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[KyleMarnoProducer]

anyone know the song after moby speaks at around 10:00

[parsek1111]

why the fuck would someone dislike this?

[jadeashleyification]

That dude that says Scorsese and Hitchcock's stuff would have gotten lost in today's world... NO ways! Talent as phenomenal as those would never, ever go unnoticed!

[getupanddosomething]

I strongly disagree that the craft is dead in art. That person has misunderstood what the craft is in my opinion. A great song is the product of someone who knows their craft, and technology can't change that! There's no substitute for learning the fundamentals of your subject and taking the time to understand the history and the context of your art! Technology can make it easier certainly, but it's impossible to replace knowledge with technology and editing.

[Skygooose]

These anti-technology people act like shitty music didn't exist before this new era of music.

[loopaloopa1111]

I think our age has really seen the breaking down of art to its bare form, which is to evoke emotions that inspire; whether it is to feel, to think, to liberate or to disgruntle, it doesn't matter. There are so many videos on youtube that are goddamn annoying but get millions of views... and that is art too as they have inspired many to view/click/like. And whether its through trickery or authentic, I guess it doesn't matter too as the objective to evoke emotions that inspire, is achieved.

[TubingWithMyGnomies]

@loopaloopa1111 Interesting observation! :)

[bitchesstiches]

your just like everyone...... theres no one like you! great film!

[lebocharp]

I think I value the idea of people having more opportunity to express themselves artistically rather than the actual quality of it.

[JMZ619]

i hate how they keep saying "everyone".

[Spiderfan92]

I think a real artist is someone who doesn't say they are an artist they just do it I write my own music and lyrics and I don't think its that crazy what I do I just do it because I love it true I want to tour the world and play my music all over the world but that is because I want to share my love with everyone I want to one day someone say "Fuck man,your song got to me it made me feel something".That is the point of Art it's supposed to do I mean to be good at songwriting you must work at it.

[AHarmlessBlackMan]

Brace yourselves...

Needledrops are coming.

[NGSFilms]

@AHarmlessBlackMan needledrop reporting in.

[itsalexeverybody]

@AHarmlessBlackMan lol already here *trollface*

[ediporey83]

i love this movie doccumentary, i just LOVE IT

[nervoussprod]

french subtitles version ???

or CC Fonction ? 

[Youbian]

'When everything is open to the crowd, when everything is democratized, when everything is determined by a number of clicks, you're undermining the seriousness of the artistic endeavor.' 

[Themusicman126]

which song was playing at 1:12:06 if anyone knows, thanks !

[bernould]

@Themusicman126 Ludvig Franzen - Live

[europa]

The art industry is a bubble, its over saturated and that dilutes the good art, making the best stuff get drowned out, but competition breeds better art, so though we get a lot of crap we also get gems that are timeless.

Art is just human expression so dont expect money from this luxury especially as economy deteriorates so will the fluff

[MattStaples1]

@europa I think the competition part of it leads to people making more work that they think people will like. As opposed to making more work that they like or feel hasn't been made.

[Mosley2]

great stuff

[MrDoobie]

I didnt want this to end. I still have so many questions, doubts, fears and prospects about the future as an artist. I never created art for anything other than expression. I just wanted to share myself with who ever was willing to share their time with me. I've always felt it wasnt good enough to share but it seems like its worth a try. Whatever i can create can be shared instantly across the globe. Weather it be a master piece or rotten garbage.

[Mangusted]

Whats the song on 1:09:44?

[Geardos]

this doc is amazing, probably the best I've seen on art in the digital age. I feel it is tough to be an artist in the digital age but the opportunities are amazing. It's the wild west for art. Everything changed so fast.

[sdbyamtaylor]

does anyone know what song is playing at 1:09:00? It's been killing me.

[Rubabplayer]

burpwind. While SOPA and PIPA go too far, the rationale is valid. If I create music, put my money, time effort and talent into creating a piece of music, then I should have the right of ownership of that piece. Yet so many people out there think it is ok to take my music and not pay for it. How is that right? It hurts artist's ability and capacity to create when they have to make a living otherwise. This kind of theft robs us all of creativity and art. That is why we need bills to help.

[Rubabplayer]

I've been a musician for 23 years and have experienced the barriers of the previous age and the empowerment of the current one. Yet I have also seen artists losing ground to make a living at their work. It is a challenging time for even the most talented and creative people out there. The greatest of which is how to make your living creating. A challenge too many very talented people have been unable to overcome at a cost to all of us and our culture.

[Williams010Leffield]

truly thought the voice start around 20 minutes in was the voice of seth rogen

[Dipflow]

1:16:47 Three dog? Nazir?

[mishabaikal]

this documentary was a whole lot of bla bla bla

[burpwind]

The big business media industries hate the fact that you now know how to do what they do. This appears to be the real reason behind SOPA and PIPA.

[donnaarifin]

shook me to the core!

[muzzleray]

have heard that we are in the age of "authenticism"

[burnzy3210]

anyone know the name of those guys from tokyo?

[LiveUnbound]

The fact that artists have power is a beautiful reality 

[eatmykids]

great stuff

[fimichelattias]

Can someone subtitle this on Spanish? My english is not so good. Viva la fiesta. Johnny, la gente está muy loca.

[brucegit]

This is maybe the most brilliant, engaging, and thought-provoking commentary on the state of current media I have seen.

[jaapgrolleman]

One of the documentary's stances is that there's an attention deficit, that's why I don't understand why this whole thing is so long stretched... Perhaps to make it an hour and a half, the length of most documentaries and movies, which is kinda sad, given how conservative that is.

[modengoAGAIN]

Think we're blessed to live in time where everything's available to almost everone. But being swamped with soo many options basically makes us lethargic, always wanting for more; newest, fastest things with no real connection to quality of work, if produced. I'm mainly amazed by...courage or arrogance, not sure what it is, that people label themself as artists. In my experience usually behind such self proclamation is stupidity. But there's always good and bad in everything, yin and yang.

[johnay69]

@PrawnInvasion thanks so much, as I said before, I really like that part!

[johnay69]

This movie is one of the greatest I have ever seen, and can anyone tell me where I can find that movie/music thing at 19:20? Or if I could download it anywhere, I really like that part.

[PrawnInvasion]

@johnay69 It's the music video for Ólafur Arnalds' "Ljósið" and it can be found here on YouTube by searching that. Can't get this comment to work with a URL anyway.

[LemonMerigueTie]

29:53 already happening..

[KingOfU212]

I swear to god that was Seth Rogan's voice at 20:03...

[rodrigo3hm]

Fuck you YouTube! I fuckin hate when I push the "expand" button and the video begins to buffer again. Fuck you very hard!

[CCorvus303]

@rodrigo3hm This happens because, if available, Youtube chooses to switch to an higher resolution if you play the video at fullscreen. You can solve the problem by manually switching to (in this example) 480p o 720p BEFORE playing video in fullscreen.

[videocurcuits]

this is a really nicely put together film but have these people thought about what went on before the division of the creator consumer created by the film and music (and other) industries. People DID become both the creator and the consumer, its nothing new. Traditional folk musics from around the world are an obvious example where these skills permeate the culture they are part of and everyone collaborates to make the sounds they listen to.

[UnitedByPhotography]

The Industry Is Dead - the visual summary for this title was so apt.

[UnitedByPhotography]

An ideal summary of what's help shape the 10 years combine creativity, technology and the internet.

[Cre8iveStudios]

When everyones special, no one is.

[ribamarfs]

@Cre8iveStudios

No, all are special.

[duffdeluxe]

@Cre8iveStudios no, everyone is, you just said it.

[hezekiah234]

@Cre8iveStudios  that should be a t-shrt

[HDStonie]

do what u want to do and do it to have fun not for fame and succes.

[raulcat19]

So true! Art has became a global-stupidity - people with real talent don't dare to give their talent away because people who dont have talent dare...

[CrisNux]

this documentary belong to all the creative class.

thanks to have been investigate in the creative and music industry.

Thant's a very good piece of milestone for those who need the power and the energy to do somethings passionate, extraordinary

[MCTV]

"Ocean of Garbage"

[pepejuanchodelrancho]

great documentary!! 

[throttlerdnb]

right, so what about the video game industry that needs, film, video, music and can't perform live?

[addedlovely]

this is a movie thats already about the past. would of more interesting to look into the dark underbelly of the future.

[kc2ine]

interesting topic and very boring movie.

[WilliVanilli]

@kc2ine and why do you find this movie boring?? it's all about the topic.

[thelatestttplague]

"The Oscar nominees, look at the 10 of them and see how many didn't go to film school" It's kind of ironic that he says that because last year, 4 of the directors of the films that were nominated for Best Picture didn't go to "film school." Haha. That's almost half, not too bad if you ask me.

[zurati]

@realKibou It's Negative Space (PressPausePlay) look for it on soundclouddotcom

[realKibou]

Do someone knows what's the name of the song of the credits is? I guess it's Ludvig Franzén D.I.Y., but I didn't find the song on the internet, so i couldn't proof it.

Do someone have the credit song? :)

[motionmixer]

Accessability has freed us from a world of the chosen few. Now we live in a world of artists, driven to create fun media, play live, openly engage with audiences, and share their project conceptually without negotiation.

We're surfing the artwave right now, so get out your board and start paddling!!!

[motionmixer]

We are able to experiment. We are able to socialize ideas.

We can take on the mighty corporate giants,

who churned out mass produced mediocrity for decades,

in an elitist celebrity lifestyle driven media dictatorship.

[motionmixer]

Being unique often comes

from ideas outwith the technological domain,

the technology shouldn't be the driving factor, but it is.

This, in many ways, is not a bad thing. Technology often drives a new thought process.

[motionmixer]

Don't be desperate to be "an artist", be inspired to create work that

has a message and engages imagination and evokes an emotive response.

In some ways the documentary implies that we live in a world of technological

self indulgence with a reluctance to be unique.

[jozy21]

@motionmixer That is, without doubt, the most beautiful I've ever read.

[motionmixer]

dThe future is temporary rather than contemporary,

or is it?

Everything is down to your own personal

realization of a dream. This dream is your idea,

sharing this idea, means you risk losing ownership.

Ownership is temporary, it's what you learn along

the way that will hopefully lead to contemporary work in the future.

[Phidel3]

incredible!! so scary yet enchanting!

amazing!

[kunststationcultuur]

Very nice and inspiring. Thank you very much for posting it for free! I'm going to recomend it to my friends and collegues as a 'must see' documentairy.

[megaperl]

For me the relation is inverse. The more we access the less we get. I think we are witnessing the complete evaporation of interesting and compelling content or discourse. This so-called democratization brings a only-visual culture with an alarming lack of concept and discourse, of critical and well documented content.

I do love good advertising and videoclips, but the level of interest and critical thought of the rest of proposals is definitely going down when compared to one century ago.

[megaperl]

Maybe the previous question to raise before getting into that one of "PressPausePlay" is if the access to media has been really democratized or simply decentralized and multiplied. There is this heavy-big-heafty wad by Manuel Castells entitled "Communication and Power" which describes the who is who in the media business, and how it all depends on quite a few lobbys from the establishment. There is also a chapter dedicated to this question.

[megaperl]

The question raised as the starting point for the whole documentary remains unanswered in the end, which is good given that it is only a documentary, not any sort of manifest or so trying to state a strong point of view. And the question itself is quite old, as much as the old revolutionary promise of a better future once we (the people) owned the "production means", to say it so.

[ludvigfranzen]

@IndieRockIndeed It's called "Live" and you can find it on my soundcloud. Google "Ludvig Franzen Soundcloud".

[ludvigfranzen]

@IndieRockIndeed I made that track. Thanks for noticing!

[TheDoom]

this documentary is pretty weak because it is basically all from the perspective of accomplished, semi famous people who had the advantage of cheaper tech.but i guess i'm not that far in at the moment, but it still seems to be coming from a perspective of privilege. And these people are talking about the egalitarian aspects of creation in a digital age, which is great, but being able to make films because RED cameras are sort of cheap? Not quite that convincing to the point.

[TheDoom]

@TheDoom Also, for a documentary that talked about how "art" was previously defined in an industry context by white, upper class men, there certainly are a lot of white upper class men telling us about what art is....

[superh13]

great Film, thanks.

Mr. Moby is totally wrong: mediocrity does originate in the industry, because it's always easier to warm up old stuff, remake, try to sell a set style. The real innovation and creativity has always come from outside the industry, from people who where doing their thing. Take a look into the billboard charts and see if you can find anything new or creative at all.

[raulcat19]

@superh13 I think what he actually means is that all of the people who try to be innovative or originel don't have the chance to stick out of all the people who can't be that originel cause they don't have talent.

But anyway how can modest people get out when they don't dare while all the untalented people have a huge amount of wrong boast!

[Frobbz]

BRILLIANT

[kolari12]

wow. Thank you, this was so inspiring video. I start look over my old grandfather pictures and my pictures, what I have made with my filmcamera and funny to say, but I see them now different way. I must now figuret out, what have changed...

Thank you for everyone, who made this film :)

[IndieRockIndeed]

great documentary! very interesting to watch! could someone please tell me what song is playing from 1:08:48 to 1:13:20?

[thekevingalland]

this was the most perfect thing i've seen about the current condition of Art.

[radikalabnormal]

GREAT

[Luketown1]

VERY recommendable

[Swiftyslow2]

1st

[Swiftyslow2]

@gavranarh ok?