<P> The haunted room number is changed from 237 to 6277 in the video because it spells out "Mars" on a telephone keypad . The number also makes an appearance in the video for "From Yesterday" and "Up in the Air ." </P> <P> The music video was selected as the greatest rock video in the Kerrang Rock 100 on 27 June 2009 . </P> <P> When the press release info for "The Kill" video was released, Jared stated that the video was directed by an albino Danish man named Bartholomew Cubbins . This was intended as a joke as Cubbins is the main character of the Dr. Seuss book The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, however airings of the video on music channels still list Cubbins as the director . Bartholomew Cubbins has remained Jared Leto's alias for directing Thirty Seconds to Mars' videos (with the exception of the video for A Beautiful Lie). The hotel scenes in the video were filmed at The Carlu in Toronto, Ontario . </P> <P> The music video features the band exploring a hotel which they are care - taking . At the start, Jared Leto states that they have the hotel all to themselves for three days; although, later on, after the first chorus, it comes on the screen saying "One Week Later", before showing the pages saying "This is who I really am". In the extended version of the video, the other band members complain that they have been at the hotel longer than expected and have canceled shows because of Jared's peculiar behavior, explaining the discrepancy . </P>

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