Harry was a friend of mine and one of the two biggest influences in my younger years. He taught me so much. His work in many areas is truly great. Thanks for this!
what do you do now, if I may ask? I find this movement fascinating and relevant to today. Many people are asking questions that Harry seems to answer... wishing you the best,
Kem Walker I'm an artist and writer in Paris, France at this point and have done a lot of teaching and lecturing in the past 12 years. My website gives a bit more info on me. I'm both the arts and sciences -- I have two degrees in the sciences, one advanced. Harry kind of shlubbed along with his own life but was super accomplished. Anything you'd want to know about mysticism, anthropology, history, art or literature and even very technical stuff, he'd have something to say about it. I guess he did a lot of crazy, irresponsible stuff, but I am glad I was kind and generous to him. I definitely profited by the experience. He compartmentalized people, as did Warhol, but was particular about not taking advantage of me. That guy could talk right into my head, which I've only experienced that once. Wow, was that weird! This was an odd, advanced person -- not very sociable really. He'd be particular about who he'd let go over. You kind of had to pass his strict approval and "not touch anything!" It's a little a shame he never got to travel the world, but he shaped American life! I wish he hadn't destroyed so much of his own art. He taught me a lot of good methods, very primitive really!
slobomotion fascinating, thanks for sharing. It takes some strength to pursue a vision like that and push it through the skin out into the world. Compartmentalisation... what an interesting way to cope with the diversity of human life. This balance between openness and self-preservation is something I am developing in my own life.. living and dreaming in NYC, a little tunnel vision can help focus on the light at the end. anyway as a student moving more towards being a teacher, I'm glad to have someone like yourself in the world as a teacher. open-minded and inter-disciplinary is challenging to the old way but has the big power of bringing people together, part of the big global healing. I was looking at Corbusier's Poissy house a few days ago... seems that everything is connected. haha. thanks ;)
Kem Walker Yes, I was catching a cold and we didn't go on the long free tour of the Corbusier Villa Savoye -- I think my spouse was a bit let down, but I'm all sniffly! When I was younger I didn't teach because my personality hadn't evolved enough away from an egotistical form. Now after 12 years of it I'm tired and want to do something different. NYC was a challenge to me for 17 years, and in no way prepared me for Paris, ha ha! Harry had learned and studied a lot on his own. He was often zany, out of control and didn't actually function all that well. This was a very patient, hermetic thinker, however, who did some great art! I think this was a genuine magus. I am not exactly sure I want anyone able to speak right into my brain again, but apparently the technology for that if not natural is decades old. Harry had a terrific sense of humor and was usually chuckling at something he found utterly silly and delightful. Even though he was a hunchbacked little guy and kind of unkempt (his pet birds would shit on his shoulders) he could really pull himself together and behave beautifully. He was often my first choice of a date to a cool event. This was a very curious person and quite the arm candy, ha ha! People would look and say, what is SHE doing with HIM? But you couldn't ask for a more calm and dignified escort, if that is the right word. Nothing was too weird for him. Any super strange events, I'd invite him. He did like Japanese food and also challah bread!
Hello Slobomotion, I was part of Harry's honor guard for his greater feast which was held in the east village at St. Marks on 2nd Ave and 10th street, I handed his ashes and his Tree of Life to his widow after the ritual. His work affected me immensely.
fuck me, i've been looking for this for years. found it one time in high school, stuck in my head for like ten years. so satisfied i finally found it, felt like i had an itch i couldn't scratch
Thank you for posting this. Best quality version I've found so far. This used to be available from Mystic Fire Video that has now disappeared. What is so mind boggling is the huge amount of hours Harry Smith must've put into this. I can't see it as being anything more than pretentious nonsense but you never forget it once you've seen it. The original version was three hours. I doubt it made any more sense. Harry Smith has said that this is about a trip to the dentist. It's impossible to tell if he's joking or not.
Uncanny. Even on a sunny afternoon, it feels uncanny. I can only imagine how it would feel - I mean, how I would feel watching it - on a moonless night, at midnight...If you watch it on a moonless night at midnight, does Harry Smith's ghost come bursting out of your computer screen?
I don't know how this got into my 'watch later' playlist but I'm guessing this is one of the first animated films...? If not, it's still great, very fascinating
Not ideal we're watching this on phone, tablet, maybe TV instead of small dark odd-smelling theater with assorted strangers around us on a weekday afternoon, but things change, don't they
the man with the giant eye looks like George Bataille, alot of this harkens back to early Śvankmajer.. at least it would amazing if jt was George Bataille..:)
where did you get this version. I think it''s better than the vhs tape i have that seems cropped a bit at the edges. I knew Harry and would love to get a better copy.
i love this film it encapsulates so many movements within art and film i would love to ask the filmaker if i could glitch it with a modular synthsizer and tachyons+ gear ,bpmc, Dave Jones, and LZX ..... i usually only do my own footage which is dificult to obtain in a Joel Peter whitkinesque vein....my page can be contacted. If agreed, gorgeous either way i just thought it would push the artform.... i would give credit but after my instagram channel was hacked...it wasnt phishing. someone didnt like my content.. now its like Survival research labortories without teeth :( but i'm rebuilding...
One of those tedious cultural artefacts that are utterly void of meaning to their creators even while they are working on them, never mind the next morning, and which hordes of the feeble minded then either try to or pretend to interpret, and with random success might delude themselves into believing that they have got it.
Haven't seen anyone actually try to interpret this, but alright. Personally I just see it as a strange artwork with an idiosyncratic aesthetic, that's all.
@@stephenhargrave7922 Oh yes, the arrogant type. I bet you didn't enjoy as well but probably pretend to, so you can seem sophisticated and unique. Perhaps you haven't even watched it :) Just guessing. And not that I say that no one can like this, but this film is definitely not for everyone, and that fact doesn't say anything about them.
How can people make UA-cam comments whenever they are clearly brain dead? I guess that where they get their opinionated nature. Not having a brain to tell them nobody gives a flying rats ass what they think about somebody else's art
@@stephenhargrave7922 Why are you so defensive over people having different tastes? Surely if you are as intelligent as you think you are you can see this movie isn't for everyone?
Harry was a friend of mine and one of the two biggest influences in my younger years. He taught me so much. His work in many areas is truly great. Thanks for this!
Really? How old are you?
@@pelotudocaca5356 What does it matter how old I am? And I'm not in the habit of lying on youtube.
@@willieluncheonette5843 O kas buvo tas Haris?
I loved knowing Harry and even being his agent rep for a couple of years. He defied description.
what do you do now, if I may ask? I find this movement fascinating and relevant to today. Many people are asking questions that Harry seems to answer...
wishing you the best,
Kem Walker
I'm an artist and writer in Paris, France at this point and have done a lot of teaching and lecturing in the past 12 years. My website gives a bit more info on me. I'm both the arts and sciences -- I have two degrees in the sciences, one advanced. Harry kind of shlubbed along with his own life but was super accomplished. Anything you'd want to know about mysticism, anthropology, history, art or literature and even very technical stuff, he'd have something to say about it. I guess he did a lot of crazy, irresponsible stuff, but I am glad I was kind and generous to him. I definitely profited by the experience. He compartmentalized people, as did Warhol, but was particular about not taking advantage of me. That guy could talk right into my head, which I've only experienced that once. Wow, was that weird! This was an odd, advanced person -- not very sociable really. He'd be particular about who he'd let go over. You kind of had to pass his strict approval and "not touch anything!" It's a little a shame he never got to travel the world, but he shaped American life! I wish he hadn't destroyed so much of his own art. He taught me a lot of good methods, very primitive really!
slobomotion fascinating, thanks for sharing. It takes some strength to pursue a vision like that and push it through the skin out into the world. Compartmentalisation... what an interesting way to cope with the diversity of human life. This balance between openness and self-preservation is something I am developing in my own life.. living and dreaming in NYC, a little tunnel vision can help focus on the light at the end. anyway as a student moving more towards being a teacher, I'm glad to have someone like yourself in the world as a teacher. open-minded and inter-disciplinary is challenging to the old way but has the big power of bringing people together, part of the big global healing.
I was looking at Corbusier's Poissy house a few days ago... seems that everything is connected. haha.
thanks ;)
Kem Walker
Yes, I was catching a cold and we didn't go on the long free tour of the Corbusier Villa Savoye -- I think my spouse was a bit let down, but I'm all sniffly! When I was younger I didn't teach because my personality hadn't evolved enough away from an egotistical form. Now after 12 years of it I'm tired and want to do something different. NYC was a challenge to me for 17 years, and in no way prepared me for Paris, ha ha! Harry had learned and studied a lot on his own. He was often zany, out of control and didn't actually function all that well. This was a very patient, hermetic thinker, however, who did some great art! I think this was a genuine magus. I am not exactly sure I want anyone able to speak right into my brain again, but apparently the technology for that if not natural is decades old. Harry had a terrific sense of humor and was usually chuckling at something he found utterly silly and delightful. Even though he was a hunchbacked little guy and kind of unkempt (his pet birds would shit on his shoulders) he could really pull himself together and behave beautifully. He was often my first choice of a date to a cool event. This was a very curious person and quite the arm candy, ha ha! People would look and say, what is SHE doing with HIM? But you couldn't ask for a more calm and dignified escort, if that is the right word. Nothing was too weird for him. Any super strange events, I'd invite him. He did like Japanese food and also challah bread!
Hello Slobomotion, I was part of Harry's honor guard for his greater feast which was held in the east village at St. Marks on 2nd Ave and 10th street, I handed his ashes and his Tree of Life to his widow after the ritual. His work affected me immensely.
fuck me, i've been looking for this for years. found it one time in high school, stuck in my head for like ten years. so satisfied i finally found it, felt like i had an itch i couldn't scratch
Bizarre in a very good way. We are creative beings!
just need to watch this once in a while
i was just scouring for films like this and coincidentally hey wow slowdive nice
Fantastic stop action surrealism with a sweet soundtrack.
It felt slow at first but it starts having an almost hypnotic quality to it.
Absolutely brilliant.
wow
Thank you for posting this. Best quality version I've found so far. This used to be available from Mystic Fire Video that has now disappeared. What is so mind boggling is the huge amount of hours Harry Smith must've put into this. I can't see it as being anything more than pretentious nonsense but you never forget it once you've seen it. The original version was three hours. I doubt it made any more sense. Harry Smith has said that this is about a trip to the dentist. It's impossible to tell if he's joking or not.
Nice soundtrack though.
this is one of the best standards of visionary cinema
i will one day enjoy this film while under the influence of lsd.
it's worth it trust me haha
Cocomelon for the eraserhead baby
Just guessing here but it looks like Harry had a big influence on Terry Gilliam with this film.
definitely.
Great Harry Smith animation!
Uncanny. Even on a sunny afternoon, it feels uncanny. I can only imagine how it would feel - I mean, how I would feel watching it - on a moonless night, at midnight...If you watch it on a moonless night at midnight, does Harry Smith's ghost come bursting out of your computer screen?
... OR EVEN WATCHING ON A WEDNESDAY???.. PHEW!..🤔🥂
How sad we have to watch such cinema on lame computer screens.
If this came out today, I would totally brand it as a genius analog horror project
Lol
From the man who also gave us the Anthology of American Folk Music; an undeserving nation owes you thanks, Smith!
Slowdive brought me here.
thank you
I don't know how this got into my 'watch later' playlist but I'm guessing this is one of the first animated films...? If not, it's still great, very fascinating
It is not
love it
Reikia daug kokaino ir alchoholio sunaudot, kat tai suprasti;)
Now we know how original Terry Gilliam really was! He might as well have used tracing paper.
SLOWDIVE
Slowdive!!!
Thanks for posting. It’s nearly impossible to find copies of this film anywhere
goodnight alyssa :)
Slowdive brought me here
great!
Not ideal we're watching this on phone, tablet, maybe TV instead of small dark odd-smelling theater with assorted strangers around us on a weekday afternoon, but things change, don't they
Newgrounds spam flashmutation but from the 60s
Turn off the volume, and play Slowdive as OST on it.
BRILLIANT
was just doing this then scrolled down and found this comment. great minds think alike
@@chillbitz a comment I can only appreciate :-)
The description matches the film.
Magnífico▪¤▪▪¤▪
the man with the giant eye looks like George Bataille, alot of this harkens back to early Śvankmajer.. at least it would amazing if jt was George Bataille..:)
it seems to address the accursed share
Idk you all must be way smarter than me because I’m confused and having no fun.
Surrealism isn't for everyone
where did you get this version. I think it''s better than the vhs tape i have that seems cropped a bit at the edges. I knew Harry and would love to get a better copy.
Anacortes brought me here
Got friends there. How does anacortes fit?
Terry Gilliam after a does of iboga.
i love this film it encapsulates so many movements within art and film i would love to ask the filmaker if i could glitch it with a modular synthsizer and tachyons+ gear ,bpmc, Dave Jones, and LZX ..... i usually only do my own footage which is dificult to obtain in a Joel Peter whitkinesque vein....my page can be contacted. If agreed, gorgeous either way i just thought it would push the artform.... i would give credit but after my instagram channel was hacked...it wasnt phishing. someone didnt like my content.. now its like Survival research labortories without teeth :( but i'm rebuilding...
Symbolism
10:52 slowdive
+2 speed works kinda well...
Didn't do a samire ad against James dean
KEM WALKER! i know that bloke !
10:31 Slowdive 2017
1962.
Who is the guy at the right on 8:48?
insane
slowdive
La Biennale di Venezia 2013 :-)
Never seen this movie of my life 😒
7 days
6:25
Intro is 💀
Worst Monty Python movie EVER!
One of those tedious cultural artefacts that are utterly void of meaning to their creators even while they are working on them, never mind the next morning, and which hordes of the feeble minded then either try to or pretend to interpret, and with random success might delude themselves into believing that they have got it.
And what have you made lately?
Someone is projecting. Art depends a lot on what the audience brings to the table. If you bring an empty bucket, all you see is dirty water.
Haven't seen anyone actually try to interpret this, but alright. Personally I just see it as a strange artwork with an idiosyncratic aesthetic, that's all.
What the fuck does this have to do with slowdive
this is aweful... I. must be missing something
Prefrontal cortex? Sense of humor? Imagination? Just guessing
@@stephenhargrave7922 easy boy, i'm a movie fan myself and i don't this is so great neither
@@stephenhargrave7922 Oh yes, the arrogant type. I bet you didn't enjoy as well but probably pretend to, so you can seem sophisticated and unique. Perhaps you haven't even watched it :) Just guessing.
And not that I say that no one can like this, but this film is definitely not for everyone, and that fact doesn't say anything about them.
the heck
bored film
How can a film be bored, it is not alive?
How can people make UA-cam comments whenever they are clearly brain dead? I guess that where they get their opinionated nature. Not having a brain to tell them nobody gives a flying rats ass what they think about somebody else's art
@@stephenhargrave7922 yeah...art
@@stephenhargrave7922 Why are you so defensive over people having different tastes? Surely if you are as intelligent as you think you are you can see this movie isn't for everyone?
Boring.
Ya u r
At least it could tell a story, but no, just nonsense cartoons
@@nicolasapolo2122 Why would a story enhance what is an aesthetic experience? Very limited view.
@@TheChannelofaDisappointedMan it would definitely help this. I don't think it was even aesthetically that pleasing.
@@nicolasapolo2122 it's all symbolism you idiot. Not sure how you can miss that.
slowdive
Who
@@kachiggamybigga9481 SLOWDIVE. use google