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The concept of the video is widely interpreted as Trent Reznor portraying a man mourning the death of a child and detaching himself from reality through absinthe. [[Charlie Clouser]], [[Danny Lohner]], and [[Chris Vrenna]] appear in the video, most notably playing string instruments at the beginning of the video. The aesthetics were heavily influenced by the illustrations of 20th-century artist Edward Gorey (1925–2000), the most obvious reference coming from the girl sitting on the cushion in front of the painting. The entire video was filmed with a blue tint with the exception of the drum breakdown, which uses flashing green light instead, representing Reznor losing himself in the absinthe.

<blockquote>David really liked the "Closer" video, which of course blew my mind, which led him to ask me to direct a video for a Trent Reznor song that was gonna appear on the LOST HIGHWAY soundtrack (one of my all-time favorite films of his, especially all the Robert Blake scenes).