It's time to end the great Queens of the Stone Age/ Italian porn debate once and for all: After viewing behind-the-scenes footage from the band's new video, for the tune "In My Head," it's clear that the clip doesn't resemble an adult film, Italian or otherwise.

In fact, it doesn't look like any kind of film we can think of.

In the footage, the Queens — broken down to the three-piece operation of frontman Josh Homme, guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen and drummer Joey Castillo — rip through "Head" against a gray/black background as director Associates in Science (a.k.a. Adam Levite) watches and a camera slowly zooms in on the action.

Of course, all the porno rumors got started by Homme last month, via a post he wrote on QOTSA.com (see "Next QOTSA Video Reminds Josh Homme Of Italian Porn"). A few weeks later, Levite himself chimed in, seeming a bit mystified by Homme's claims and stating that the video is based less on porn and more on the works of ultra-detailed portrait artist Chuck Close (see "Queens' Upcoming Video Is Not Like Italian Porn, After All").

Additional footage shows Levite shooting individual scenes (featuring stuffed birds, skulls, etc.) which he'll digitally incorporate into the Queens performance footage, à la a Close painting. Levite is now entrenched in a New York editing suite and hopes to have the video for "Head" completed by the end of the month.

As for Homme, he seems to be less than familiar with Close's work — or with anything at all related to the "Head" video, despite the fact that he's, you know, actually in it.

"[Levite] brought his idea in, and he knew exactly what it was," the singer said. "He laid it all out, and now we can just be casual and do stuff. The idea is ... I don't know what the idea is, and that's why I show up to do stuff. It's very vague, but I like how forcefully it was delivered.

"You can't take this sh-- too seriously — you only go around one time," he added, flicking a cigarette. "Like Elvis said, life's a stage and you don't get an encore, so just f---ing do it now."

For Josh Homme's take on the Queens' latest album, see the feature "Queens of the Stone Age: A Stone Unturned."