Editing Bullet with Butterfly Wings (section)

==Music video==
Filming for the music video took place in late September 1995 with [[Samuel Bayer]] as director.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2syyph|title=Smashing Pumpkins making of Bullet With Butterfly Wings - video dailymotion|website=Dailymotion|access-date=November 2, 2019}}</ref><ref name="2004 book">{{cite book|author=Amy Hanson|title=Smashing Pumpkins Tales of a Scorched Earth|url=https://worldcat.org/title/1028327016|date=2004|publisher=Helter Skelter |pages=214–|isbn=9781900924689}}</ref> The filming location was a quarry located in the [[Simi Valley, California|Simi Valley]] hills of California, most likely the mining pits of the Gillibrand Industrial Sands facility, located adjacent to the [[Big Sky Ranch|Big Sky Film Ranch]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thequarryfilmsite.com/mining-pits |title=Mining Pits|publisher=The Quarry at Gillibrand |access-date=November 3, 2022}}</ref> The visual look of the video was inspired by the work of Brazilian photographer [[Sebastião Salgado]] on gold mining;<ref>{{cite web|author=Finished challenges |url=http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Challenge.aspx?ID=2208 |title=2 out of 3 - Bullet with butterfly wings: Digital Photography Review |publisher=Dpreview.com |access-date=September 27, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-personal.umich.edu/~brt/sp/songs/bulletwith.html |title=Bullet with Butterfly Wings |publisher=Personal.umich.edu |access-date=September 27, 2012}}</ref> in contrast, the band used the video to debut their new [[glam rock]] wardrobes - notably, Billy Corgan's black shirt with the word "[[Zero (The Smashing Pumpkins song)|Zero]]" written in silver, and silver pants.<ref name="LLC1996">{{cite book|author=SPIN Media LLC|title=SPIN|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JpJ-kK1j2_MC&pg=PA53|date=June 1996|publisher=SPIN Media LLC|pages=53–|issn=0886-3032}}</ref> The video also marks the last filmed appearance of Billy Corgan prior to his decision to shave his head.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mac|first1=Ryan|last2=Dunn|first2=Charlie|title=Review: Live 105's Not So Silent Night|url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/12/14/review-live-105s-not-so-silent-night/|access-date=November 25, 2014|work=[[The Stanford Daily]]|date=December 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtcFs4iWlXo|title=YouTube|website=www.youtube.com|access-date=November 2, 2019}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref>

When asked why the band chose Bullet for the first video, Corgan responded "the record company did a survey of [[Kmart (United States)|K-Mart]] shoppers between 30 and 40 and this is the song they came up with". "This is the blue light special", said Chamberlin,<ref>{{cite AV media|date=October 1995 |title=[[MTV News]] with Kurt Loder |medium=Motion picture |publisher=[[MTV]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spfc.org/news-press/interviews.html?content_id=2781|title=spfc.org : interviews : MTV News Interview|website=www.spfc.org|access-date=November 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqmcgqKSGjs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/rqmcgqKSGjs |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Behind The Scenes Smashing Pumpkins Bullet With Butterfly Wings Video MTV 1995|date=November 2018 |access-date=November 2, 2019|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> though it is likely in the context of the interview that these statements were sarcastic.