Just Another Video about Everything Everywhere All at Once
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
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Video Chapters:
What Are You Thinking About? - 00:00
Part One: Around and Around - 01:57
Part Two: Jobu Tupaki - 05:48
Part Three: Just Be a Rock - 10:51
Part Four: What I Do Know - 15:03
Part Five: A Few Specks of Time - 21:37
Credits - 25:03
Footage Used From:
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Interstellar
Loki
Before Midnight
Little Women (2019)
Spider-Man 2 - Розваги
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Thanks for watching the last StoryStreet video of the year! As I go into in the video, this year hasn't been my best and a lot of my goals I hoped to achieve I just didn't achieve. But it certainly hasn't been all bad, and the good has been more than enough to hold on to.
I have a lot of plans for next year, and I'm hoping to elaborate on them in an update video at the beginning of January. For right now, all I'll say is that I'm excited for what's to come. And nervous, but I'm trying to focus on the excited part. Whether or not those plans come to fruition is another story, but I'm excited to be on the ride, anyway.
And as always, I hope this video meant something to you.
Happy holidays,
Alex (StoryStreet)
Do you take requests for future videos and essays?
Asian fact here: Y'all probably wondered why Evelyn said such a random phrase about eating healthy and teasing her as she's getting fat before she left. Well, that phase I instantly knew that she meant "I love you", but, in asian culture, saying I love you is not our thing, like it's just not. Wishing somebody to eat more eat healthy or wishing someone enjoy their foods is just an "I love you" in disguise.
So that in the movie, it really made sense because she afraid to open up to Joy about their relationship - Evelyn represented an actual asian parents who probably struggles open up many things. Unlike Joy who grew up in totally different environment (be westernized, could easily speak what's in their mind). This is really accurate.
P.S. Sorry for my weird grammar, my English is not really strong. Just really stoked to share some contexts to you guys to understand this movie even more. (:
Your English is fine
This helped me understand that line better, it felt a bit random on first watch. Thank you
joy also says in the beginning to becky that her mom saying something random really means it’s an expression of love
Thanks for elaborating that! That's something my mother would say to me every time I video call her. I know it might not be the best thing to say, but she really just doesn't know what to say sometimes.
Your comment has this Asian's approval. 100% on point.
I want you to know that Part Five got me weeping at my desk. I don't know if it's just the words being spoken by the film, which is one of my favorite movies of all time, or if it were your words accompanying it. All I know is that I got a deep emotional reaction, and at the end of the day that's the most you can hope for from a work, be it a film or a video essay.
💯 same here
Well shit, I'm already crying at part 4 . . .
same here
SAME
Yup, same.
the perspective at 21:05 of the entire family holding on to the one who had to pay for all of their pain. I am *literally* holding back tears at my desk rn
I have been struggling heavily with my mental health the past couple years and I’ve been blessed with a mom who understands and empathizes with me, she’s truly my lifeline. I was already crying but that part destroyed me.
You note that the googly eye is a representation of the yin yang, except incomplete, and I'd like to build on that.
The Everything Bagel is a ring of black, and while most of the other representations stop there, the bagel itself is usually shown with a white light shining out of its hole. The googly eyes are the inverse, a black pupil surrounded by white. Evelyn places the eye on her forehead in the same way that Jobu's disciples place a black circle there. It's the other half of the yin yang.
If life has no meaning, the bagel is succumbing to the bullshit; the googly eyes are the choice to find joy (and Joy) in life regardless.
Amazing symbolism that I didn't notice. To paraphrase another commenter; "This movie displays both sides of nihilism. One side with the belief that nothing matters, and the other sees that nothing matters, so why not focus on what matters to you?"
"when we look at the night sky, we look at the stars, not the darkness between them"
I think it's meant to represent Waymond, finding joy in the mundane, loving life for just living
I cry very very easily, but I've never had media make me sob so hard so often with every repeat viewing or reaction I watch. The emotions I feel aren't blunted by rewatching and that's incredibly rare for me. It sorta blows my mind
i am a little bawl baby and proud of it
me and you both 😭 i rewatched it today and i was crying like a baby sitting on the floor. it’s so impactful in so many ways
There’s so much attention to detail, you can watch it over and over again and come away with something new. There’s no way to make this topic boring.
Same 😢
This is EXACTLY how I feel! Thank you so much for commenting it helps to feel connected to people like me, even if they are strangers in the internet lol.
As a queer asian immigrant, I've been searching for an analysis that understood and explained what Joy is to Evelyn. And you're perhaps the only one I managed to find that spoke about Joy being Evelyn's back-up plan for when Evelyn can't keep it together.
from an asian child's perspective, being asked to be everything. To be pushed so much to be the perfect little thing that your mommy never got to be
which is why when she lead with "I put everything in there [...] my report cards."
I knew exactly what she was talking about and her phrasing of it is deliberate because of who Jobu Tupaki is talking to.
This film fixed my relationship with my own mother and now is teaching me how to be kind and let go of my anger.
I've never seen a video essay apply a movie to real life like this. This is the pinnacle of video essays.
A fucking PLUS
The most relatable character for me was Jobu and her deep pain when she says 'eventually that all goes away' concerning hope for good things. Feeling lost and alone while truly believing there is zero chance for something better is a soul crushing prison and for everyday you feel that way more walls are built around that prison. I haven't figured out my place yet, but I really feel Jobu's pain from seeing everything as hopeless and to crush hope for good things within myself before I fall into the temptation of happiness that will not last.
Older generations that have been through pain and suffering have read Dale Carnegie's book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. One part says something like this "had the blues because I had no shoes, Until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet".
You should be incredibly proud of the art and writing you've shared here on youtube. I don't know what the numbers should be to be considered a success but your work has been amazing. The Apes series is among a very short list of youtube essays that I have watched multiple times. I've shared them with lots of friends and family members. I hope, somehow, you find the joy and fulfillment that you're looking for in this new year. Cheers, mate.
“Just Another Video-“
No. Any video about EEAAO is spectacular, because this movie is spectacular and this channel is as well.
I read that acronym for the movie in my head like the yosemite sam scream
"Even when you are living your worst you, there is always something to love." wow so profound! thank you!
Everything Everywhere All at Once was the most personally meaningful movie I've ever seen, which is an astronomically high bar. It exposed a pain iinside of me that I never vocalized or fully was honest to myself about, and in exposing it, it allowed me to heal in a way that I can only describe as spirtual. Not in some bullshit magical sense, but in a deeply human way, that allowed me to correct something that has long since been neglected. It helped me on a path of replacing disappointment with empathy
Remember that just because your videos or channel haven’t quite lived up to your expectations now, they are of such a high quality that they can exceed expectations in the future. Even if they don’t ever get there, know that they’ve affected many of us in a positive way.
I just signed up for patreon based on this video… never did that before. The world is a better place with what your doing in it.
omg who is this guy...i am so touched
Seconded! And your video essays last longer than the first cycle of views - proven by me only just finding this channel a year later... You give us an incredible emotional exploration of the subtext, relating to your own experiences is what we all do and did while watching the film so it's nice to hear what it meant to you. I sobbed in the cinema. I laughed in the cinema. I did both of those watching this video, even a year later. Thank you.
This movie truly is something special. It came here to help us in our darkest times, that being depression, nihilism, insecurities, confusion and exaustion. I'm so glad that this movie exists and when it came out couldn't be more perfect. I really apreciate your content and I hope you keep making it, because even if it doesnt make sense now, hopefully you will be able to cherish your work someday just as much as I do, and everything will make sense.
I broke down and had a good cry during this video. A manly cry, with snot and puffy eyes and sobbing. I’ve just been so stressed and overwhelmed and worried that the right trigger had to come along and break the dam. I guess this video was that trigger. It fired a bullet at my forehead that turned into a googly-eye. I needed the catharsis. Thanks.
This movie has captured something for this generation. Something genuine and truly moving...I remember watching it the first time and helplessly breaking down in the climax😭❤️ this movie truly changed something for me. I felt seen, through all the madness and disappointments of last two years 🥺😭❤️ it felt like a hug, a reminder why this life we have got is worth fighting for and despite all the pain and suffering, there is beauty and joy in that journey 🥺❤️ thank you also for making this video. Like the other videos you mentioned, this one also matters. It may not to everyone but it does to me❤️🙏🏻
i hate that this video only has 23k views.. it probably proved your point in part 3/4- this video made me ugly cry.. keep up the good work
This movie means so much to me. I simultaneously relate to Joy’s journey with pessimism and nihilism, and to Waymond’s experiences with being a hypersensitive and emotional/empathetic person. The first time I saw this movie I cried harder than I thought I would. I’d never felt so seen.
My God...I think I am almost on the verge of tears.
This movie blew me away when I saw it with my dad in a dollar theater. It is just fascinating, as it is a perfect response to nihilism.
If nothing really has a purpose, who is to say we still can't find something great about life?
Another amazing video! Happy Holidays and a (hopefully) Happy New Year to everyone!
Older generations that have been through pain and suffering have read Dale Carnegie's book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. One part says something like this "had the blues because I had no shoes, until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet".
I watch/hear "Everyone need Waymond" every day! Now I will add this one too! Thank you for your art
Alex, holy shit. You have too much talent to doubt yourself like this . I make video essays on the things I like too and they’re not half of what yours are. The structure, the pacing, the brilliant, laser accurate analysis melded seamlessly with earnest emotion and experience, the editing, even the thumbnails. There’s a lot of channels out there that can tell me why I loved the movies that I do, but yours is the first one that feels like it’s pulling the vortex of thoughts interspersed with implacable emotions out of my head and organizing them into clear, salient theses that help me understand them better and enjoy them more once I do.
My friend, you have a true gift. You get movies better than almost anyone else on this stupid website. Screw the algorithm, screw UA-cam, screw the bagel. I’m proud to be a part of your audience. One day, I’m sure I’ll be a patron, too. Thank you for this channel. Thank you for your passion because there aren’t enough channels out there brave enough to show it. Keep making these, dude. Your audience will find you.
P.S. Ever watch The Worst Person in the World?
i am so touched by him
Great. I started tearing up on my lunch break at work sitting alone at a table with headphones on. Now my coworkers probably think I'm depressed.
Thank you for this video. Thank you for expressing your frustration, your struggles, and your hope. Thank you for communicating it through Just Another Video About Everything Everywhere All At Once.
It might not get the most views, or fairly reimburse you for your time, or gain you followers in droves- but it made a big difference to me, today. My day is better now. I've been teetering on the edge of nihilism for some time now. I try to stay positive, to remain an optimistic nihilist, but it's not always easy. This video gave me the boost I needed today.
Nothing matters, and the universe is meaningless, and I'm gonna make everything matter anyways, because screw the universe. Screw the abyss. I matter, and you matter, and it all matters. It all matters.
😆my cats think i am bat shit...
Older generations that have been through pain and suffering have read Dale Carnegie's book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. One part says something like this "had the blues because I had no shoes, until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet".
Read “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl.
I will never get tired watching video essays about this impeccable movie. I love discovering people's perceptions and relating to them.
It's easy to see this as Another EEAAO video, but I think every single one of them are there to help me see new perspectives of one of my favourite movies, and makes me feel all the feelings I did when I've seen it numerous times and helping me understand why I feel so strongly about this movie.
Your videos are incredible, and I'm glad you made "another EEAAO video" for us to love and enjoy.
Evelyn reminds me of my grandmother, my mother , me someone and everyone.
I’ve seen as many EEAAO videos as I can , and this is one of the better ones. Thank you for your interpretation, it really struck a chord with me.
This was beautiful. Thank you for being vulnerable with us. You made me cry.
Im just going to say it. I haven’t watched this video yet. I have watched many of your videos- especially noting the perfect trilogy planet of the ape videos that i watched back to back to back probably 100 times due to how beautifully they were written. You, my friend, are an artist. I know im going to cry like a baby in this video, and i need you to know how important this channel is to me and many others. Thankyou ❤
When I watched Everything Everywhere At Once, I was bawling my eyes out the entire time. And at the end, I remembered why I love art. It was everything I wanted from art: the joy and humor, the creativity, and most of all the depth of emotion and love. It made me remember why life is worthwhile too.
And when I watch your videos, I am touched in the same way. By the love and the depth of emotion. I just bawled my eyes out again. Your thoughts and storytelling are why I love video essays. You help me connected more deeply both intellectually and emotionally to the art I love. And that's a beautiful gift. I hope you keep making videos because they really mean a lot to me. And if you are looking for what is original about your videos, (because it can be hard to see without an outside perspective), in my opinion you have a unique depth of love and compassion and vulnerability that is deeply moving. You stand like a light in the dark of youtube, just like Waymond stood up to ask us all to be kind.
thank god i am not the only one
I just was weeping at parts 4 and 5, it just speaks to me, this movie speaks me, this movie had to change my life, it has given me the choice to choose that nothing matters, all my past mistakes, what people think about me, what deed wrong that don't matter, it really makes me free and that release of burden made me realise that, I don't need to care about doing right, even without that I can do right. I don't know if makes sense and I don't care, but just always trying to do better, making people around me happy and spreading happiness to become happy is all that matters.
If nothing matters, then all that matter is what we do.
also, this movie made me realise that what some other person thinks about what I do, how stupid it is, how dorky it is how childish it is that doesn't matter, these things make me happy. ultimately with that, I became good with people, once that fear is gone I realised all these imperfections make me special.
I am sorry that your videos underperformed this year. You always put out thoughtful, eloquent, enjoyable videos. Please keep making videos as long as you enjoy it and are able to.
Your script on this resonates with me so well. I saw this movie 3 times in the theaters and cried every time. I had just turned 30, failed at a marriage, and alone. It hurt on so many levels to see a main protagonist who shared so many regrets. You sir, have a gift with writing. You literally sounded like my therapist at moments. We all struggle with things in life, but film reminds us of how human we all are.
Thank you for this. I’ve never watched one of your videos before, but I have watched EEAAO 7 or 8 times, and I have felt like a failure, and I have wanted to just stop hurting so much. But watching this video, like watching EEAAO, reminded me that it’s okay. A lot of us feel like tiny pieces of shit. Things don’t always work out. Maybe nothing ever works out. We can still try to find joy. And maybe I’ll need to hear that reminder over and over and over again, in slightly different ways, for the rest of my life. That’s okay too. So thank you again, and I hope you find even a little bit of joy today.
I can't believe I started weeping again while watching this and had to rewatch the whole movie. Good job, man.
This was a truly profound video. Just to love is enough in our life, we don't have to be an amazingly successful person we just have to be Waymond :)
Part 5. It resonates with me how much therapy this movie has given us. Our perspective of life and the muddled meaning of existence and joy. Nothing makes sense, yet when you accept that truth, you have clarity. It’s tranquil.
halfway through this video and i am already a sobbing mess.
10/10 video essay
I relate to Joy/ Jobu so much. Same because both of us have an Asian mom who isn't vulnerable or prioritizes us, but different in the way that I know my mom won't change...
In mf opinion the movie is about the understanding of nothing matters and how you can accept that or let it ruin ur life you could all see it as nihilism versus optimistic nihilism
I’ve now cried at 3 of your videos now, as someone who’s only watched 3 videos I tell you from the bottom of my heart that what you do and are able to create is special. Your videos are a testament to the creativity of man.
wow the person who figured out the meanings, symbolisms, and the indepth analysis of the characters and storyline is a pure genius.
I think the reason why some people hate this movie is that they just took the story very shallowly and didn't pay attention to the meaning and story behind everything
This video means something to me, your channel means something to me and you should know that.
In an internet landscape that has become oversaturated with content creators who only focus on what the algorithm wants in order to maximize profitability, your videos stand out as a golden example of putting your passion into your work. It's clear to everyone that watches your videos how much effort and love you put into them.
When comparing you to other youtube essayists none of them can even come close to how good you are at emotional writing. You said that the channel hasn't been doing that well, but I believe the opposite this channel is doing great. Just because a video does poorly revenue-wise does not mean that it is a bad video. With every video, you make your writing editing and everything else involved with creating these masterpieces improve. You should be proud of all of the amazing work that you have done over the past 3 years, and that its just the beginning of your story.
You made me shed a tear of joy and I just invited my family to watch the Film in Theaters and I know we'll cry together.
This is the best analysis of this movie that I've seen so far, and I've seen some good ones talking about different aspects of it. The writing, your pacing and delivery, your observations and analysis are phenomenal. Whatever happens with the channel, never doubt your talent. This video is as moving to me as the film was.
Thank you so much for this video, I think it's exactly what I needed right now because I've been feeling a type of way recently and practically I was just being a Jobu Tupaki wanting to be a rock, I think this helped me realize that I can get back on track on Evelyn's path which when I first saw the movie is where I thought I was (realizing that things do matter) recently due to harsh changes in my life I went back in the circle and this is definitely something that can help me be more like Waymond, hope this makes sense💕
Man, you know it’s a good movie when the video essays make you cry just as much as the movie did.
In my own life, I feel like I am constantly vacillating between being Evelyn or Jobu. Cycling through the rote of every day to avoid the overwhelm, or just a nihilistic despair. I hope to become Waymond one day, with the strength & courage to choose…hope.
All the comments are right, the last part of your video had me sobbing. There’s something about this movie that no matter how many “just another video” commentaries there are, all the great ones manage to say something different, and still so deeply, profoundly moving.
But even before part 5, this particular line of yours had me in tears first: “I see some sliver of hope I gave to them, because I was trying to give myself some hope.”
On our worst days the world feels so isolating, but these connections are out there.
The yt algorithm is trash most of the time; right now I’m grateful it brought your channel to me.
You have a gift. You are a gift.
[12:20] "isn't that preferable to all of this. to all this disappointment, and pain and fear, all this regret because for all the potential you may have had, you're here. and you're scared, and you're tired, and you don't know what to do."
this may be one of the best description of what im going through right now. i don't wanna give up but i also don't know how to overcome this. every step of the way im questioning whether this will lead to somewhere great and as the regrets of the past and the uncertainty of the future comes clashing in the present - i feel overwhelmed and i just become numb.
Waymond wasn’t actually filing for divorce. He had the papers drawn up just so Evelyn and him could finally have a real conversation about their relationship.
I needed this video. Thank you so much.
This was amazing! Thank you, keep going.
Thank you for this. I needed this.
Thank you for making this
This was beautiful. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing this with us.
Amazing. Thank you for this.
Beautiful. Thank you
I love this video. Thank you.
Thank you, I needed to hear this. I needed the reminder.
Thanks! Your essay touched me!
This was beautiful, thank you
I... really needed this. Thank you.
really goo video !! thank you for your work
Thank you for making this video.
Thank you for letting me feel this
This was so therapeutic, just... Thank you
Thank you for making this video
Excellent! Really resonates!
Thank u so much for this 💟
Thank you. Thank you so much for this.
Thank you for this video, genuinely
Thank you soo much this video, i really need ❤️
thank you for this masterpiece!
Loved this ❤
Your videos are incredible. Thank you for making this.
Needed this cry. Thank you for the video. You have a new subscriber. ❤
Thanks for this beautiful video man. Watched this too faded and cried
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for making this and sharing it with the world. You've definitely made 26 minutes of my life worth cherishing
i’m so glad i found you through this video, your video composition is amazing!
Well done and well said.
Thank you for this excellent review 👏
This is moving, and I’ll be emotionally weeping tuning in
I appreciated the message of your video and am glad you made it :)
Thank you, Alexander. That was beautiful.
Whoa this was amazing. Really just what I needed to see when I needed to see it. Thank you so much ❤
You have no idea how much I needed your words. Thank you.
What an amazing narrative! I’m so touched by your own story. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
This video gave me goosebumps , I appreciate you! Keep pushing!
Hi I enjoyed your video! ❤❤ thank you for making it
This video essay was amazing, I hope you get the attention equal to all the work put into this, you deserve it
Another great video man! It always brighting my day every time I watch one of your day! Keep it going man!
This was amazing. Thank you for this. Truly.
Great video, had me tearing up at work
Thank you. ❤
Amazing analysis ❤️
Excellent job. Your assessment brought it all together for me. I will share this everyone I know. Well done.
Did anyone notice that the googly eyes are basically the Reverse Begel?
Waymond stands as an antithesis to everything that the Bagel represents.
so happy your making a video on this! one of my favs from the year! can’t watch the whole thing rn but will definitely come back later, love your vids and keep up the good work!