"" is a song written by Marilyn Manson in 2003 for the album '' The Golden Age Of Grotesque ''. Manson portrays himself in the music video. It was shot over a period of two days in a hotel room in Los Angeles. It was directed by Asia Argento , who guest stars in the video along with Eric Szmanda .
After the original "(s)AINT" music video was banned in the United States due to its scenes of Drug Abuse , Self-mutilation , nudity, sexual content and Bondage , Manson made another version appropriate for television and other sources. Along with the release of the album, Lest We Forget , Manson released a single DVD with the uncut, banned from the label, original version of the music video. The only way to receive this though was to order it through Manson's website. It came also with the CD/DVD package. The explicit version of the DVD was released with the (s)AINT video in Australia. Japan required an edited version of the video due to a nudity in music video law in Japan. There has also been other music videos made for sAINT, one of the more well-known ones is Sims sAINT {Link without Title} aired on you-tube and depicts manson in Sims form from the EA game The Sims.
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