Over at The Dissolve today, David Ehrlich interviews National frontman Matt Berninger and his filmmaker brother Tom about their recently released documentary Mistaken for Strangers. (Read Jillian Mapes' review of the film here.) The brothers talk about the band's evolution, life on the road, and... that time Werner Herzog almost directed a video for the National ontop of a volcano? Says Matt:
"[H]e wanted to do a video with us, and we were really excited about that, even though it never ended up happening. His idea, he said, was [Werner Herzog impression], “I want to put the whole band on a live volcano, very close to the lava. I want it to be very dangerous for you, and I want to see you try to play your instruments while the lava is all around you.” And we were like, “That sounds awesome!” I don’t know about the logistics of making that work, but he definitely wanted us to be in serious danger, just to see if a band could actually play a song while lava is surrounding them."
Read the whole interview here.