Why Man Creates (Part 1)

[TheGrandelMorro]

Stupefying how the "dark ages" are always portrayed as the anti-progress times. Look at the art, the architecture. It all evolved. It's a fluid progression. It's a stupid cliche and I'm tired of it.

[RaoulWeatherell1]

anyone else would have loved to see the opening animation continue past 1968?

[monboy10]

we watched this in social studdies class today!

[itcamefromthefuture]

And he could have skipped the dark ages by going to India, South America or the Mid-East, all over the world some people find themselves in Dark Ages at each age in history, even today even in the shiny technological future.

[Gmancrap]

I disagree.

[itcamefromthefuture]

I have trouble thinking of history as LINEAR and only occurring first in North Africa then (and mostly) in Europe. It’s a very limited way of looking at human history, the motion of moving up seems to suggest progress, but history and the lives of men women and all people move sideways and backward as often as “up” —

[OVER18MANWOMAN]

@itcamefromthefuture

Nicely put.

Although we have more advanced technology and machine-men tribal society may have been more fulfilling.

[jashta1]

@OVER18MANWOMAN life has never been fulfilling for most people that lived in the history of humanity itself.

[rriverstone1]

my gawd! I saw that in Jr. High! And I'm 54 years old! I still remember my friends and I, for weeks afterward, babbling, "I'm a bug; I'm a germ . . ."

[Gmancrap]

I have always wondered, who is closing the doors at 3:22? The church?

[vellocent]

"Where do ideas come from? From fooling around; playing with possibilities. From looking at one thing and seeing another. Speculating, changing, pushing, pulling, transforming...and if you are lucky, you come up with something worth saving, using and building on. That is where the games stops and the work begins." (pardon if the punctuation is off)...

[chieromancer]

They would show this in school at least twice a semester. Funny, tho', I don't remember a thing that's in it.

[Bfdidc]

I remember watching this as a kid in school, around 1970 or so, and wondered if it was still out there. Thank you very much for posting.

[rodolforeverbegins]

MAGNIFICENT! thanks for uploading this! :D

[nubbs]

3:12

but people knew the earth was round way back (or down bellow, for this video) in the time of euclid and the ancient greeks. this video is perpetuating one of the misconceptions of the so called "dark ages"

[iloveflapjacks]

I like the FBI warning. :D

[modmom]

Thank you

[TGIFurry]

sorry, but i always thought bass was overrated. he did some fine things, but too much of his work, like this for instance, doesn't age well.

[algomeysa]

When I was in junior high school, 1979 or so, the teachers would show it in our 7th and 8th grade art classes. Years later, I was trying to figure out what the heck that was, but, that was pre-Internet. I remember posting some messages on some computer BBS messagebases, asking, "Does anybody know what that little animated short is where they build a tower of history?"

[kevinsteele]

"Walk on the Wild Side" is a steamy Jane Fonda picture with a great title sequence by Saul Bass that tracks an alley cat to a cat fight. I don't think that's what the poster is referring to. "To Be Alive" is a multi-screen short film that won the Academy Award for Best Short Subject in 1965. It is a different team than "Why Man Creates" and as far as I can tell Saul and Elaine Bass were not involved.

[modmom]

thank you :)

i want to see "to be alive!"

shown at 64 world's fair by this director.

do you know where to find that?

[OVER18MANWOMAN]

@modmom

He doesn't seem to have a film by the name of "To be Alive".

But perhaps the 1962 film "Walk on the Wild Side" is the film you are looking for?

Just checked IMDb and that has "To be Alive!" 1984,although Saul Bass was not part of it, but still no luck actually finding any solid information on it or a download address.

Found one slow download for "Walk on the Wild Side" so I might upload that to you tube(if it's good of course) after I'm done, sorry I couldn't be much help.

[Reed20009]

I saw this Film when I was in 6th Grade in the 70s !! I have always wanted to see it again. Thank You for bringing it back !!

[tiabradford]

I have searched for this film for over 25 years. I could never remember the name. You have made me the happiest person in the world. Thank you.

[wanqiange]

more people should watch this 

[OVER18MANWOMAN]

@wanqiange

That's exactly what I thought when I was first watching it!

So come to youtube and I find it's all cut up in tiny exerts.

Needless to say, I sliced up the original and uploaded it straight away.