vid - Once Upon A Time - The Fall

[kiki_miserychic]

vid title: Once Upon A Time music: "Excess" by Tricky source: The Fall duration: 4:42 notes: Made for Vividcon 2009's Club Vivid (not shown). resource: I took visual coloring cues from typicalrobots' gorgeous The Fall picspam.

summary: "Why are you making everybody die?" / "It's my story." / "Mine, too."

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[kuwdora.livejournal.com]

*GLOMPS VID*

LEE PACE. HOT. VID. HOTTTTTT.

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

I want to put him in my mouth. True story.

[ilovedrwilson.livejournal.com]

WWWWWOOOOOWWW!

That was really, really amazing. I love the movie and you captured it all perfectly. =)

[gigglemonster.livejournal.com]

Wow this was really cool!
You did such a wonderful job capturing the huge scope of the film itself.
Plus, yeahhhh Lee Pace IS really hot lol ;)

[0mindthegap0.livejournal.com]

Uh... wow. To the uninitiated, this movie looks quite.. odd.

Anyway. I came for the Tricky, and any intended meaning's being completely lost, but still. Wow.

[serrico.livejournal.com]

OMG THE FALL VID.

...and it is SO GOOD. Such a great encapsulation of all the movie's gorgeousness and strangeness and emotion.

SO GOOD. *loves*

[obsessive24.livejournal.com]

This, my dear, is some truly spectacular crazy shit. I didn't think Lee Pace could be hot in a long sleeveless man-dress, but you proved me oh-so-wrong. Hawt!

When I first watched the vid I thought of it as Bootystyle's similarly fucked-up sibling. But now upon rewatch I'm seeing it much more as a strangely beautiful and moving tale, full of fairytale monsters, heroes and villains underpinned by the friendship between the sick man and the little girl. It feels a lot more innocent than Bootystle in a lot of ways, though no less beautiful. It's a gorgeous vid, and I totally need to hunt down the movie.

[aurora]

Woah!

That was so, so trippy. And I need to find me a copy of the movie asap.

[sdwolfpup.livejournal.com]

I am constantly amazed that there are not a million vids to The Fall; it's such a gorgeous film. You've taken full advantage of it here and highlighted the layer of real disturbance underlying all of the lush visuals. Very cool.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Ah, I love this movie so much. Mems. You guys are seriously killing me over here. Hahaha.

[balistik94.livejournal.com]

This was really amazing the way you used the music is so great it's hypnotic. I'm speechless this is a beautiful work of art your use of lyrics, visual connections and overall rhythm are just wonderful. Damn I didn't know CVV vids could be so emotional and I will definitely check this movie out.

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Dude. This vid. It's such a visually gorgeous video; you use that so, so well. And really captures the emotional core of the film. It's hypnotic, rhythmic and gorgeous.

I'm glad it's making so many people want to watch the movie.

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It's one of my favorite movies.

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

When I think of epic, I think of this movie. Thanks. :)

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

The movie is amazing. I love everything about it. Tricky fits very well with the feeling of it.

Set in the 1920s, a girl (Alexandria) staying in a hospital for breaking her arm while picking oranges is told a story. Roy, whose legs are paralyzed from falling during a stunt for a movie, begins telling her the story, but what she pictures in her head doesn't match his words because she's 6 and she speaks little English at first. The story is about bandits (the Masked Bandit, Otta Benga, the Indian, Luigi, Charles Darwin, and the Mystic) on a quest to kill Governor Odious for their various revenges.

The following contains spoilers for the movie, so ignore if you plan on watching...

SPOILERS BE HERE:

Roy was telling her the story to get her to bring him pills so he could kill himself. He tells her that she has to leave when he falls asleep. A lot of real life circumstances seep into the story Roy is telling the girl. At the end of the movie it is vaguely revealed that the basic plot was taken from the movie Roy was in when he was injured. After he takes the pills and he's falling asleep when the girl inserts herself into the story to save them. The pills didn't work and he throws a fit. She thinks he needs more pills to feel better, so she sneaks into the pharmacy to steal them, but falls from the table. She has surgery, Roy visits her, and she begs him to finish the story. He continues the story, killing nearly every character and making his character a coward drowning in 3 feet of water. She makes him change the ending, the hero winning. As they recover a screening of the movie is given at the hospital, which includes the scene where Roy was injured. The ending is left a bit open with the girl returns to working in the oranges groves. The girl says that her mother took her to the movies and told her Roy was a stuntman in them, so she imagines him doing all the stunts in the movies she watches. The happy ending implies that Roy's legs healed and he got work as a stunt man, while the less happy and more realistic ending implies that the girl's mother lied to her because one clip is given of Roy as the stunt man. The first time it is a different actor, but it's Roy when replayed.

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

I'm still blown away by how beautiful this movie is. GUH.

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I had a desktop wallpaper of the movie on my desktop when I was vidding. My friend saw it and asked if he was wearing a dress. She eventually watched the movie and text me that it was the hottest dress she'd seen since Neo in The Matrix.

Both this and Bootystyle come from the same direct and he uses many of the same crew and locations, so they have a lot in common visually. The Fall is FAR more endearing and sweet, but it still has a screwed up level to it. I had to leave it out because it didn't work, but it's implied that, if anyone, the little girl is in love with the nurse because she brings her into the story as the love interest. The little girl also loves Roy on a level. In real life she kisses him on the forehead, but it's made to look like she kisses him on the mouth in the story.

Watch the movie. Do it DOOOO EEETT. :)

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

:) Oh yes, watch it.

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

Me too. It's one of my favorites and it's so visual that I can't believe there aren't tons of vids for it.

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

Mine is an evil laugh.

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

Thank you. The music is very trippy and feels like it fits well. This movie made me cry buckets, especially the part where the Mystic tires to climb back in the tree.

WATCH IT.

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

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Thanks. The Fall still hits me hard when I rewatch.

Me too. This movie needs watched by everyone in the entire world that has ever existed. :)

[obsessive24.livejournal.com]

I def got the vibe that the little girl was in love with Roy, so that part wasn't surprising, especially from this director. Definitely planning to watch it soon.

[tearful-eye.livejournal.com]

oh my god, what is this move? why is it not in my life yet?!

this is such a gorgeous vid! i love everything about it. the contrast of the beautiful fairytale world with all those rich colours & fantastic happenings - and then the depressing hospital surroundings is amazing. and the movement & shiny, and ... *flails* i love it so much!
and then it's like the two worlds collide & merge, and the depressedness of reality (or something) invades the dream world - heartbreaking and still so lovely.

and tricky, WHEE!


*runs off to watch the movie*

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[allzugern.livejournal.com]

It took me a couple of views to totally fall in love with this vid - but I did, especially after getting a little background on 'The Fall'. The music choice is perfect and the chosen clips pulled the story together brilliantly. Thanks for sharing it.