Promotion
Eight low-budget films were officially released online in promotion of Heligoland:
- "Splitting the Atom" (Promo 1), directed by Baillie Walsh (2009).
- "Paradise Circus", directed by Toby Dye (2009) features clips from an old pornographic film, interspersed with an interview with the film's now-aged female star Georgina Spelvin, who describes each stage of a film-oriented sex act and emphasizes the added erotic excitement of the camera. Video on Youtube
- "Splitting the Atom" (Promo 2), directed by Edouard Salier (2009). Video on Youtube
- "Flat of the Blade", directed by Ewan Spencer (2009)
- "Saturday Come Slow", directed by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin (2010), features a former Guantanamo Bay detainee at a laboratory in Cambridge, where he and a professor work in tandem to discuss the use of loud sounds as a means of torture.
- "Psyche", directed by John Downer (2010)
- "Atlas Air", directed by Eduard Salier, was downloadable with the digital Version of the Atlas Air EP. The Video is in fact a prequel to Salier's version of "Splitting The Atom"
- "Pray For Rain", directed by Jake Scott (2011)
Furthermore, a "United Snakes" video by UnitedVisualArtists, along with a previous alternate promo for "Psyche" directed by Dougal Wilson were also released.
"Paradise Circus" was licensed to be the theme tune for the BBC TV drama series Luther. "Paradise Circus" can also be heard in Gossip Girl, "Misfits" (S2, Ep4), Revenge (S2, Ep6) and "9 Crimes", the fourth episode of the third season of True Blood. A remixed version of "Paradise Circus" by Gui Boratto, can also be heard on the Lincoln MKX commercials featuring Mad Men's John Slattery.
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