I have read a lot of people complain about Jonhy bits, but in reality I believe that reading all of it really shows that house of leaves is not about an infinite labyrinth, but rather about lack of self control, loneliness, broken people and relationships, and, most of all, darkness
Most people who complain about the the Johnny Truant bits never finished the book. I genuinely hated him at the start, but by the end, I just wanted to give him a hug.
he says in the book that you can skip his parts if they're boring. a lot of his texts are rambly and boring, but for me they work as a pallet cleanser before getting into intense, paranormal and scary parts of the book
I enjoyed tracking Johnny’s spiral into insanity as the book progressed; it’s this sharp contrast between the academic, neutral style of The Navidson Record and the fearful, urban style with which Johnny writes.
yeah i mean this is what it is, i think it would be a hard task to try and capture the essence of this book given its constant switching of narrative, genre and view points, and especially with the resources this guy had to work with but i urge anyone who hasn't read the book already to do so. House of Leaves definitely inspires creativity
Too hard to effectively recreate how insanity just kind of...lurks through out the novel. It's more of a feeling that creeps in slowly and the way the novel is composed it's easy to get lulled into that twisted mind state. That's the beauty of the novel. Also, the actual story of the Navidson record is suss based on how quickly both narrators descend into madness, or how fucked up they already were prior and just didnt know
@@sithari518 this is definitely a big part of it. house of leaves is a labyrinth of stories within stories, and the way it blends into itself to lose you is best done through text.¹ ¹i can definitely see someone with the right resources being able to make something of a recreation of just the film though, kind of as supplementary material to the book the way poes haunted is.
It stays at just creepy. Thing is, creepy isn't necessarily light. It goes to the point where YOU become paranoid of things happening around you in your room while reading it.
Very well done. All that's missing are Chad and Daisy. I love how you are sticking to the Navidson Record and not going off on a tangent with Johnny's story. True, it needs Johnny's story to be the record, but Johnny's story belongs in its own setting, not overlapping the Navidsons.
Iirc Danielewski had written a tv pilot where it was revealed that the book House of Leaves was actually based on a true story adding yet another meta lair to it but nothing more than that was made for it
just started reading house of leaves book came out three years before i was born and this video came out just before i left pre school. idk feels like im destined to read it. idly looked up the navidson record just in case the book was real and here this video is. may be fan made but im gonna pretend its real, and that the house is real, and that im gonna go insane in a month or so
Have been reading it for 3 days now and already going insane. At least because the movie that didn't exist actually exists!!! The Internet adds another layer of post-meta-modernism to all this
Certainly needs a budget, but I suppose you did fine for having no money. I'd not want a movie, but I want a mini-series at least. It would have to be carefully crafted, but I think Johnny is as important as Navy.
@oniasuka well in the case of the navidson record its almost good to have little budget, like zampano wrote one of the elements of the movie that made it the way it is was the lack of things such as production crews and special equipment
I really think it's just a clever self-plug. Not everything in the book is symbolic of something. Danielewski put his name spelled out using the first letter of every word on one of the page. It doesn't mean anything other than he wanted the people who found it to say "well, that's clever."
...go cry about it. It does well for what it is. Not everyone can afford what Navidson had in his house. The 'angles' and stuff...I really don't think you can do that with a handheld camera. This is good for what it is.
Honestly... this was an okay attempt but it just didn't capture the book at all. I'm going to check out the other ones and see how it went, but it really felt forced in a few places. Karen's "One day I'll go bald" line was pretty poorly delivered. It just all felt like you were acting.
Just wondering, why was the guy sitting there reading a copy of the book in which this fictional film documented and researched on by a blind man is prominently featured? TL;DR- What's with the guy reading House of Leaves?
Better than I expected. Only seen the first part so far, but you can appreciate the hard work that went into this. Sure, it's not cinema-grade, but for something of its type, it's well produced.
It would work as a movie, but not as a whole. Somebody trying to adapt solely the Navidson Record with enough cash to create feasible effects for the House could do a pretty decent job. But a movie that attempted to include Johnny and Zampano wouldn't work as well. You can't adapt any of the stories individually, but you can create The Navidson Record precisely as described in the novel.
I'm in the process of reading it. He burns the pages as he explores the house. Thing is, the book is not the book. It's a book that for some reason has the same name as the book but no relation at all to the actual book.
You have to read both, and reading the referenced books in the references to make the book more sense, Ovid, Dante’s Inferno, Milton, Anead. This book connects them all and The house is the mind 😇
I can’t get past how young the actors are or the fact that they house appears completely lived in, not like they just moved in. Don’t think I can watch it all. Its my fav book though ❤
@dmnhntr32 True that. The Shining (all though made long before HOL even was published, displays the idea of mazes and what not, along with the separation of a family
good idea, but the people in it look nothing like the descriptions of the characters. also in order to create the navidson record you would need great photography skills in order to match everything that was put into it in the book, maybe you could do better just with exploration #4 because navidson was not there
Yeah, everybody in this is too young to be believable. Dude looks like he's 18, tops - what's he talking about, raising a family?? It's been a while since I read the book but wasn't Navidson a professional photographer? I thought some of this was supposed to have been shot on film, or at least hi-def, which even in the 90s would have been better quality than this. Still it's a nice effort.
I don't know. Eyes Wide Shut didn't do much for me. It's been 20 years since seeing Clockwork. I just see problems happening with trying to see reality through three different characters' eyes at once on film. These aren't Kubrick, but I still like how Fight Club worked as a movie (flexible source material though) and High Tension worked until the climax then fell apart.
also, didn't we discover that the house was larger, initially, through the closet? "deeliel" is not the way it's pronounced either, and where are the children!?!?!
I have read a lot of people complain about Jonhy bits, but in reality I believe that reading all of it really shows that house of leaves is not about an infinite labyrinth, but rather about lack of self control, loneliness, broken people and relationships, and, most of all, darkness
Most people who complain about the the Johnny Truant bits never finished the book. I genuinely hated him at the start, but by the end, I just wanted to give him a hug.
This is not for you.
While I was reading it, I almost felt like I wanted to skip Johnny's sections and get to the house stuff
bennihana123 You aren’t the only one.
I like some of what Johnny said, I really enjoyed The Navidson Record tho.
he says in the book that you can skip his parts if they're boring. a lot of his texts are rambly and boring, but for me they work as a pallet cleanser before getting into intense, paranormal and scary parts of the book
I enjoyed tracking Johnny’s spiral into insanity as the book progressed; it’s this sharp contrast between the academic, neutral style of The Navidson Record and the fearful, urban style with which Johnny writes.
I almost feel like you need to do two read throughs, one for the navidson record and one for Johnny's sections.
yeah i mean this is what it is, i think it would be a hard task to try and capture the essence of this book given its constant switching of narrative, genre and view points, and especially with the resources this guy had to work with but i urge anyone who hasn't read the book already to do so. House of Leaves definitely inspires creativity
Too hard to effectively recreate how insanity just kind of...lurks through out the novel. It's more of a feeling that creeps in slowly and the way the novel is composed it's easy to get lulled into that twisted mind state. That's the beauty of the novel. Also, the actual story of the Navidson record is suss based on how quickly both narrators descend into madness, or how fucked up they already were prior and just didnt know
@@sithari518 this is definitely a big part of it. house of leaves is a labyrinth of stories within stories, and the way it blends into itself to lose you is best done through text.¹
¹i can definitely see someone with the right resources being able to make something of a recreation of just the film though, kind of as supplementary material to the book the way poes haunted is.
It stays at just creepy. Thing is, creepy isn't necessarily light. It goes to the point where YOU become paranoid of things happening around you in your room while reading it.
14 years late but you guys did such a good job with this!
Very well done. All that's missing are Chad and Daisy. I love how you are sticking to the Navidson Record and not going off on a tangent with Johnny's story. True, it needs Johnny's story to be the record, but Johnny's story belongs in its own setting, not overlapping the Navidsons.
Lecteurs, lectrices de " La maison des feuilles" 🙌🏼
Mdr je suis la grace a feldup qui ma fait acheter le livre
Et moi grâce à Alt236 et son Mythologics sur ce livre 🤓
HoL is so meta that I wouldn't be surprised if the Navidson's actually had the book like at 3:48
Iirc Danielewski had written a tv pilot where it was revealed that the book House of Leaves was actually based on a true story adding yet another meta lair to it but nothing more than that was made for it
I liked the acting. Dialogue seemed real natural.
Her name is Karen
Can't wait for the child custody battle climax
just started reading house of leaves book came out three years before i was born and this video came out just before i left pre school. idk feels like im destined to read it. idly looked up the navidson record just in case the book was real and here this video is. may be fan made but im gonna pretend its real, and that the house is real, and that im gonna go insane in a month or so
Have been reading it for 3 days now and already going insane. At least because the movie that didn't exist actually exists!!! The Internet adds another layer of post-meta-modernism to all this
sent a copy to my buddy for christmas and we're gonna go insane together 😂
Certainly needs a budget, but I suppose you did fine for having no money. I'd not want a movie, but I want a mini-series at least. It would have to be carefully crafted, but I think Johnny is as important as Navy.
Why did you make Tom so angry? He's a gentle soul.
Never read the book so I have no idea of what I've just watched
It wouldn't work as a movie. The concept works with the tension between the stories.
A miniseries would be fantastic for HoL
I really like the acting, good job.
@oniasuka well in the case of the navidson record its almost good to have little budget, like zampano wrote one of the elements of the movie that made it the way it is was the lack of things such as production crews and special equipment
HOW IS HE READING THE BOOK BEFORE IT WAS PUBLISHED???
Coming from TikTok 👀
didn't the door appear in their bedroom?
What kind of backrooms knock off is this?!?
;)
Nightmind will include this for sure
I really think it's just a clever self-plug. Not everything in the book is symbolic of something. Danielewski put his name spelled out using the first letter of every word on one of the page. It doesn't mean anything other than he wanted the people who found it to say "well, that's clever."
...go cry about it. It does well for what it is. Not everyone can afford what Navidson had in his house. The 'angles' and stuff...I really don't think you can do that with a handheld camera. This is good for what it is.
A little late to the party but this is just brilliant. >.
I feel you man still reading it now
Is this real? Or fiction?
Not real
People that came from toktok😊
Got scared, put it down, read something else, gonna try to get through it again.
Honestly... this was an okay attempt but it just didn't capture the book at all. I'm going to check out the other ones and see how it went, but it really felt forced in a few places. Karen's "One day I'll go bald" line was pretty poorly delivered. It just all felt like you were acting.
Just wondering, why was the guy sitting there reading a copy of the book in which this fictional film documented and researched on by a blind man is prominently featured?
TL;DR- What's with the guy reading House of Leaves?
The Chevy though
were u trying to play page 479 at 1:50?
whats with the house being in blue?
I thought it was enjoyable. Good job.
Not bad
This documentary doesn’t exist
This video doesn't actually exist. 👻
Good job on the video. Whoever played karen though, I'm sorry, but they have terrible acting skills. And where's the kids at?
Jesus, these guys don’t know how to use a tape measured properly...
3:50 - so obvious...
And what about Chad and Daisy ? And the pets aren't supposed to be a cat and a dog ?
Few deserve the suffering you earn in creating this.
horrible acting.
kids, try somethin easier nextime, like the battle of trafalgar.
#k.
Maybe next time get actors?
No
i wish the navidson record got turned into an internet movie
And it did and called the same thing
@@zombiemurderer4013 wow
3:47 Hold on. She's reading House Of Leaves, the book about the Navidson Record, in the Navidson Record. That's paradox.
a paradox or a riddle?
Josh Brown It's a paradox.
It's a reference. I guess it's been a while since you read through it.
Josh Brown Yes, and I didn't even read it in English, so I probably don't get everything.
Jetpack Blues well it’s a shit video with shit lighting and acting. So what did you expect.
Better than I expected. Only seen the first part so far, but you can appreciate the hard work that went into this. Sure, it's not cinema-grade, but for something of its type, it's well produced.
It's dreadfully produced. What're you smoking?
This is not for you.
It would work as a movie, but not as a whole. Somebody trying to adapt solely the Navidson Record with enough cash to create feasible effects for the House could do a pretty decent job. But a movie that attempted to include Johnny and Zampano wouldn't work as well.
You can't adapt any of the stories individually, but you can create The Navidson Record precisely as described in the novel.
Ceci n’est pas pour vous.
Ses racines doivent porter le ciel
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This reminds me of marble hornets, unironically.
I thought that Tom was always big and bulky, with a beard
I'm in the process of reading it. He burns the pages as he explores the house.
Thing is, the book is not the book. It's a book that for some reason has the same name as the book but no relation at all to the actual book.
Bruh im so confused
You have to read both, and reading the referenced books in the references to make the book more sense, Ovid, Dante’s Inferno, Milton, Anead. This book connects them all and The house is the mind 😇
Absolutely not. The "Actors" are too young and contemporary. I am thinking John "Liam Neeson... The spirit of the book is not here...
Where's the kids? :P
I can’t get past how young the actors are or the fact that they house appears completely lived in, not like they just moved in. Don’t think I can watch it all. Its my fav book though ❤
At around 5:19 the word house is not written in blue.
Why?
It should be in blue.
Shouldn't it?
This book is really messing with me...
I applaud these creative people so many of us love this book and want this to be made into a movie. 👏👏👏
Will Navidson isn't a 15 year old kid, ffs.
This is such an adorable joke.
is this canon?
@dmnhntr32 True that. The Shining (all though made long before HOL even was published, displays the idea of mazes and what not, along with the separation of a family
good idea, but the people in it look nothing like the descriptions of the characters. also in order to create the navidson record you would need great photography skills in order to match everything that was put into it in the book, maybe you could do better just with exploration #4 because navidson was not there
Yeah, everybody in this is too young to be believable. Dude looks like he's 18, tops - what's he talking about, raising a family?? It's been a while since I read the book but wasn't Navidson a professional photographer? I thought some of this was supposed to have been shot on film, or at least hi-def, which even in the 90s would have been better quality than this. Still it's a nice effort.
This was such a great idea✨
Watching it just after reading the book really drowns again in that weird atmosphere
I don't know. Eyes Wide Shut didn't do much for me. It's been 20 years since seeing Clockwork.
I just see problems happening with trying to see reality through three different characters' eyes at once on film. These aren't Kubrick, but I still like how Fight Club worked as a movie (flexible source material though) and High Tension worked until the climax then fell apart.
But Will Navidson is 48? Have I not read enough of the book yet?
These characters are younger than those in the book
Echooo Echoooo Echhhooo, Ovid 😇
Like this a lot,,,will watch your series,,,good job! Wonder if Mark Z has seen and what he thinks...?
also, didn't we discover that the house was larger, initially, through the closet? "deeliel" is not the way it's pronounced either, and where are the children!?!?!
lmao,