Overview

• Filmmaker Andrew Dominik used generative AI to animate archival photographs for a video celebrating the Bad Seeds’ 40th anniversary of “Tupelo.”
• Nick Cave has long criticized AI—labeling it “unbelievably disturbing” and predicting a humiliating effect on creative industries.
• Dominik presented the finished AI-driven film to Cave without prior notice, urging him to “suspend your prejudices and take a look.”
• Cave called the AI-powered interpretation “extraordinarily profound” for its soulful retelling of the song and rich mythological imagery.
• He said the video’s uncanny animation of Elvis Presley, including shocking resurrection motifs, convinced him to reconsider AI as an artistic tool.