'' Broken '' was created as a companion piece to the EP of the same name after Reznor wanted to create an art project based on the EP with director Christopherson ; Christopherson intended the piece to be " a comment on the existence of snuff movies and people ’s obsession with them " . Reznor , however , was at the time recording in the house where the Tate murders were committed , and seeing the video made him uneasy , so the project was shelved , though not before Reznor circulated a few copies on VHS
Tate murders
Tate murders
Broken (1993 film)