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Say Something Media
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Bringing you video essays that explore the art of storytelling across all media, including film, television, video games, music, and more.
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Uncharted and the Great Man Theory: How History Lies
A story analysis of Naughty Dog's Uncharted series that explores the meaning of greatness and the larger historical narrative from which it is derived.
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The Hidden Meaning of the Matrix and Squid Game
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With the recent release of The Matrix Resurrections, we explore the thematic parellels between the original Matrix trilogy and the recent smash-hit Netflix show Squid Game. In each story's commentary on rules, rule-breakers, and the institutions that shape them, lies a thought-provoking message about the true nature of choice.
Guardians of the Galaxy vs Suicide Squad: A Tale of Two Soundtracks
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Guardians of the Galaxy and Suicide Squad might both have award winning soundtracks that received critical and commercial acclaim, but only one was able to utilize that soundtrack in a way that enhanced the storytelling quality of its respective film. In this video, we discuss why Guardians of the Galaxy’s soundtrack was an awesome mix, while Suicide Squad’s soundtrack, though comprised of some...
See You Yesterday: Not Your Average Time Travel Film
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See You Yesterday is a time travel film that, despite its obvious inspirations to past works, is an unconventional take on this classic genre. While still relying on the typical beats of its sci-fi roots, its ending drastically departs from the fantastical third act structure endemic to the time travel genre and leaves unanswered questions that ground the film in an all too familiar reality. In...
Godzilla vs Kong - The Meaning of the Monsters | Part 1
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Godzilla vs Kong (2021) marked the culmination of one of the most storied matchups in monster movie history. In this video, we explore the deeper social and psychological significance of these two titans of cinema by examining the original films that started it all. Leave a like, comment and subscribe! Follow the channel on twitter @ssquaredmedia For business and fan inquiries, contact saysomet...
Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino and The Art of Visual Storytelling
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Quentin Tarantino's camera and directing techniques are well known as being some of the most unique and easily identifiable of any director in Hollywood. But far from being just fancy visual spectacle, these techniques often serve a larger, story-oriented purpose that is often overlooked. In this video, we discuss how Quentin Tarantino's iconic style contributes to the visual storytelling of on...
Will the Snyder Cut Be Good? Not Unless it Fixes Batman.
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Will Zack Snyder’s Justice League be a good film? Not if it doesn't address the damage done to one of the DCEU's flagship characters - the Dark Knight, the caped crusader, the Batman. Despite being a member of DC Comic's big 3 and one of the most beloved heroes in comics history, the Batman's on-screen persona in the theatrical cut of Justice League was met with intense criticism and controvers...
What Makes Casablanca So Great? - The Art of Propaganda
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In this video, we discuss why Casablanca is considered a timeless classic. Set against the backdrop of WWII, this romance-drama distinguished itself amongst a crowded field of overt government-sponsored propaganda by choosing not to center its narrative on the war, instead focusing on the characters affected by it. Casablanca teaches its audience an important lesson about what it means to be a ...
The Hidden Meaning Of Candyman (1992)
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Spoilers for Candyman (1992) Is Candyman just a simple, modern-day ghost tale about the legacy of racism in the United States, or is there a deeper meaning to this classic psychological horror film? In this video, we'll explore potential interpretations of 1992's landmark horror-thriller, which birthed one of the most iconic ghosts/slashers in black horror and beyond. Published 10/4/20. Leave a...
Creating Michael Corleone - How The BEST SCENE in The Godfather is a Masterclass in Storytelling
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Spoilers for the Godfather Part I and II In this video, we'll discuss one of the best scenes in 1972's The Godfather - a scene which helped to create one of the most iconic, complex, and engaging characters in modern film history. The scene, and the film overall, are a masterclass in the art of multi-layered cinematic storytelling. Leave a like, comment and subscribe! Follow the channel on twit...
2:20 He was into her because she was the woman he died for back in his time. He says it in the movie when they go over the story and the pic. Everything is not so deeeeeep😢
I've seen scary movies 🎬 before but CANDY MAN has to be the most horrifying 😳 😫 one of all time ⏳️and since I'm from Chicago; I take pride in Cabrini Greene which was built for the underprivileged to live a better life but instead poverty took over. Sad but true.
Rest in Paradise Tony Todd 🫡
If candyman was real and only existed because people's belief in him...why would he try to frame Helen for the murders when it could lead people to believe she was Candyman all along and there's no such thing as the urban legend...this is my question
Because of her adamant research- she kept Candyman alive... she completely disregarded the pain the ppl of CB lived. She acted out in his name bc its what she believed. Then blamed it on the frmr sl@ve trope
i think candyman wasn't real and helen was the killer... new one sucked btw.. meh
Dude: Interesting content, but your thumping backing track makes it unwatchable.
Ive just finished watching candyman 1&2 then started watching final destination 1-3 and noticed he was in the films ….I have a conspiracy theory after candyman2 he is free from the mirror and went to work in a morgue in final destination 2&3 as he talk about death and carried on in that dimension ………..
Candyman is my favourite horror movie. It was the first horror I rented on VHS back in '93. Anyone else remember having to wait almost a year for movies to be released on home video? 😂
You know, one thing I just realized about this film is that it does a really good job nailing the ridiculousness of boffin academia. From her husband to all their friends (he's not wearing spectacles when you say he is, but small point!) I can't think of a genre film where academia is so tertiary and yet so incisively and icily dissected; for whatever reasons, they nail it. You could set a Michael Haneke movie among these small-minded adulterous jack-offs. I'd see that. The poster would say: Publish...Or Perish!
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Why is Candyman obsessed with blonde bitches in every movie?
Daniel Robitile was a black artist who was born into wealth with his father a shoe maker and lived in New Orleans, Then once the tragedy to home happened after falling in love with a white woman named Caroline Sullivan and had a daughter named Isabel and because Isabel was white no one knew Candyman was the father,Caroline bought the house Daniel was born in and it was the house you see in the 2nd movie and it stays in the family until Octavia Isabel’s daughter moved out when the kids grew up and became derelict and because she knew the whole truth who she was connected to and her whole family history and Candyman was her great great grandfather.They scattered his ashes over Cabrini Green which is where Daniel ran too where he was tragically killed and given the name Candyman because of the honey smeared over his body with his right hand cut off and bees came to him and stung him to death.Thats in the late 1800s,and that’s when Candyman became who is,and the fear of him when people says his name keeps him alive where as when you doubt him and the myth he plays with your mental health because of the disbelief
“White psychiatrist?!?” - what movie we talking about here champ?
Could you, for the love of God, please stop with this background beat in your videos? I can't fucking focus.
This movie is childhood memories for me your video on this movie is perfect. I like the Candyman remix playing during your video analysis.
Dean Corrl? The 🍬 man?🤔
I would rate this as one of the greatest films of all time. Not just in the horror genre, it is so evocative and unnerving but has so much substance and heart. It has themes and nuances that are rarely seen in commercial films. A complex film that is executed so beautifully with memorable shots and scenes. So many great scenes in particular when Helen walks into the mouth of 'madness' wall. The madness that will come as we shall see, she will start questioning what is really happening and if it is real or if she is going crazy. I think the events did happen as we see them in the films, it isn't in Helen's mind. She must face the horror of an urban legend in the same way Freddy Kruger can attack in dreams. These people are not going crazy. The horror they faced exists.
All this eerily similar to things people say regarding the war in Ukraine today, everything from the obvious dross of those simping for foreign dictators, to the benign and ignorant who think that we can simply ignore conflicts and autocratic aggression in Eurasia.
Rugged Southern terrain?? It's called the Rocky Mountains. And they are in the west.
You are boring.
I was convinced that the killer has been Hellen all along. However, the fact that the baby survived during the month of Hellen's detention has made me rethink. She doesn't kill Trevor and Stacey. But Trevor could have framed her. Maybe drugged her, that's why she had hallucianations of Candyman. Then at the end Stacey killed him, she was the one with the knife and who was showing a rather aggressive trait...
Helen was the killer? Then who killed Trevor? Stacey is one of the students primed to dismiss myth. 🤔
Hollywood, lead by Warner Bros., produced even overt documentary propaganda. See Frank Capra's series "Why We Fight".
❓❓May I know the name of the song in the background? Thanks MUCH
It’s a remix of this song ua-cam.com/video/GdPvnKEJYi8/v-deo.html
In the black community he is forever real. 😂 I’m still not saying his name in the mirror
Conversely, there is no hiding the empty, rancid, sucking, maw of this channel's vacuous stupidity...
Science is not a philosophy, religion, or government. It's a tool, and science can indeed be weaponized. That said, science and academia are parts of the American capitalist superstructure. The snobby arrogance of Helen and academia reflect the arrogance of the economic-political system ruled by psychopaths. Your opinion is valid, but why would Helen commit these atrocious crimes herself? How could her investigation into an urban legend turn her into a homicidal killer? Is the truth about the violent founding of this country enough to drive someone into a fugue state?
I like the scene where Michael throws his brother Freddo out of the family
For me, the scene where Michael and the "baker" outside the hospital is where Michael realizes that he is not the mild mannered man he pretended to be. Michael knew men were coming to kill his father. He calmly moves his father and waits while hearing footsteps which turns out to be Anzo the baker, who he has go outside and put his hand in his pocket. After the gunman show up where Michael and Anzo act like they have guns and they assassins drive away, Anzo is shaking from being scared sh!|less. Michael grabs the lighter and lights Anzo's cigarette. Michael looks at his hand and notices that he isn't shaking at all. He wasn't scared like Anzo. It was after this that Michael suggested that HE kill the cop and Solazo.
Candyman was real. Helen just couldn't prove it.
She was the epitome of him. He lived through her
That guy sitting at the table with Helen when it looks like she's having dinner with colleagues looks like Benjamin Franklin.
This movie was terrifying it f@#%ed with you psychologically
Michael Corleone, and The Godfather in general, is quite 'Scorpionic' in nature - the themes of loyalty, betrayal, and the lethal sting that is often the hasty response but also affects the character in the long run; a self-inflicted wound to a certain degree. By setting out to protect is family he literally destroys it unintentionally.
I’m gonna steal that word haha. Well said.
I have an essay on this film and man I’m his video is good. Keep it up man
What about the motif of blood on white? I’ve noticed this a lot in the film
Completely underrated video really appreciate this connection between the two movies and how society in general has these set of rules that can be broken but necessarily not really broken if it was never addressed. Great video!
Thanks for watching and commenting, glad you enjoyed!
Back in college I wrote a paper for a film studies class comparing Candyman and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The idea was that Helen was the killer the whole time and she had transgressed barriers in the social sciences in a similar way that Dr Jekyll had, and she was the actual killer
That makes a lot of sense, never thought about the Jekyll and Hyde parallels. Hopefully the professor gave you a good grade!
When he said the psychiatrist murder was shown and Helen was the only one in the room…
I was in the 2nd grade when Candyman came out...I remember coming home from school one day and popping the movie in the VCR because I thought it was a movie for kids about candy. I didn't even know it was a horror movie. I was terrified but I watched it all. Candyman started the horror genre for me.
Love your vid but you forgot Ruthie Jeans's dog as one of the victims! lol when I watched that scene as a kid and it broke me. The head just lying there and all the blood was so gruesome with the cleaver. Rip Doggo 🐶❤
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I remember looking up the Ruthie Mae McCoy case after I discovered it was mentioned in this movie.
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This video just inspired me.. thank you
WOW. absolutely incredible video!!!! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about hero worship, historical narratives that have been clouded to feed certain biases, and our warped ideas of singular great men who changed everything-as well as how that obsession connects to a sense of powerlessness and a subsequent rise to a pipeline to fascist sentiments.
Perfect summary, couldn’t have said it better myself! I’m glad the video resonated with you!
The scene where they decide Michael will be the shooter is my favourite, the way the cameras follows sonny and Tom with Michael in the periphery at first, then gradually and seamlessly ends on Michael, that scene signals the transition of power.
I can't even imagine coming up with a movie as complex as Django unchained. One of my favorite movies by far.
This is a quality video! You outlined and delivered this material very well! I just subscribed!
Much appreciated! Glad to hear you enjoyed it.
Amazing video
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed