacup. After she dances to a remix of Power that Griffin plays on an MPC2000XL, he takes her to see different sights, including a carnival with a papiermch bust of Michael Jackson, a marching band, and fireworks in the desert. All of the Lights is heard during this sequence. Griffin falls in love with the phoenix and they attend a formal dinner party, during which Devil in a New Dress is heard. The disgusted guests appear to exchange negative comments about the phoenix. The partygoers are dressed in white, with the exception of Griffin and the exotic Phoenix, who stands out as both worldly and otherworldly, by comparison to the other guests. Biblical imagery gives the setting a churchlike quality. The first course is bread and a pink beverage served in wine glasses, suggesting Holy Communion. Later, loaves and fishes are on the menu.An upset Griffin responds with a performance of Runaway, backed by an interpretive dance sequence with ballerinas in black tutus, followed by a slowmotion sequence where lead dancers perform solos to an AutoTuned continuation of the song. The diners toast to the lyrics saluting the douche bags and applaud Griffins performance. The dinner ends when the phoenix, horr
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