@film.zone9: Long before the idea of a "visual album" took shape, Michael Jackson was already approaching music videos as if they were cinematic events. And he wasn't just working with anyone. He teamed up with directors who helped shape entire eras of filmmaking, like Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, John Landis, David Fincher, Spike Lee, David Lynch, and John Singleton — and with each collaboration, the scale kept growing. "Thriller" didn't just become legendary, it reshaped what a music video could be. "Bad," on the other hand, plays almost like a short film straight out of Scorsese's world. This was never just about promotion. It was about building something lasting. In the process, he blurred the line between music and cinema until they felt like one and the same.