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@Gospodinjedi
@Gospodinjedi 6 күн бұрын
My favorite film. Most shocking scene in cinema history-that's what i've said when somebody asking me about "Fearless". This film make me feel life.
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 5 күн бұрын
One of my top few all-time favorites as well, and out of the thousands of films I’ve seen; one of only a tiny handful that gave me a profound, visceral appreciation for being alive. I’m always glad to hear that it affected others in a similarly deep way!
@jorymil
@jorymil 29 күн бұрын
Ultimately improvising _is_ repetition. But it comes from hours of practice, listening, and performing. It's having a musical conversation. Forgetting about the words and letting the sound come out.
@missannaventure
@missannaventure Ай бұрын
Absolutely loved this most creative and aesthetically pleasing #ditl ❤🎉 So many stand out angles and moments in there!!!
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters Ай бұрын
Aw, thank you so much, Anna! 🥰😘
@nelsonx5326
@nelsonx5326 Ай бұрын
I just last week had a same thought. I'm a painter. In the past I would get an idea for a painting before starting, maybe walking around with the idea in my head for months first, working it out. But lately I've been painting with nothing in my head to start. I thought about how it isn't easy to create something from nothing. I guess it really isn't from nothing, I have skills, went to school, studied classical figure drawing, design, color theory and such.
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters Ай бұрын
What seems clear to me as time goes on is that nothing gets created in a vacuum, especially in this age of sharing everything online. Our brains absorb so many ideas, forms, styles, approaches, etc., and everything we do gets filtered through personal experience, point of view, and ideas into something both old and new. I’ve realized over the years that a lot of the work of creating anything for me happens while I’m busy doing other things. Focusing on a particular project gets my brain turning it over and over, ideas popping into my head that I jot down for later when I’m back formally creating whatever it is. But live performance adds a whole other element. I iterate on a idea for a long time before anyone else gets to see it… but improvising with no prior plan in front of a live audience adds hair-raising challenges, most fundamentally the fear of failing or just not coming up with something you or your listeners judge to be “good” - or enough like things from your past work that became popular to please people. The fact that anyone can do it as well as KJ has done it without getting overly distracted by trying to please people never ceases to amaze me.
@lijopunnapra1683
@lijopunnapra1683 2 ай бұрын
We need more and more videos like this 🙌 ❤
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much - I’m glad you enjoyed it! More on the way…
@charlyquinn
@charlyquinn 2 ай бұрын
Loved this film. There is not one unnecessary shot in it, the story and dialogue got me deeply involved and the way it was told was amazing.
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!
@soncries
@soncries 2 ай бұрын
”if you haven’t heard it, I envy you”. Spot on
@ivoeduardosebendeazevedo8625
@ivoeduardosebendeazevedo8625 Ай бұрын
That performance will impress and hount me forever.
@mohsinislamkh
@mohsinislamkh 3 ай бұрын
Amazing content. Why people are not watching this?. Liked, subscribed and shared.
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 3 ай бұрын
❤ Thank you so much!
@h.837
@h.837 3 ай бұрын
this is amazing
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@AlejandroTGarcia
@AlejandroTGarcia 3 ай бұрын
Great video
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 3 ай бұрын
Thanks Alejandro! I hope all is well in your neck of the woods!
@madjetobimarcaventtchona5608
@madjetobimarcaventtchona5608 3 ай бұрын
Great work. This essay is very eye opening
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 3 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@diegovaldes3471
@diegovaldes3471 4 ай бұрын
This movie shook me to my core and it absolutely set the bar on a new level of what the cinematic experience could be. It was a before and after in my life. I think the car crash toolbox scene is quite literally one of the greatest scenes in all film history. I also knew a guy from Turkey who was so shook to the core by this movie, that in the 90´s he went at night and broke a glass to steal the poster, which he still has. 😂😂😂 That is the level at which this movie gets you.
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 4 ай бұрын
Those are great stories! I had a similar experience, so stunned after watching it that I just couldn’t speak or move; I just wanted to make sure I never forgot the intensity of that feeling of being alive. It’s so unfortunate that so few films ever achieve this level of intensity or meaning, or even try to.
@missannaventure
@missannaventure 5 ай бұрын
This is so beautiful
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much - I’m glad you enjoyed it!
@JHallenbeck
@JHallenbeck 7 ай бұрын
What a great interview that gives so much insight into the screenwriting experience as well as amazing insider info about a great, unappreciated movie like Fearless. I've always tried to find more behind the scenes material about this film but due to it falling into semi-obscurity in the years since its release (a true tragedy!), no one has really done a significant deep dive retrospective on it, or sought out the stories behind its making. So I feel like this interview was made for someone just like me: a film buff who loves the film itself, who wanted more info on how it came to be (especially from the writing side) and its stages of production, and finds the whole development process totally fascinating, e specially on thoughtful, mature films like this that are in short supply and have sadly become the rarest of beasts. Thank you for doing this and sharing, I loved the hell out of every minute! I have also subbed 🙏
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 7 ай бұрын
I'm so thrilled to hear that this meant something to you - I need to frame your comment and hang it above my desk for when I'm feeling despair over the film business to remind me that I'm not the only one who craves meaningful films. Thank you so much - you made my day!
@JHallenbeck
@JHallenbeck 7 ай бұрын
@@TheCuriousOtters You are not alone! I long for the days when movies like this were still getting made on the regular. The 90s was the last true golden age for this stuff. We didn't realise how good we had it. I genuinely think about this movie a lot. It comes back to me in random moments of my life. I hope you tackle some more retrospectives like this, and do more interviews. You are really great at conducting an insightful interview with precision-engineered questions that come from an understanding of the business/process (no fluffy softballs!), as well as taking a deep dive analysis of the film itself. I enjoyed this interview as well as your video retrospective on the themes and ideas in Fearless. Hope to see more of your work on here, sir!
@renatodoho
@renatodoho 7 ай бұрын
One of my favorites movies of all time! It deserves a special edition in 4K.
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 7 ай бұрын
That would be a day to celebrate. For a long time you could only find it on DVD in a horrible version cropped to 4:3 😱. The current BluRay is a decent transfer, but no 4K is so frustrating…
@WriteHookTV
@WriteHookTV 7 ай бұрын
Excellent. FWIW, I saw this movie as an audience preview in Vancouver in December 1993,about a week before it released. A week later I had to fly back to New Jersey, and I wasn't out of the headspace this movie put me in. Watching this video put me under the same spell.
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 7 ай бұрын
Glad to hear I wasn't the only one who was affected that way. It never ceases to amaze me how well-made films can really put you into a kind of trance that can really have a profound and lasting effect.
@elpianodegustavo
@elpianodegustavo 8 ай бұрын
Excelentes analisis, ojala puedas seguir con esto.
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 8 ай бұрын
Muchas gracias!
@elpianodegustavo
@elpianodegustavo 8 ай бұрын
Excelente video, me encantó y está excelentemente acompañado por las imagenes.
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 8 ай бұрын
Muchas gracias por su amable comentario, ¡me alegro de que le haya gustado!
@SteveBrant55
@SteveBrant55 8 ай бұрын
Wonderful video! I listened to Keith Jarrett while I was in college! But I never heard him speak about Victor Borge until now. I also have not followed what he has done since his stroke. I will read more about him now, thanks to your inspiration. What an incredible musician! I will share this on social media. I know a number of musicians. I'm sure they will enjoy it... along with people interested in doing the impossible in general. Thanks again!
@SteveBrant55
@SteveBrant55 8 ай бұрын
I just discovered your channel this morning... watched your video about Keith Jarrett before this one. Wow! Great stuff! And the story of your relationship with your grandfather is similar to my relationship with my father. He was always number one in the household... a malignant narcissist who kept me down by never showing any interest in what was important to me. He wanted me to get a job and have no dreams. I finally broke free of his domination 30 plus years ago, when my marriage ended, I burned out working for the government, and my mother died within the span of about one year. Cast adrift but with the support of my older sister, I found my way back to a dream I had as a child (advocating for more peaceful relations between people) and have been much happier ever since. My father was my hero only in how he introduced the family to music (classical and jazz), because he was a classically trained pianist. So, I love music to this day thanks to him. But the dark side of his personality did a real number on me for many years. I look forward to seeing what other videos you've made. Thanks again for this one and the one about Keith Jarrett (and other innovators). I'm old enough that I listened to Keith Jarrett when I was in college. Bill Evans too. But also progressive rock (Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull, Renaissance) and classics and motion picture soundtracks. I think God for having music in my life. It helped keep me sane.
@NSR7385
@NSR7385 9 ай бұрын
I enjoyed the film. No big “ah ha” moments for me, but not every film needs to be be that way for me. I still enjoyed the watch…thank you
@atiredblue
@atiredblue 9 ай бұрын
Helps of your one of the best in the world though
@Ricardosousa1324
@Ricardosousa1324 9 ай бұрын
It’s very sad when people suffer because of narcissistic parents, you suffered almost you whole life, I am glad that you could be happy despise of all this
@Boris_Ernst
@Boris_Ernst 9 ай бұрын
'...a dreamer become a doer.' - thank you for telling your story. I been dreaming and suffering for the last 15 years or so and I'm only 28. Last year I started playing jazz piano and bit by bit I can see through the trauma that's holding me back. It's still hard but I'm trying to be a doer.
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 9 ай бұрын
Thank you for telling your story! And congratulations on starting piano - that’s huge. After all these years, I think the biggest things that have proven helpful to me are to at least touch the instrument (or whatever your passion project may be), even if you only have 10-15 minutes, every day. Being a well-trained perfectionist, it’s hard for me to shrink my ever-lofty goals, but by doing so I can make the goal achievable and trick myself into connecting persistently with my practice. I’ve found a huge difference between even a little daily work versus none at all (which my mind tends to register as “failure”). Steady as she goes, one day at a time, we strengthen new habits while also practicing getting less pulled or disabled by the old trauma and habits. You can’t erase the past, but you can profoundly change your relationship to it. And equally essential (and even more difficult) for me has been letting go of the need for merciless self criticism, which is a common strategy to preemptively do to yourself what you expect someone else to do anyway in hopes of diminishing its pain. (Spoiler: it doesn’t help anyway) It’s amazing how brutal we can be towards ourselves in a way that we would never treat someone else. I hope you find daily joy in the endless possibilities of the instrument!
@ODQ327
@ODQ327 9 ай бұрын
Keith’s solo concert in Vermont in the mid 70’s was what got my attention. Amazing artist.
@alexandrauruena7587
@alexandrauruena7587 9 ай бұрын
I think in a style and jarret is an unique style ,i can recognize his style when start to play piano without lookin to mr jartet..
@lazyriver6168
@lazyriver6168 9 ай бұрын
Though my eyes I track the prize. If it moves it might be food.
@poursavoir
@poursavoir 9 ай бұрын
Thank you. I can absolutely relate. Your words could well be my own.
@violarulez
@violarulez 9 ай бұрын
the best jarrett recording is "fratres" by arvo part, the violin and piano arrangement. (keith jarrett, gidon kremer) :p
@matiasgabarrot3
@matiasgabarrot3 9 ай бұрын
this is so beautiful!
@gigamodular
@gigamodular 9 ай бұрын
This was great, it deserves 100x more views!
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 9 ай бұрын
Thank you; that’s very kind!
@erikholmbom
@erikholmbom 9 ай бұрын
Great video!! A question, how do make the sheet music transparent? Photoshop? Or in the notation program?
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 9 ай бұрын
Hi Erik - thanks; I’m so glad you liked it. In terms of transparency, you can either tweak the layer blending options in Photoshop to only show the tonal range of the notes but not the paper (using a non-Background layer so you can have layer transparency), export it as a PNG with transparency enabled, import it into your video editor and put it on a video layer above other video tracks, or if you have a video editor that can do the same thing in terms of blending options, just do it directly there. Of course you can also do it with a layer mask, selecting the background color and carefully anti-aliasing around the notation, but that is a lot of unnecessary work.
@erikholmbom
@erikholmbom 9 ай бұрын
@@TheCuriousOtters Thank you so much!
@jamesgeng2213
@jamesgeng2213 10 ай бұрын
This video is amazing
@jackxavier3915
@jackxavier3915 10 ай бұрын
Beautiful video
@balbs_balbs
@balbs_balbs 10 ай бұрын
I just wish I could hug you. Thanks
@darthsauron3869
@darthsauron3869 10 ай бұрын
Dude I just binged all ur recent videos. They’re fantastic! I hope you keep it up cause this channel deserves to blow up
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much - I promise many more and will do my best to make them as good as I can!
@reaganwiles_art
@reaganwiles_art 10 ай бұрын
I listen to a lot of music, world over and all eras, never have heard what Keith Jarrett lovers love in his music. Bores me. Too histrionic, too fanciful his deportment, but nothing much comes out of his piano.
@jackxavier3915
@jackxavier3915 10 ай бұрын
I don’t think that’s what this was about
@skykingimagery899
@skykingimagery899 10 ай бұрын
Keith started with Charles Lloyd. Just listen to Live at Monterey Jazz festival 1966 and you will see his future was bright. Maybe one of the greatest under appreciated pianists in jazz history.
@dou40006
@dou40006 10 ай бұрын
Yet as much as respect Keith Jarett virtuosity I don't think he is a very inspired musician, I don't feel the spark of musical intelligence when I listen to his music as I feel when I listen Bill Evans.
@robertblauner7680
@robertblauner7680 Ай бұрын
Who cares...save it, genius...YEECH!
@etzenhammer
@etzenhammer 10 ай бұрын
If you're into Jarrett, check out Brad Mehldau!
@joacoprudente1593
@joacoprudente1593 10 ай бұрын
Bravo
@GordonHudson
@GordonHudson 10 ай бұрын
My friend Robert John Godfrey (a musician) sent this out to his Facebook friends last week: "I have had the life I deserved and the one which suited me best. What more can someone ask for than to emerge from the dark days of youth only to inhabit the creaking body of a sweet and gentle old man? If there is no God, there ought to be!" It seems pertinent to your video somehow. I am my own worst enemy and harshest critic.
@colinhodgesgroovymusic1545
@colinhodgesgroovymusic1545 10 ай бұрын
Brotha you just moved me in such profound way. Bless you! I’m raising my freak flag higher and turning my Amp and bending each notes on my six string in the same direction. One Love!
@sergeymarchenko6252
@sergeymarchenko6252 10 ай бұрын
I don’t post comments often but this is really powerful.
@emilioguzmanalvarez420
@emilioguzmanalvarez420 10 ай бұрын
Beautiful beautiful video! Cant really put into words how I feel after watching it but amazing work.
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@allenwelsch2839
@allenwelsch2839 10 ай бұрын
I'm not sure what I just experienced. I'm feeling emotions that I'm not equipped to deal with but I hear a voice somewhere telling me this is important, you need to listen and learn. I'm going to need some time to work this out. Thank you, I think. Or maybe, f@#k you. Too much to think about!
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 10 ай бұрын
Thanks Allen, and I accept the f@#k graciously. Telling stories that take time to fully digest is always a guiding principle for me, so I'm actually glad to hear that it's had an impact, and hope that the process of sifting through your own story is ultimately a rewarding and illuminating one.
@martinbrookesmusic
@martinbrookesmusic 10 ай бұрын
In piano improvisation the hands, wrists, arms etc know where to go in the same way that vocal chords know how to vibrate in synch with the larynx, tongue, jaw, lips etc. We don’t usually write an essay in our head before we speak to someone, we just speak. Same with piano improvisation. Spending years, decades, learning the language of music and how it functions enables one to just ‘speak’ it. It feels completely natural, exactly like speaking one’s native tongue, except it’s music. I started improvising twenty years ago and it’s got to the point that I can create a healing musical language spontaneously which I use volunteering at a hospital in their “Healing through Music” program.
@chrismurphy9750
@chrismurphy9750 10 ай бұрын
Great story and very inspirational! I finally broke through a personal barrier of my own and joined a band again after 30 years! Just do it people! You can do it!
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 10 ай бұрын
Chris, that is amazing - congratulations to you!! And thank you for the kind words!
@essenko
@essenko 10 ай бұрын
This video has such a good spirit !
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@LeonThomasian
@LeonThomasian 10 ай бұрын
This video started really well and ended even better! What an inspiration. 🙏🏼
@TheCuriousOtters
@TheCuriousOtters 10 ай бұрын
Thank you - I’m so glad you liked it!