Orpheus and Eurydice Save Each Other

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Following up my most successful video essay so far with a deep dive into religious thought applied to Moulin Rouge, I'm sure this will do numbers.
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SECTIONS
0:00 - Intro: An Old Song
10:20 - Verse 1: Beauty
23:36 - Verse 2: Pain
37:05 - Verse 3: Descent
48:27 - Verse 4: Choice
1:01:22 - Verse 5: Death
1:14:39 - Verse 6: Life
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SOURCES
BOOKS
-Eliade, Mircea. “A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 1: From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries” (1978)
-Eliade, Mircea. “A History of Religious Ideas, Vol. 2: From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity” (1982)
-Mitchell, Anaïs. “Working on a Song: The Lyrics of Hadestown” (2020)
-Plato. “Phaedras”
-Plato. “Symposium”
FILM
-Funeral Parade of Roses (1969), dir. Toshio Matsumoto
-Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), dir. John Cameron Mitchell
-Loving Vincent (2017), dir. Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman
-Moulin Rouge (1952), dir. John Huston
-Moulin Rouge! (2001), dir. Baz Luhrmann
-My Fair Lady (1964), dir. George Cukor
-O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), dir. Joel and Ethan Coen
-Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), dir. Céline Sciamma
-Titanic (1997), dir. James Cameron
SHOWS
-30 Rock, “Grandmentor” (2012) dir. Beth McCarthy-Miller
-The Fairly OddParents, “Channel Chasers” (2004) dir. Butch Hartman
-The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo, “Episode 2” (2016) dir. Brian Jordan Alvarez
-Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, “Art Class & Lost and Found” (2006) dir. Savage Steve Holland
STAGE
-Hadestown, Anaïs Mitchell
-Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Steven Trask & John Cameron Mitchell
VIDEOS
-“‪@theartassignment‬
--The Myth of the Tortured Artist, • The Myth of the Tortur...
--The Truth of the Tortured Artist, • The Truth of the Tortu...
PUBLICATIONS
-Bittencourt, Ela. (2020, June 23). Portrait of a Lady on Fire: Daring to See. Criterion Collection. www.criterion.com/current/pos...
-Clark, Nick. (2024, January 25). Anaïs Mitchell on her musical Hadestown: “I worked on it so long I was afraid I’d never make another record.” Evening Standard. www.standard.co.uk/culture/th...
MUSIC
-Respighi, "Fontane di Roma"
-Vivaldi, "Four Seasons"
-‪@EJMInstrumentals‬
- • 𝗢𝗿𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘂𝘀 𝗢𝗱𝘆𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘆 - 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲...

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@JoseMariaLuna Ай бұрын

Hey everyone! I hate doing this but I'm fighting for my life in the copyright disputes for this video, which means I'm currently not able to monetize it. I was counting on it to help me deal with a few additional expenses of late, so I'd appreciate some support if you have the means to! If not, just watching the work I put so much effort into means the world. But if you can, my Venmo is @JoseMLuna, my PayPal link is in the description, and my super comments are I think enabled. I appreciate it so much! Thank you for watching!

@lightonsnow1 Ай бұрын

As a Hadestown obsessive, I saw the title and ran to click this immediately.

@annahks Ай бұрын

Same

@merlinjenkins3814 Ай бұрын

This was wonderful! I always felt that the turn in Portrait of a Lady on Fire, was as Maiane left and Heloise asks her to turn. Taking her earlier insistence of Eurydice's agency into her own life. And to do this whilst in her wedding dress, the symbol of her "death", echoing the apparition Mariane earlier saw in the hallway and turned from. The fleeting misses, the ways Heloise later seeks out Mariane in the illustrated ovid and vivialdi, are just Eurudice's way of reminding herself she loved and was loved. Much the same way that the frame narrative of Mariane's art class, the titular portrait and her painting of Orpheus's farewell is hers. It is their life after death

@JoseMariaLuna Ай бұрын

Ugh, YES

@marsbie Ай бұрын

I hate that I've never seen Hadestown but I'm here for the Moulin Rouge reading

@caIicomoon Ай бұрын

Honestly teared up towards the end there. What a beautiful and moving video essay. I never thought that Titanic and Portrait of a lady on fire are stories inspired by orpheus’ tragedy! I’ve learned so much from this pls keep making these amazing works of art

@JoseMariaLuna Ай бұрын

This means so much, thank you!

@BotheredBoy Ай бұрын

Big "Hero with a Thousand Faces" energy. I'm here for it.

@Liliocelote Ай бұрын

I had never seen a video of yours but I saw Hadestown and Portrait on the thumbnail and I had to click and just... wow. This is one of the most mesmerizing video essays I've seen. The way you weaved every piece of media together to tell the many facets of this myth was amazing. Also don't feel bad about the catholic references they were very on point lol Anyway I hope this video gets more views because this is seriously the cream of the crop

@JoseMariaLuna Ай бұрын

This is so beautiful, thank you!

@queerlyvictorian Ай бұрын

The sheer drama on display here gets an immediate subscribe from me ❤

@okaykatieokay Ай бұрын

Hedwig has been one of my favourite shows for coming on ten years, and this reading is utterly brilliant. Can't wait to rewatch the film with this framing in mind

@ash-fr5hy Ай бұрын

wow, im barely halfway in and this is a masterpiece. i usually listen to video essays in the background, but i need to watch this one through! great work.

@ValerieEnriquez Ай бұрын

This was such a beautiful exploration, not just of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, but of love in general. We love despite knowing we could very easily lose our love for any number of different reasons. We listen to sad songs over and over again to feel that sadness, but know that the sadness eventually ends; perhaps not when the song ends, but just at some point in the future.

@dimitra_k 17 күн бұрын

God this is so so beautiful. Truly a work of art made specifically for ME and my life-long obsession with the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and its devastating balance of hope and devastation. Amazing video, I'll be thinking about it forever I think.

@seafridge Ай бұрын

I clicked on this video because I found its premise compelling. Not only was I rewarded with your truly astute analysis, but I found the artistry of it mesmerising. Thank you for this enlightening and entertaining piece.

@JoseMariaLuna Ай бұрын

So sweet! Thank YOU!

@TheLeftistCooks Ай бұрын

You are an artist and an inspiration! You have two faces for us to try and see, stepping around you curiously, just on the verge of eye contact, desperately trying to figure out how on earth you came up with yourself. And yet... your neck is so much slimmer than the humans the titans made. - N

@JoseMariaLuna Ай бұрын

This means so much to me and thank you for being so generous with your words! Also! It’s because my neck came out twice as long instead of wide. Divine mistake 😔

@KB-rj3jn 7 күн бұрын

This is so good i love finding channels before they blow up but also sad that i managed to binge every video in two days

@betinababbles249 Ай бұрын

Whoa! This was such a great and insightful video with an amazing production value but still lighthearted 🥰🥰! Honestly anyone talking about Moulin Rouge (by absolute favorite movie of all time!) is automatically top tier in my book. 😂

@moonshotb Ай бұрын

This is my first video of yours and I was totally blown away! Your words and the content and your humor flowed so well. I was tearing up a bit at the end and thought of the Arrival film as another Orpheus story as you talked about your love and inevitability. Thanks for creating and sharing!!

@JoseMariaLuna Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this! You're so kind!

@kenno6695 Ай бұрын

I LOVE THIS AND I HOPE MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO BEAR WITNESS TO YOUR ARTISTRY

@Mosstrades Ай бұрын

salivating at the thought of getting to sit down at the end of today and enjoy this movie, i cant wait

@laralang7617 Ай бұрын

This was really beautiful, and has helped me process some of my thoughts on lost love. Thank you for making this.

@JoseMariaLuna Ай бұрын

That means so much, thank YOU for sharing

@manicpixie7024 Ай бұрын

As always a masterpiece,! how lucky I have been to find your channel and share in the joy that is your creations

@JoseMariaLuna Ай бұрын

🥺🥺🥺 Thank you so much!

@literature4lovers965 Ай бұрын

I’m only a minute into the monologue of this video and I LOVE this so much!!! 💜♥️💗💖🩵🫶

@aydauniverse662 Ай бұрын

Woah. Only 3 minutes into this and already absolutely in awe. I can tell this is gonna be one of those video essays that alter my brain chemistry. Hell yeah

@KWilliamWhite Ай бұрын

Awww! José! That ending was so sweet! Genuinely, something I needed right now.

@JoseMariaLuna Ай бұрын

Do you have any idea how much this means coming from you? It makes me so happy

@ZackPaslay Ай бұрын

Lunatics, we won again!!!!!

@dimitra_k 17 күн бұрын

This video is so so good I can't believe your transitions and cinematography wow

@sopranophantomista Ай бұрын

This was such a cool essay to listen to this morning. I'm really glad that this came about my recommended videos. It's so fascinating as a Catholic to Agnostic how many of these stories, these concepts, these tales of humanity are wrapped in one another, the threads of regions pulling them away in pieces and reforging them in a different image. This is why I've always enjoyed mytholgies and the faiths that bloom from them. But I have to say, I love the ending the most, because you bear your heart in such a beautiful way. I'm always so happy to see others happy, and you're right. While it could be defined as madness to be vulnerable in an uncaring world, it also provides a light like nothing else these days. Cheers, and thanks again for such a thoughtful essay.

@JoseMariaLuna Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this! It means a lot

@dozingdaisy2083 Ай бұрын

This is ridiculously genius. Thank you so much to contributing!

@irismakesart6002 Ай бұрын

can’t believe this doesn’t have more views leaving a comment 4 the algorithm

@BacklogReviewer 29 күн бұрын

I’ve just rewatched this and good lord, it’s just superb. It’s good all the way through but that ending is really tremendous, insightful and moving and true. Gorgeous video

@JoseMariaLuna 29 күн бұрын

This means so much to me, thank you!!!

@johanabi Ай бұрын

Holy moly, how do you have less that 6,000 followers??? Hopefully this showing up on my recommended feed means the algorithm is about to give you your flowers.

@derekkrumel1407 Ай бұрын

incredible work.

@johnnzboy Ай бұрын

Bravo José María, this truly is a work of art.

@TheRJB0 Ай бұрын

This was an absolutely beautiful piece. Thank you.

@gjtgnwph Ай бұрын

Hedwig is my favourite musical, and I always love people who talk about and analyse it ❤

@soulbunni Ай бұрын

Ooo you dropped!!!!!!!

@UndercoverAkatsuki Ай бұрын

im halfway through rn and its so good its really good!! also living for the small loving vincent bits

@allielabr Ай бұрын

incredible video, i'm so happy i found your channel!!

@Furore2323 Ай бұрын

I can't believe I never realised that Hadestown was a version of Orpheus & Eurydice.

@Firegen1 Ай бұрын

Ahhh he's back! Bookmarks for later cos you are my favourite new video essayist since I discovered Kaz Rowe a year back. Cannot wait!

@tvestal100 Ай бұрын

Damn this was so good to watch, I needed this today

@annaluizab.365 Ай бұрын

congratulations maria luna you had me sobbing on a saturday night

@crowspirit5154 Ай бұрын

Unbelievably happy to see this video. One of the most well researched videos ive ever seen!! How refreshing not to get frustrated over things left out relating to greek mythology, and actually to learn quite a few things!! The muses have clearly blessed you. Honestly you could submit this as a master's thesis. What a mind you have 🌷

@JoseMariaLuna Ай бұрын

This makes me so happy! Thank you so much!

@UndercoverAkatsuki Ай бұрын

finished it, that was extremely good im glad i waited until i had proper time to set aside to watch this

@kerishaw8991 Ай бұрын

okay I am crying

@Furore2323 Ай бұрын

I don't know about the world but you've made my life better.

@starlesscitiess Ай бұрын

saw hadestown last week and im SO ready to cry my eyes out over this

@starlesscitiess Ай бұрын

update: i am crying my eyes out

@chaiky6556 Ай бұрын

This video needs more views

@bindi3024 Ай бұрын

Your videos are always so genuinely and creatively thoughtful I am so jealous of your mind I would NEVER have considered Titanic or Portrait of a Lady on Fire as retellings of this myth let alone Hedwig and all the biblical stories you mentioned (you can take the girl outta catholic school buuuuut….) ugh this was so well done go off king we stan

@JoseMariaLuna Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Catholic school solidarity

@woodmoonwolf Ай бұрын

thank you

@lenawalters1866 Ай бұрын

I just watched Hadestown and now this? Oh the gods are good, the fates are kind! There is a Titanic resurgence rn and I love it. Ps. There is no such thing as too many twinks

@charlottehollingsworth9125 Ай бұрын

Did you make this video for me specifically?? Or am I just unknowingly obsessed with Orpheus stories and I didn't even know

@tonydelamancha5513 Ай бұрын

you can’t take the trauma out of the catholic kid, agreed.

@sassylittleprophet Ай бұрын

I'm not Catholic (raised in the Independent Fundamental Baptist cult), but I relate. Religious trauma runs deep.

@l0_0l Ай бұрын

portrait of a lady on fire and thematic languishing desire…?! 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 also, now i’m wondering if stephen sondheim’s passion-a fave and the pro shot is available on youtube-is an orpheus and eurydice story…

@writethepath8354 Ай бұрын

This is so enjoyable 😅

@amandamarinovich6164 Ай бұрын

Have you seen Black Orpheus? It's, um, complicated in a modern cultural context. But I believe there's value in watching it anyway. On my 1st watch, I absolutely loved it. Rewatching a few years later, I was disappointed. I think I need a tiebreaker soon.