House Of Leaves

[multiplecats]

Nice tribute! Shame the sound was muted. :( This book really does get into you. Not in a bad way (for me, at least). Some people find it quite frightening but I feel like deeper parts of me are being found. I find myself stopping to look a second time at things around me. I think of darkness differently. I caught on early what the story is actually about (I won't spoil) but I find it actually quite moving.

The book and the album are amazing on their own, but surprising and inspiring together.

[RandomPenguin922]

I'm reading this book now and I have anxiety disorder and it's tearing me apart but I can't stop reading. I can't not finish it. It's getting inside my head in ways I never imagined. I even found myself checking my house to make sure nothing changed after I went to visit my grandmother. This book is more than just a book. It's an exploration of something so indescribably that it take a seven hundred page book just to let you think you've glimpsed it. Or maybe I'm just reading too much into it.

[Redchinesestones]

i can't say it changed me permanently

but it certainly brought back childhood fears of the darkness behind the back of my head. Even when i knew it was just the car seat, or open air, or the pillow and bed beneath. What this book does do really well, is that after while, you really do start forgetting which lines and words were the authors, and which ones were from other people, or even from yourself.

one day when i was reading it the night before, i woke up, half asleep saying his name

Johnny.

[vaguelyhumanoid]

mAd womAn

on Another tour

everything *she* is *she*

spits on the floor

An old mAn tells me *she's*

sicker thAn the rest

¡god i've never been

AfrAid like this. [I D☉N'T W𝈗NN𝈗 DIE]...

Also, I liked the video.

[thetwentyfourth]

To fight against people who use audio for non-commercial projects is to fight against the fans of the product you're trying to protect. Record companies, publishers, etc wonder why they're sinking ships and blame piracy, not realising that it probably has something to do with the fact that they're at war with their own customers. Screw 'em.

[ThisJess]

Thanks for the myspace link^___^ I tried to sinc it up with the CD after the audio was disabled. I loved House of Leaves too.

they suck for disabling the audio....

[packcollective]

Can you upload this elsewhere? I love it, but the audio's been disabled now.

[vanillapop]

it's on myspace video too if you search for it :)

[yourwars]

I felt something similar to you while reading the book -- with my mind "opening up" as you described it -- and to be honest after I finished reading I threw my guts up.

I love this book and I read it over and over again, everytime getting a new meaning out of it, but with allways the same feelings. very interesting.

[xaberz]

That's funny. when I read the book it was like any other book, but you read the book like the character in the book. Fascinating!

[raarset1]

I can truly relate to your mentality changes with this book, vanilla. I read House of Leaves at a particularly turbulent time in my life, and the more I read, the more I became increasingly suspended from reality. It was like I had reached a level of consiousness that was a mirror reflection of complete darkness, as was the darkness described in the book. The book had so many layers, and all of them were parallel, as to become its own reflection.

[TakeV]

It seems, that the music has been disabled. How annoying, as this was one of my favorite videos on youtube. :\

[VeGezus]

I sit still sometimes and look at my hands. I get angry at my hands and then at myself, for being like I am. I don't get angry because of things I do in the past, but because I look at my hands. It might seem like a stupid reason to get angry, but it's not. These hands cause nothing. Nothing is being used with these hands.

I know this shit really might seem like bullshit, but I assure you all it's not. I just want to share what really is going on.

[theimperfektman]

@VeGezus i did that last night. ever study the shape of your fingers? thinking about all the ways you've grabbed and pecked in your life.. your hands, in every crease, are marks to what you've done in habit. every part of me is curling in. it's all about posture. i haven't read the book yet but i intend to :)

[VeGezus]

I read House of Leaves a few months ago.

The book caused me to have nightmares (sometimes just illusions while I'm stil lawake) of pale faced girls with wide, unblinking eyes and a wide grin showing all sharp teeth. The girl breathes slowly and stares right at me. I tried to talk to her, then she just leaves. A few nights ago I had a dream of a storm and a man pointing a gun at me. The dream caused me to have violent shakes, but not quite a seizure.

I blame the book. I love the book.

[RandomPenguin922]

@VeGezus I know how you feel. Or maybe I don't. I'm in the middle of reading the book and it's scaring the s*** out of me but I can't stop because I love it. I'm starting to blame things on it though- I was reading it when my grandma fell down and had to get stitches, I was reading it every night we stayed at her house except one and my dad had nightmares every night except that one. Oh, and I'm now afraid of echoes...

[IchimotoKun]

@VeGezus (I know this is late, but I don't care), Holy fuck, a few months ago some time after finishing the book, I had a dream of a dark hallway, at the end of which had a portrait of a pale girl that was somehow utterly disturbing in some way, making me wake up with a jolt after several minutes, and about 27 hours, I was almost complete unable to function and was rather hysteric and, well, crazy.

Probably just a coincidence, though.

[sappicanjel]

nicely done :D

[Astrobeej]

WMG strikes again. Assholes.

[zomglolzbbq1]

its true, this book terrified me into oblivion.

(in a good way)

[iluvpeteywentz]

who ever says dont be scared, its just a book.

you have no idea, what you go through when you read it.

[ZEPHANI]

I havent read it yet but i'm starting to get a little scared about starting because i cant seem to find out what it is about but people keep saying its changed them or it made them paranoid . My friend told me to read it after we were telling each other our dreams that we had , I told him about a one where i move to a new house and after about a year of living there i find a door that ,for some reason, i didnt notice before....oh well guess i better read it and find out

[wurger13]

Don't be scared... It is just a book!

[ZEPHANI]

Ok i'll give it a go since i bought it now lol

[Dyingtology]

Ha, in short?

It's a book about a book about a film that doesn't exist about a House (meant to be written in blue print) that is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.

I'm reading it at the moment. It's incredible.

[vengeanceproductions]

@ZEPHANI

It's just that it has like five plots going on at once, so to everybody, a different story is unfolding.

Sorry for replying to a year old comment, BTW.

[wurger13]

That is just a maze [ing]... great job!

[Dyingtology]

Ahaha, nice pun.

[EmmilyOfIrk]

Awesome!

[SmilingMiranda]

i've always been a fan of poe

my dad and i.

he won't let me read house of leaves yet

but one day i will.

[CoolEthan182]

I can relate to what you are saying in description.

I came across this book at the age of 16, by well, fate I guess. It was an absolute bizarre series of events that led me to my personal discovery of the book. The second I started reading it I started feeling differently. Even my friends admitted that whenever I was around the book I seemed to have a darker feel in my personality. I am now reading the book for the 3rd time and everytime I see the line "This is not for you." I get chills

[Dyingtology]

When Danielewski signs books he sometimes writes 'But this one is for you' on the dedication. page.

[poirob1]

well done. there is alot of crud on youtube sullying what has to be the most viseral and cutting pieces of fiction ever transcribed. Your imagery really captures the feel of the book, and avoids those god awful home acted debasements. good job!

[blackcherrychainsaw]

Very nicely done. House of Leaves seriously disturbed me. It's been over two years since I first read it, and I still get nightmares about it.

[Dyingtology]

You sounds like Johnny Truant. = P

[willowench]

I'm reading this book right now for class. Reading House of Leaves is like reading an episode of the Twilight Zone. It's completely freaking me out, but I love it. The video fits the experience of the book well, great job.

[XXMiiChanXX]

I had this book...HAD

i let my friend borrow it, but then her sister ended up reading it. Well anyway her sister moved out, getting her own house, and my friend lost the book. I asked her if she could ask her sis if she had it but she claims that she never brought it with her. So now i have the book lost and i'm pissed cuz everytime i hear how amazing that book was i wish i could read it. I regret letting my friend borrow it =[[

[Quasita]

Don't forget that Danielewski released another book more recently than HoL... Only Revolutions.. It's like poetry, and you have to flip the book back and forth upside down every few pages and hope you do it at the right time... Just the cover gets me. For anyone who's not read House of Leaves, read it while listening to Poe's album and you'll get swallowed. I read through the book so fast, it reads like truth, and I'm dumbfounded as an author to read it..

[House8000]

Which album, I would assume Haunted, correct?

[Quasita]

Yes, Haunted, the one that was written to accompany the book, as well as released with excerpts from the book read into parts of the songs. Remember Hey Pretty, on the radio?? I used to find the spoken word soooo annoying, then I read the book with the music, heard it again and was like, OMG the neverending zipper pants! I get it now!

[AlkalineAddict]

i've known about this book since its release in 2000 i just bought it a few days ago and may i say it's quite the terrific read.

[namestolen]

The book changed my life, man... and I'm not even done with it.

[Rey513]

Is this Poe? I know the singer is Danielewski's sister...

[justanoli]

Yes, it's Poe.

[likeswine68]

I was 35 when i first "found" this book. It scared the crap out of me. I had to sleep in my living room with all the lights and tv on in order to be able to fall asleep. It's not so much the book that scares you...though that does a very good job...it is the imagery that is contained inside the book, that draws you in and makes you start looking for doors you never noticed before inside your house. You want to open them?

[justanoli]

I know what you mean. This is the first book I have ever read that has ever really frightened me. Just the idea of being invaded in such a way, of having the unknown draw you in from so close and intimate a proximity....and worst the way I would likely react. Terrifying.

[christianbkny]

iv recently jus found out about this book and now i totally want to get it because im absolutely obsessed with paranoia and jus weird type of stories does anyone have any advice about reading this book, ie:a certain way to read it, what to look out for, ect.

[jsandoval001]

read it at night. you're going to have to do A LOT backtraking. the footnotes have footnotes and then you lose your place in the book. DEFINTELY worth the read though.

[embracedestruction]

Awesome. Sent chills up my spine.

[fartedonyourface]

This voice sounds a bit like chrissy hynde i think thats her name anyway!!

[RevolvingDork]

This was great. It held my attention, and is haunting. Just like the book, itself.

[briannaaaxx]

this is an amazing representation. a maze [ing]. ;)

[SilentGhost29]

Good video!!! I wish I were this good... Here's a question? If a movie it's made...who would direct it? To me the only one would have been Stanley Kubrick..but it's just my opinion.

[sintrovert]

David Lynch.

[SilentGhost29]

Good choice...never though of him.

[jrodbidlow]

michel gondry

[rawkondudz]

Nobody. This is a book, a brilliant book, and it shouldn't be made into a movie any more than it should be made into a statue.

[SilentGhost29]

You're right...but you can't help to think about it.

[rawkondudz]

That is most definitely true.

[onehitwonder11]

i just bought this book about 45 minutes ago. so far, it's creeping me out and it reminds me a lot of my thoughts. this book is fucking awesome.

[Nickyfartfart]

Hmmm, you have ripped the Red Sparowes logo around 3:05.

This isnt supposed to be entirely original work, right?

[vanillapop]

sorry i have no idea what the red sparrows are nor did i "rip them off". The images are brushes made from my own photos...the only things in the video that i did not create myself are of course some of the scans from the actual book.

[thesechildishgames]

i cant read some of the text on the video.

do you have a higher quality uploaded somewhere to watch D:!?

[Jackie205683]

I read this in 2003...and I never understood it until this past month. Amazing..It has been one hell of a journey...I'm just happy to be here in the NOW!!!

[hopeforrain]

Haunting, absolutely. Caught the book's "essence" very well.

[Kaanan]

Really amazing captures the feel so well.

[Daent]

This is fantastic; I love this video.

[meekaregettingready]

I like how this is 5 1/2 minutes. :D Well, almost.

[Ghanimatrix]

Very well done.

[alekmosingiewicz]

Haunting.

[HelLoHelLoxx]

Nice video. I love Poe, and I may read the book. From what everyone said, it sounds like a good book.

[ChefAce07]

Very nicely done. Had all the elements of darkness, despair and even hope that the broke touched on. People are arguing about the book and the "record" and so on.... I think that's the point...isn't it amazing how such a disturbing work of genius is affecting peoples lives?

[yamamushi]

This was put together really well

[incalove333]

love it!!!

[stayxdead]

that was cool.. i'd like your input on a house of leaves thing i put together :)

[justanoli]

I loved this. House of Leaves is probably my favorite ever novel, and Poe one of my favorite artists, and I think you did both her and Mark justice.

[captmarc]

Amazing... Absolutely amazing...

[EvilCosbySweater]

I loved how everything kind of tied together both the book and the album. This was really well done.

[SouthBendKE]

Just finished House OF Leaves..It was magnificent. Great Video.

[kaylaConspriacy]

Loved it! I'm such a fan of both Poe and Mark and the combination is excellent.

[chrismighton]

pretty sweet dude. I can totally see this book being a movie, probably because there are so many video cameras in the book capturing the house, I can just imagine it. but it would take a genius and dedicated director. Isnt Poe Mark Z. Danielewskis sister?

[royalecheese2001]

POE and Mark are brother and sister. An amazing amount of talent has come from that family.

[ReverieNightengale]

That was very creative, especially the way you played around with the text. I figured that's what you were going for, since they didn't really go with the beat of the song. Still, it was fun to watch.

I'm really glad I'm starting to see more "House of Leaves" based fan service. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

[stokely342]

This is wonderful if and when i see Anne i will give her this video cheers and keep up the good work

[tankgirl9176]

This is beautiful. It fits great!

[carswell13]

Tis beautiful.

Goes so well with the book and the album.

[AnoraRay]

Wow. Great video for a gret book.