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The [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music video]] is simply tour footage of Reznor singing behind a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrim_%28material%29 scrim]. The footage used for this was shot in Dallas, Texas, and Omaha, Nebraska, in February of 1995. This video was released after a fully produced music video was scrapped. Both the scrapped studio video and the final live video were directed by Simon Maxwell. The live video can be found in the DualDisc edition of ''The Downward Spiral''
A second edit of "Hurt" was released on ''Closure.'' It is mostly similar to the original music video, but includes some alternate takes, as well as some tracking shots of the audience members. It is likely that this new edit (along with the live videos for "Eraser" and "Wish") were produced for Maxwell's [[Closure#Abandoned_1995_tour_film|abandoned professionally shot music concert film ]] documenting the [[Further Down The Spiral Tour]] performances.
Behind-the-scenes footage of the original video, shot at Silvercup Studios in New York, can be seen in the "Appendage" footage on the ''Closure'' DVD leak. The original video appears to be similar to the video for "[[Burn (song)|Burn]]". It features Reznor justified to the right of the screen, singing the song with footage of war atrocities and other acts of violence in the background, presumably the same footage projected in the live version. A 2016 interview with Maxwell gives background information about both the original and the final, released video.[http://pantograph-punch.com/post/interview-with-simon-maxwell]