Runaway (2010 film)

Runaway is a 2010 American musical short film directed by Kanye West.^[1]

It serves as the music video for a compilation of songs from West's album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, released that same year. It is inspired by other musical films such as Purple Rain, Pink Floyd – The Wall and Michael Jackson's Thriller and painters Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse.^[2] Directors Federico Fellini and Stanley Kubrick as well as fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld are also direct inspirations.^[3]^[4]^[5] The film depicts a romantic relationship between a man and a half-woman, half-phoenix, and is set to music by West from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

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^ Kaufman, Gil (October 7, 2010). "Kanye West Screens 'Runaway' In London". MTV.com. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
^ Tucker, Ken (October 23, 2010). "Kanye West and 'Runaway' music film, a review: Arty, sweet, shrewd, sexy. Good music, too". Entertainment Weekly. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
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^ Muhammad, Latifah (October 22, 2010). "Kanye West Looked to Karl Lagerfeld for Film's Inspiration". The Boombox. AOL. Retrieved October 25, 2010.