The movement is growing. Enough of our generation are sick and tired of being sick and tired. Boycott Big Agra, refuse to promote slavery and artificially low prices! This generation has begun a new era in global activity and every person chooses whether to promote a fair and realistic world or to keep playing games with fake money and distractions! Live a real life, eat real food, take only what you need and give what you have. We. Are. Doing. This.
And her inbred little familiar.The currrr.Its bloodlines kept precious, obedient, its true nature drained.The Currrrr the witch fed well.Beef,gravey the currrrr ate...
If you haven't seen it with an audience, there is a chance to this Sunday at the Fifth Estate Bar, in Brooklyn New York. The director, David Garrett, will also be having a sneak peak of his new feature film, Ten Stories Tall and will answer questions after. Different genre but pretty good -- clips of it on youtube. DJs spinning before and after. Seen Warlord a few times and worked on it, and always get a kick out of it.
Although I do not agree with the message in its entirety, I must say that it's a great piece of film. It is very unique and thought-provoking. The script was very well written and the scenes were well thought out. With regard to the message, I do believe some of it..but not to the extend where one would completely escape from modern technology.
This is SO fucking good, one of the best short films I have ever seen I gotta admit.
The switch from the monologue to that rotating bowl of mac and cheese combined with the music already had me...chortling with anticipation, and it just got better and better.
No, it's brilliant, depraved, funny, cruel and sick. If you were never a child then you won't get it and if you're an adult now and don't like it that's because you're still taking too many of the white pills.
it was a short film by some artsy bastard that is obviously anti establishment, and it's supposed to make people think. that's it. it's basically an art piece.
that being said the real idea behind the film falls apart shortly after it is made, that we shouldn't feed our children pills, lies, and crap food full of sugar. Parents like the mom in the video are the reason so many kids turn out rotten and don't give two shits about their homework. everything past that point is retarded.
@immugio It's easier to ignore the parts that affect you. Forget that we eat poisons and drink recycled shit while we are kept distracted by video games and TV. This film was only about a broken home and a child with ADD, right?
@Rorschach65 At least they took the chance. Our generation is so terrified of taking risks that we wouldn't even fathom a life outside of our current comfort zones. Believe it or not, life is not "precious" and death should not be feared or avoided but embraced as a part of life.
What is the point of this? A misguided solution to solve the problems of the world? If you don't like Walmart, go live in the mountains. And by the way, read Lord of the Flies - it gives a pretty good description of what happens when kids are left to themselves.
@jackwieske lord of the flies is a fictitious novel and has a completely different leader than this fictitious short film. Lord of the Flies the children were forced into their position, these children looked up to their leader who is supposedly smart enough to lead them. I don't remember Lord of the Flies too well, but I do remember the smart leader was a pushover who no one truly respected.
@jackwieske the mountains that are slowly being devoured by the concrete jungle, the mountains poisoned with the fumes from the cities. There is no escape from civilization.
@Polymarkos yet we still sit on our asses and play with our computer to look up videos on youtube. nd i jus had nachos. i want to live by that, but fuck man, i like nachos.
@devbain666 Not all of us spend our days glued to the computer. Some of us build and make, prepare, store up things we'll need. Do not judge us all by your own base measure.
I've watched this video many times and i love it more and more with each viewing. I'm guessing a sequel was never planned; i'd rather not see one - this work is stand alone and beautiful. I'd love to see you post more videos though. I'm subscribed and waiting.
Thank God I'm Pinoy and was born in the eighties. I didn't have to eat putrid things nor drink sickly sweet drinks; there were plenty of games that made me smarter. I feel so sorry for this current generation of American children that depend on putrid food and drink, watch mind-killing shows and listen to redundant music. The bulk of future Americans will become curs because most will choose to be. Its easier that way.
The last gift was special, the only one I had asked for. "This is the last day," I cried, "I will not serve your cold and senseless gods. No more witches' tricks. I will not eat the food that makes me weak. I will not play the games that make me dumb. I say war on these terrible ways. I am no child, no more. Today, I am free!"
if people really did this we would have absolute chaos. i think as a whole there might be greater extremes in pain and misery, but also greater extremes in fulfillment and triumph.
I do not find this video great. I find it depressing and evil. Our children are messed up enough already without viewing something like this to mess with their heads even more. There are a lot of things wrong in this world but this video certainly does not provide any answers. A video like this perpetuates evil upon evil. The whole world and all parents are not evil as portrayed in this video.
There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
We cannot ignore evil, but on the other hand we cannot become evil doers ourselves to conquer evil, which is what the video does with the boy. He becomes an evil person himself when he drugs others and eats the pet dog.
@kanelalee: Civilization is the fundamental violence, or evil, though your term implies a good/evil dichotomy exists. Perhaps the film stereotypes consumer society, but only to make its point in such a short amount of time. But the whole world (AKA civilization) IS as ugly (or more so) than this portrays...just read a history book, or the news. Heck, find out where your food comes from! This is a revolution against Neoliberalism, modernism, and consumerism. Nothing is good or evil, but a mix.
Everything was just so well put together. The story,music, voice and imagery...all perfectly joined to make this masterpiece as well as a great concept of how some desire to break free from the norms. It feels some what like what could happen after the kids from the Lord of the Flies came back to the civiized world-a continuation would be epic but this work you started is beyond most films you might see on the big screen.
One very important argument that was left out of this is the fact that the current lifestyle of most "developed countries", especially because of technology, is UNSUSTAINABLE!
Um. Stronger. WE WENT TO THE MOON. Think about it! You can travel across a continent in HOURS! Nearly anybody with an internet connection will live longer healthier lives than any generation before us. We can learn any fact or skill we can google, even if we're not sure how to spell it! Our true nature is that we're the smartest animal on the planet. Technology is an application of that nature.
@DrunkZergling the statement about the lifespan is true, but if you haven't noticed, in the last years we consume more then we create so the worlds resources are slowly fading. the man is the smartest animal on the planet? the fact that he is the most evolved animal on the planet, doesn't necessarily make him the smartest. Everything was so simple before because it was meant to be that way, but "the man" always wants more than he really needs. So god fuckin bless technology and the modern world.
We are fighting for this to happen here in Frankfurt. David Garret, thanks for this.
You've shown in such an effective and simple way, what capitalism has done to us - or what we do to ourselves and each other in everyday life.
sooner or later, this construction will fall and we gotta be prepared to take it on. pass this to your children, folks. art like this, is merely a tool to describe a way to live. keep it up.
you are absolutely right drunkzergling but it did have a good message on the sickly food that we get fed, and the mind numbing pills that are prescribed to us... It was very very well put together... good job
This video is a work of art. Compact, epic writing, great acting from the kids and that means great direction.
The subject is a bit ridiculous though. There always were, always will be dull, stupid and weak people. Society doesn't make you boring. The warlord wants to be different, go for it. He'll be dead by 25 if he wants to live outside medicine, agriculture, technology. All these commenters with +4, +12 saying how terrible the modern world is should remember that they're on the internet.
Think you might wanna do some research on your short life span theory, dude. In the Kalahari desert, members of the Ju'/hoansi tribe have been recorded as living into their 70's and 80's, or more, with nothing but the hunter / gatherer skills and tribal medicines that they've had for centuries.
The average life span of a 13th century peasant was 25 years. I think they're the norm and the Ju'hoansi are the exception. As to a short life being better than a long one: the fun is half what happens and half what you do with it. Make the most of the time you have but why would you knowingly shorten that time? The longer you live, the more stuff can happen, some of it better than anything that's happened yet.
Average life span is 25 years because a majority of children died before they reached 4 or 5.
The statement average lifespan was 25 years is highly misleading, most peasants lived as long as we did. However, since now most of our children live, the average lifespan goes up.
As if pacemakers haven't helped thousands survive after heart attacks. As if proper nutrition hasn't cured so many of the diseases that ended lives in their thirties. As if vaccinations, hygiene and an understanding of bacteria hasn't allowed millions to survive through what would have been plagues in the 13th century.
No. Most peasants did NOT live till they were 78. Most people in 1960 didn't even make it past 50. 25 might be low, but the Warlord lived a primitive life by medieval standards.
Take the video for what it is. Great art and poignant social commentary. Who is to say if a life of 25yrs would be more enjoyable than a life of 70yrs.
@ckashani Modern Medicine has improved the quality of life more and for more people in the last 50-100 years than ancient medicine did in 5000. We eradicated small pox! Anyway the point is, it's not brainwashing, there's plenty of evidence if you wanna look it up. Science relies on proof, so if you don't agree with me, I don't have to argue, I just point to the evidence. You can do many of the experiments proving germ theory yourself in your kitchen.
Sorry to say Germ Theory is not a science it is a pseudoscience. Why you ask because it does not take into account the biochemical terrain of the human body. Ergo it is not complete. The complete science is pleomorphism taking into account the germ and biochemical environoment of the body. Using your mind's eye you will understand this to be true. Best of luck to you and your health.
@TaylorOnTheMic Actually you live about 55 years more if you live to 80. I'm not encouraging anybody to sit in your room and watch TV all day. I'm saying don't take stupid risks. Why smoke if you know it will give you lung cancer? Why fill your body with fat? Get out, be active, live life! But try to live as long as possible, you only get one life.
@DrunkZergling The point is that it is better to live a life fufilled, even if it is short, rather then a drawn out one filled with meaningless and lack of true happiness. Sure you could live till 75, but if each day is filled with mindless and meaninglessness was it really worth living that long? Or would it be better to live in happiness and fufillment, even if it is short?
@taranakinz The point is that a long life does not preclude a happy life. Some things have been proven to make you die sooner. Why go out of your way to get lung cancer; why go out of your way to have a terrible diet? The people who live mindless meaningless lives will do t hat regardless of how long they live. There will always be dull, stupid and weak people. Length of life has nothing, good OR bad, to do with the quality of life.Why not give yourself more opportunity for good by living longer
@DrunkZergling The point is that it is better to live a life fufilled, even if it is short, rather then a drawn out one filled with meaningless and lack of true happiness. Sure you could live till 75, but if each day is filled with mindless and meaninglessness was it really worth living that long? Or would it be better to live in happiness and fufillment, even if it is short?
@DrunkZergling i got to say the subject is not ridiculous! sure with modern technology life spans get longer and information is spread much easier but what does that really give us? We all want to live as long as possible but the essence and meaning of life gets diluted and we as a race get blinded to whats really important.
@VRSA420 I think you start at the right point but I disagree with your conclusion. Technology doesn't give us anything as far as meaning and importance, it's just a bunch of tools. People need to give life meaning for themselves, and they always have. Technology doesn't do it for you, but it also doesn't take away any meaning from your life. Since we lived in grass huts there were always people who only lived selfishly. Tech doesn't create more of those people, but it doesn't make fewer either.
@expotl I'm not saying the world is perfect, but whatever flaws there are come from people being jerks. There were jerks in the middle ages when there was little technology and there will be jerks in 10 years when nobody knows what kind of technology we'll be using. If you're bored with your life, it's because you live a boring life, not because "the system" is "keeping you down."
@DrunkZergling Someone who lives without the modern technology (medicine included) can live well beyond 25. Sure, people might be living past 70, but look at the quality of life. I don't know about you, but I would rather be free for 25 years, than imprisoned for 70.
@TraceurDjDean Modern hunter-gatherers (from whom we draw many conclusions about ancient man) easily live into their eighties. The reason for the short AVERAGE lifespan of wild humans is all the infant mortality bringing the curve down. If you combine the medical advantages of today with the diet and activities of the past, there's no reason you can't live well beyond 100 years old. Avoid bread and sugar and other fake food, eat a Primal diet high in healthy fats and do enough physical activity.
Think about it: All the years of extended lifespan we have gained by medicine will be spent being stuck in traffic, or watching video screens. Some question whether this was worth destroying the planet for, worth threatening future generations of humans. There are those who want other cultures and other options to NOT be exterminated. Fair enough? Are we civilizing the earth, or arent we just LOS - ANGELIZING it? Are we so sure no other culture deserves to exist?
Think about it: All the years of extended lifespan we have gained by medicine will be spent being stuck in traffic, or watching video screens. Some question whether this was worth destroying the planet for, worth threatening future generations of humans. There are those who want other cultures and other options to NOT be exterminated. Fair enough? Are we civilizing the earth, or aren't we just LOS ANGELES - IZING it? Are we so sure no other culture deserves to exist?
Think about it: All the years of extended lifespan we have gained by medicine will be spent being stuck in traffic, or watching video screens. Some question whether this was worth destroying the planet for, worth threatening future generations of humans. There are those who want other cultures and other options to NOT be exterminated. Fair enough? Are we so sure no other culture deserves to exist?
@Spanglefeather I greatly appreciate your argument. I often consider the quality of life factor, but I'd never thought to put it it as the extra years "spent being stuck in traffic, or watching video screens." Thank you! :)
@DrunkZergling And yet, being on the internet means handling toxic chemicals every day, and being exposed to yet more substances that make us sick. Agriculture doesn't make us healthy, it makes us ill; medicine has been around long before pharmaceutical companies, and most of the tech we consume is made with poisons. Take a look for "Story of Stuff" and eWaste. This film is a metaphor. There are other ways to rise up against the status quo and restructure a diseased system.
@PinstripedFanny Yeah, let's become hunter gatherers again; when life expectancy was about 40 years. I'd probably like a system where I can bash people's heads in when they piss me off with little fear of some sort of law enforcement infrastructure punishing me for it. Go anarchy!
@okisoba You've already made that argument before, and it was just as much a failure. Just as I said above, this film is a metaphor, and one intended to show the broken systems in which we operate. Also, as an anthropologist, I can say that the life expectancy of humans was fairly high before agriculture; there was a long standing dip when we began living in cities together, and it's taken over five thousand years to bring us only about 7 years longer life spans (on average).
@PinstripedFanny I've never argued with you... And I'm not going to bother. But I can almost bet with absolute certainty that you wouldn't last a week living the life as a frontiersman before you start crying for the things that you think you despise.
@okisoba You're absolutely right; I have an autoimmune disorder and mobility issues, I'm not exactly living as it is, but my ideals and principles are not compromised simply because I require indoor plumbing. I never said we should be hunter/gatherers/frontiersmen. Look up the meaning of metaphor, and then check out Story of Stuff to help you understand what our consumerist culture is doing to harm the planet and people. There are other ways to improve things than by returning to the past.
@PinstripedFanny I think I have a similar sentiment as you. People would appreciate the world a lot more if they weren't in air conditioned buildings, "learning" everything they know in front of a computer screen, eating instant food, getting fat and nasty, and whose only pleasures in life are material crap. But, people are inherently lazy and will almost always opt for convenience and comfort over challenge and risk.
@okisoba Which is what I think this film is trying to inspire: challenge and risk. We get so caught up in our comfortable haze, we fail to see what the consequences are. I don't think the filmmakers intended for kids to run off and live in the woods, but rather to help grown ups wake up to the damage fast food, video games (and general lack of physical activity), and over-consumption of resources is doing to ourselves, our young, and our planet.
@okisoba Chances are you wouldn't strike someone unless you had very good reason to, because in such a culture you'd actually learn real values and how to care about and work with others that you depend on and depend on you. Many tribal peoples have/ had laws against such actions- you're a fool, go read about these cultures you so blindly insult.
@tantrangle Eh, give it up. Some people are either too dense to take anything but in the most literal sense, or they're trolls. Often both. At least you get it. ^_^
@tantrangle Tribal cultures are extremely exclusive. And if there is no agriculture, you're spending your time hunting/gathering almost all of the time. If you don't contribute to that type society, you're worthless. You have to carry your weight, and then some. Forget about having days or even hours of leisure at a time. You don't work for the group, the group isn't going to like or want you. I'd say that in modern society, you can get by pretty well without really being part of the team...
Did anybody else see the skewered dog head at 9:15 a think of the pig head from "Lord of the Flies?"
RedheadCompany 1 week ago
That's me!
PUMACABRA 1 week ago
Both disturbing and beautiful ( the two go together as for me) . Gives me HOPE.
maria9here 1 week ago
The movement is growing. Enough of our generation are sick and tired of being sick and tired. Boycott Big Agra, refuse to promote slavery and artificially low prices! This generation has begun a new era in global activity and every person chooses whether to promote a fair and realistic world or to keep playing games with fake money and distractions! Live a real life, eat real food, take only what you need and give what you have. We. Are. Doing. This.
knifegill 1 month ago
That Puppy was Cute!!! I feel so sorry for it.
Angry6676 1 month ago
Haha the cur was good food!
iquoteron 2 months ago
Kind of like my childhood, except the witch somewhat protected me from the Evil Commander of Total Order.
takeadayofff 3 months ago
Best short film ever!
bryang85 3 months ago
the narration was almost unneccessary.
and that girl by wal-mart sorta looks like Jackie Evancho.
and did that kid tripped when he running in the grass? I thought that was hilarious.
good short btw
f5yeangel5 4 months ago
Best thing on Youtube
KhamusSolo 4 months ago 4
nerds
fjortis02 5 months ago
Hahahahahaha This definitely has some truth to it.
GanaLaMana 6 months ago
And her inbred little familiar.The currrr.Its bloodlines kept precious, obedient, its true nature drained.The Currrrr the witch fed well.Beef,gravey the currrrr ate...
killtroy811 6 months ago
If you haven't seen it with an audience, there is a chance to this Sunday at the Fifth Estate Bar, in Brooklyn New York. The director, David Garrett, will also be having a sneak peak of his new feature film, Ten Stories Tall and will answer questions after. Different genre but pretty good -- clips of it on youtube. DJs spinning before and after. Seen Warlord a few times and worked on it, and always get a kick out of it.
2005indie 6 months ago
lol
PeterLMacIsaac 7 months ago
this kid knows whats up.
devbain666 7 months ago
lol
eobo1 7 months ago
wtf is this piece of shit
SMITHMASTER1000 8 months ago
@SMITHMASTER1000 your mom is piece of shit!!
kosterov 5 months ago
I lol'd at these comments and this video.
homiedog100 8 months ago
Is it Portuguese he speaks?
cedriccapa 8 months ago
Amazing short film there should be a sequel :)
cobra8529 9 months ago
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best movie i have ever seen in my life
fikimiki44 9 months ago
Although I do not agree with the message in its entirety, I must say that it's a great piece of film. It is very unique and thought-provoking. The script was very well written and the scenes were well thought out. With regard to the message, I do believe some of it..but not to the extend where one would completely escape from modern technology.
hunterbender 10 months ago
@hunterbender
It's not about escaping from technology, it's about escaping from a rotten society.
Vovk3 9 months ago 2
So this was the trailer right? Cuz this was awesome.
jezzz111 10 months ago
@Piiratekid1
You are a fucking sheep, friend.
Bahhh.
DJpopel 10 months ago
This is SO fucking good, one of the best short films I have ever seen I gotta admit.
The switch from the monologue to that rotating bowl of mac and cheese combined with the music already had me...chortling with anticipation, and it just got better and better.
"The CURR was good food..."
Muhahahaha
Best wishes and I will share this.
In the spirit of Charnok,
ACAB. KlassenKampf
LONG LIVE THE MOTHERFUCKING RESISTANCE
DJpopel 10 months ago
nice job time for part 2
HeliosKagan 11 months ago
i wish this was made into a move instead of that fucking justin beiber movie =\
Mutt504 11 months ago
No, it's brilliant, depraved, funny, cruel and sick. If you were never a child then you won't get it and if you're an adult now and don't like it that's because you're still taking too many of the white pills.
twobluehorses 11 months ago 2
it was a short film by some artsy bastard that is obviously anti establishment, and it's supposed to make people think. that's it. it's basically an art piece.
that being said the real idea behind the film falls apart shortly after it is made, that we shouldn't feed our children pills, lies, and crap food full of sugar. Parents like the mom in the video are the reason so many kids turn out rotten and don't give two shits about their homework. everything past that point is retarded.
immugio 1 year ago
@immugio It's easier to ignore the parts that affect you. Forget that we eat poisons and drink recycled shit while we are kept distracted by video games and TV. This film was only about a broken home and a child with ADD, right?
h0ah0ah0ah0ah0a 9 months ago
When's the part when the kids die of exposure, starvation, or disease? That's coming up soon, right?
Rorschach65 1 year ago
@Rorschach65 At least they took the chance. Our generation is so terrified of taking risks that we wouldn't even fathom a life outside of our current comfort zones. Believe it or not, life is not "precious" and death should not be feared or avoided but embraced as a part of life.
h0ah0ah0ah0ah0a 9 months ago 2
What is the point of this? A misguided solution to solve the problems of the world? If you don't like Walmart, go live in the mountains. And by the way, read Lord of the Flies - it gives a pretty good description of what happens when kids are left to themselves.
jackwieske 1 year ago
@jackwieske lord of the flies is a fictitious novel and has a completely different leader than this fictitious short film. Lord of the Flies the children were forced into their position, these children looked up to their leader who is supposedly smart enough to lead them. I don't remember Lord of the Flies too well, but I do remember the smart leader was a pushover who no one truly respected.
l0lercaust 11 months ago
@jackwieske i wouldn't call this boy a kid.
ytfarmer90 11 months ago
@jackwieske the mountains that are slowly being devoured by the concrete jungle, the mountains poisoned with the fumes from the cities. There is no escape from civilization.
TheGreatJapeca 7 months ago
I will not eat the food that makes me weak.
I will not play the games that make me dumb.
We should all be shouting this.
Polymarkos 1 year ago 19
@Polymarkos yet we still sit on our asses and play with our computer to look up videos on youtube. nd i jus had nachos. i want to live by that, but fuck man, i like nachos.
devbain666 7 months ago
@devbain666 Not all of us spend our days glued to the computer. Some of us build and make, prepare, store up things we'll need. Do not judge us all by your own base measure.
Polymarkos 7 months ago
@Polymarkos it was kinda jus a joke but ok
devbain666 7 months ago
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h0ah0ah0ah0ah0a 5 months ago
@h0ah0ah0ah0ah0a
And you, of course, are NOT a slave. Get bent.
Polymarkos 5 months ago
They should make this into a ten hour movie.
DanteMoodyFilms 1 year ago 2
I found this hilarious. is it supposed to be this funny?
stylelix 1 year ago
wait..... david garret..... the violinist ?
omgoprah 1 year ago
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So, it's a story about a bitchy, whiny little kid who complains about having a normal life, and eventually ends the world?
Piiratekid1 1 year ago
i love this plot line...i hope this happens at some point
Burning0Lilac 1 year ago 2
very nice, I enjoyed it
gmjjack 1 year ago
Do the names Theodor Adorno and Thorstein Veblen ring a bell? Have you ever read "The Dream Time" by Henry Treece?
lebarosky 1 year ago
haha never take your son to Walmart or he'll rebel and and eat your dog.
p15omojado 1 year ago
what a crazy thing I dont undestern much
sorlekuzumaky 1 year ago
derrick jensen
otacon451 1 year ago
I've watched this video many times and i love it more and more with each viewing. I'm guessing a sequel was never planned; i'd rather not see one - this work is stand alone and beautiful. I'd love to see you post more videos though. I'm subscribed and waiting.
theredstar68 1 year ago 3
two years later and i still love this
woddaheck 1 year ago
thanks for this man it was great wanted to see more it ended so soon heres to ag ood job man thanks
stingerh 1 year ago
Ah to be young again...
NinjaAlGore 1 year ago
Awesome video! The older Kharnok looked like an old man but was probably in his late 30's.
87Firebane 1 year ago
nice very nice, i like it a lot
babosoonline 1 year ago
Wow, to me he's a true anarchist.
D3m0nsLuvP13 1 year ago
Wow, to me he's a true anarchist.
D3m0nsLuvP13 1 year ago
Thank God I'm Pinoy and was born in the eighties. I didn't have to eat putrid things nor drink sickly sweet drinks; there were plenty of games that made me smarter. I feel so sorry for this current generation of American children that depend on putrid food and drink, watch mind-killing shows and listen to redundant music. The bulk of future Americans will become curs because most will choose to be. Its easier that way.
chowmanfu 1 year ago
This may very well be the single greatest thing I have seen on the internet to date.
tarantulady 1 year ago
that was genious
TaylorOnTheMic 1 year ago
Noah lived to 900!
seanspade 1 year ago
@seanspade Sure he did.
DrunkZergling 1 year ago
Seriously, one of the coolest fking things I've ever seen.
bulldogg1331 1 year ago
please make this into a full length movie
bigtits444 1 year ago
The last gift was special, the only one I had asked for. "This is the last day," I cried, "I will not serve your cold and senseless gods. No more witches' tricks. I will not eat the food that makes me weak. I will not play the games that make me dumb. I say war on these terrible ways. I am no child, no more. Today, I am free!"
That was the best speech ever!
corradi3 1 year ago 3
@GaryHasGone
How many 64 year old women do you know that are still in high school :)
kanelalee 1 year ago
Epic....... only fitting word
Forgerv2 1 year ago
if people really did this we would have absolute chaos. i think as a whole there might be greater extremes in pain and misery, but also greater extremes in fulfillment and triumph.
Gubbinz 1 year ago
powerful and evocative. once i kick my sugar addiction i'll be right out there with'em
Gubbinz 1 year ago
Very good and interesting..... You should make a continuation on this short film..
vlvl21 1 year ago
I do not find this video great. I find it depressing and evil. Our children are messed up enough already without viewing something like this to mess with their heads even more. There are a lot of things wrong in this world but this video certainly does not provide any answers. A video like this perpetuates evil upon evil. The whole world and all parents are not evil as portrayed in this video.
kanelalee 1 year ago
@kanelalee I think your missing the point on this video....
vlvl21 1 year ago
@vlvl21
There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
We cannot ignore evil, but on the other hand we cannot become evil doers ourselves to conquer evil, which is what the video does with the boy. He becomes an evil person himself when he drugs others and eats the pet dog.
kanelalee 1 year ago
@kanelalee Interesting point, IM not saying your wrong but I disagree on your statement. I interpret this video very differently.
vlvl21 1 year ago
@kanelalee you definitely are missing the point
InALoveTrance 1 year ago
@kanelalee: Civilization is the fundamental violence, or evil, though your term implies a good/evil dichotomy exists. Perhaps the film stereotypes consumer society, but only to make its point in such a short amount of time. But the whole world (AKA civilization) IS as ugly (or more so) than this portrays...just read a history book, or the news. Heck, find out where your food comes from! This is a revolution against Neoliberalism, modernism, and consumerism. Nothing is good or evil, but a mix.
ashevillecat 1 year ago
please please please
i have sent this clip to my friends and they all say about the same thing,
"amazing, pure genius, is there a full movie?"
i say wait and hope. perhaps the person behind warlord will heed the call
sorgone 1 year ago
Talk about a charasmatic, ambitious young kid.
TheMattanAge 1 year ago
i would just like to say that Coolcatpatch is really awesome
sandiapony 1 year ago
I forgot to post a comment after first viewing this, but I just wanted to say "Good Stuff".
CoolcatPatch 1 year ago
Fantastic movie. I long for the day when humanity has replaced the modern decadent world with higher human values.
bjorinn 1 year ago
Wow, that was beautiful cinematography.
My hats off to you
hexcrackerjtj 1 year ago
the sound in the beginning makes me think of Six-String Samurai
miggie32 1 year ago
brilliant (to put it in a nutshell)
oTK89o 1 year ago
Everything was just so well put together. The story,music, voice and imagery...all perfectly joined to make this masterpiece as well as a great concept of how some desire to break free from the norms. It feels some what like what could happen after the kids from the Lord of the Flies came back to the civiized world-a continuation would be epic but this work you started is beyond most films you might see on the big screen.
sporge526 1 year ago
oh yes they are very good people look how they treat their dog,and treat the human like shit
nashorie 1 year ago
Could have really gone somewhere. But I guess my feeble imagination will have to suffice.
byteusa 1 year ago
One very important argument that was left out of this is the fact that the current lifestyle of most "developed countries", especially because of technology, is UNSUSTAINABLE!
Fern412 1 year ago
Awesome, but was the kid really smoking?
SDBPR 1 year ago
@SDBPR It's okay he didn't inhale.
huronlad 1 year ago
ok...random but cool
miniconsrus 1 year ago
brilliant!
fireandashes36 1 year ago
Um. Stronger. WE WENT TO THE MOON. Think about it! You can travel across a continent in HOURS! Nearly anybody with an internet connection will live longer healthier lives than any generation before us. We can learn any fact or skill we can google, even if we're not sure how to spell it! Our true nature is that we're the smartest animal on the planet. Technology is an application of that nature.
DrunkZergling 1 year ago
@DrunkZergling the statement about the lifespan is true, but if you haven't noticed, in the last years we consume more then we create so the worlds resources are slowly fading. the man is the smartest animal on the planet? the fact that he is the most evolved animal on the planet, doesn't necessarily make him the smartest. Everything was so simple before because it was meant to be that way, but "the man" always wants more than he really needs. So god fuckin bless technology and the modern world.
demonik23 1 year ago
this isnt a full movie???? i wanted to buy it!
12oclocksomewhere 1 year ago
We are fighting for this to happen here in Frankfurt. David Garret, thanks for this.
You've shown in such an effective and simple way, what capitalism has done to us - or what we do to ourselves and each other in everyday life.
sooner or later, this construction will fall and we gotta be prepared to take it on. pass this to your children, folks. art like this, is merely a tool to describe a way to live. keep it up.
akpresse 1 year ago
i wish they could make it into a full length film.....
vibrantlight1103 1 year ago
Absolutely amazing=)
DelectablexSquares 2 years ago
oldie but, a goodie
xesiria 2 years ago
CZ fan say: amazing!!!!!!!!!!
Akul3 2 years ago 2
David Garret You Are A Sick Fuck!....Awesome Short Film Though XD
jlamadrid91 2 years ago
That day, most be come...
Donguary 2 years ago
hi, where can i download? If possible.
thinkingfirespirit 2 years ago
zamzar . com
appleJEWzz 2 years ago
If only
blujufirst 2 years ago 2
this reminded me of lord of the flies .. in a weird n twisted way ...
JSFAKM 2 years ago 2
because Lord of the Flies wasn't already weird & twisted... :)
but yeah, I was reminded of the story too.
TonksPlum 2 years ago
Reminds me of my self ! lol.
i will not serve your terrible ways
kife1818 2 years ago
you are absolutely right drunkzergling but it did have a good message on the sickly food that we get fed, and the mind numbing pills that are prescribed to us... It was very very well put together... good job
simplyliving88 2 years ago 2
10:24-10:38
Best part
AshandSmoke 2 years ago
This video is a work of art. Compact, epic writing, great acting from the kids and that means great direction.
The subject is a bit ridiculous though. There always were, always will be dull, stupid and weak people. Society doesn't make you boring. The warlord wants to be different, go for it. He'll be dead by 25 if he wants to live outside medicine, agriculture, technology. All these commenters with +4, +12 saying how terrible the modern world is should remember that they're on the internet.
DrunkZergling 2 years ago 19
Amen, brother.
Pelleher 2 years ago
Think you might wanna do some research on your short life span theory, dude. In the Kalahari desert, members of the Ju'/hoansi tribe have been recorded as living into their 70's and 80's, or more, with nothing but the hunter / gatherer skills and tribal medicines that they've had for centuries.
feral26 2 years ago
The average life span of a 13th century peasant was 25 years. I think they're the norm and the Ju'hoansi are the exception. As to a short life being better than a long one: the fun is half what happens and half what you do with it. Make the most of the time you have but why would you knowingly shorten that time? The longer you live, the more stuff can happen, some of it better than anything that's happened yet.
DrunkZergling 2 years ago
Average life span is 25 years because a majority of children died before they reached 4 or 5.
The statement average lifespan was 25 years is highly misleading, most peasants lived as long as we did. However, since now most of our children live, the average lifespan goes up.
Farkwun 1 year ago
As if pacemakers haven't helped thousands survive after heart attacks. As if proper nutrition hasn't cured so many of the diseases that ended lives in their thirties. As if vaccinations, hygiene and an understanding of bacteria hasn't allowed millions to survive through what would have been plagues in the 13th century.
No. Most peasants did NOT live till they were 78. Most people in 1960 didn't even make it past 50. 25 might be low, but the Warlord lived a primitive life by medieval standards.
DrunkZergling 1 year ago
Mmm.
A good point. But there's no way around the fact that an average lifespan is the lifespan of the population and most babies died at a very young age.
Regardless, the statement that the average life span was 25 years is still wildly inaccurate.
Farkwun 1 year ago
@Farkwun Agreed! We wouldn't have longer lifespans if our primate ancestors didn't. Grandmother theory for the win? ;)
PinstripedFanny 1 year ago
Take the video for what it is. Great art and poignant social commentary. Who is to say if a life of 25yrs would be more enjoyable than a life of 70yrs.
guleedm 2 years ago 2
I agree. You can do more damage within society than without it.
Subvert the dominant paradigm.
shitsucks08 2 years ago
@DrunkZergling Wow Yeah Modern Medicine yea Germ Theory yea Modern Medicine wow will give you health...brainwasher!
ckashani 1 year ago
@ckashani Modern Medicine has improved the quality of life more and for more people in the last 50-100 years than ancient medicine did in 5000. We eradicated small pox! Anyway the point is, it's not brainwashing, there's plenty of evidence if you wanna look it up. Science relies on proof, so if you don't agree with me, I don't have to argue, I just point to the evidence. You can do many of the experiments proving germ theory yourself in your kitchen.
DrunkZergling 1 year ago
@DrunkZergling
Sorry to say Germ Theory is not a science it is a pseudoscience. Why you ask because it does not take into account the biochemical terrain of the human body. Ergo it is not complete. The complete science is pleomorphism taking into account the germ and biochemical environoment of the body. Using your mind's eye you will understand this to be true. Best of luck to you and your health.
ckashani 1 year ago
@ckashani
Did you actually just try to use the sentence "Using your mind's eye you will understand this to be true." In a scientific debate?
Fine. "Looking with my mind's eye, it's clear to me that the world's 6000 years old" that doesn't make it true either.
I may be "brainwashed" but at least I have a brain. Fucking retard.
whysoserious645 1 year ago
@DrunkZergling some times you can live alot more in 25 years than some 1 who lives 80
TaylorOnTheMic 1 year ago
@TaylorOnTheMic Actually you live about 55 years more if you live to 80. I'm not encouraging anybody to sit in your room and watch TV all day. I'm saying don't take stupid risks. Why smoke if you know it will give you lung cancer? Why fill your body with fat? Get out, be active, live life! But try to live as long as possible, you only get one life.
DrunkZergling 1 year ago
@DrunkZergling The point is that it is better to live a life fufilled, even if it is short, rather then a drawn out one filled with meaningless and lack of true happiness. Sure you could live till 75, but if each day is filled with mindless and meaninglessness was it really worth living that long? Or would it be better to live in happiness and fufillment, even if it is short?
taranakinz 1 year ago
@taranakinz The point is that a long life does not preclude a happy life. Some things have been proven to make you die sooner. Why go out of your way to get lung cancer; why go out of your way to have a terrible diet? The people who live mindless meaningless lives will do t hat regardless of how long they live. There will always be dull, stupid and weak people. Length of life has nothing, good OR bad, to do with the quality of life.Why not give yourself more opportunity for good by living longer
DrunkZergling 1 year ago
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@DrunkZergling The point is that it is better to live a life fufilled, even if it is short, rather then a drawn out one filled with meaningless and lack of true happiness. Sure you could live till 75, but if each day is filled with mindless and meaninglessness was it really worth living that long? Or would it be better to live in happiness and fufillment, even if it is short?
taranakinz 1 year ago
@DrunkZergling i got to say the subject is not ridiculous! sure with modern technology life spans get longer and information is spread much easier but what does that really give us? We all want to live as long as possible but the essence and meaning of life gets diluted and we as a race get blinded to whats really important.
Thats what the story is about.
VRSA420 1 year ago
@VRSA420 I think you start at the right point but I disagree with your conclusion. Technology doesn't give us anything as far as meaning and importance, it's just a bunch of tools. People need to give life meaning for themselves, and they always have. Technology doesn't do it for you, but it also doesn't take away any meaning from your life. Since we lived in grass huts there were always people who only lived selfishly. Tech doesn't create more of those people, but it doesn't make fewer either.
DrunkZergling 1 year ago
@VRSA420 WOW I couldn't agree more.
jdarens 1 year ago
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Cherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry 1 year ago
@DrunkZergling it's not only about weak people, being dull ... it's about our society as a whole...
expotl 1 year ago
@expotl I'm not saying the world is perfect, but whatever flaws there are come from people being jerks. There were jerks in the middle ages when there was little technology and there will be jerks in 10 years when nobody knows what kind of technology we'll be using. If you're bored with your life, it's because you live a boring life, not because "the system" is "keeping you down."
DrunkZergling 1 year ago
@DrunkZergling Jesus Christ dude, is this argument STILL going on?
Farkwun 1 year ago
@DrunkZergling Someone who lives without the modern technology (medicine included) can live well beyond 25. Sure, people might be living past 70, but look at the quality of life. I don't know about you, but I would rather be free for 25 years, than imprisoned for 70.
TraceurDjDean 1 year ago 31
@TraceurDjDean
It's only imprisonment if you allow it to be.
Vovk3 9 months ago
@TraceurDjDean this is possibly the greatest ever comment on a youtube video
brinstar 9 months ago
@brinstar Thanks, man. I'm glad I could be of service. :)
TraceurDjDean 8 months ago
@TraceurDjDean
Technology doesn't have to be imprisonment. It's only what you make it out to be.
Vovk3 8 months ago
@TraceurDjDean Modern hunter-gatherers (from whom we draw many conclusions about ancient man) easily live into their eighties. The reason for the short AVERAGE lifespan of wild humans is all the infant mortality bringing the curve down. If you combine the medical advantages of today with the diet and activities of the past, there's no reason you can't live well beyond 100 years old. Avoid bread and sugar and other fake food, eat a Primal diet high in healthy fats and do enough physical activity.
knifegill 6 months ago 2
@knifegill You mean processed sugar of course. Eating fruit (which is full of sugar) is not harmful (unless you're doing a candida cleanse).
OtterWater528 5 months ago
@knifegill not to mention they had cures for things that we have no clue about today
breevi 4 months ago
@DrunkZergling
Think about it: All the years of extended lifespan we have gained by medicine will be spent being stuck in traffic, or watching video screens. Some question whether this was worth destroying the planet for, worth threatening future generations of humans. There are those who want other cultures and other options to NOT be exterminated. Fair enough? Are we civilizing the earth, or arent we just LOS - ANGELIZING it? Are we so sure no other culture deserves to exist?
Spanglefeather 1 year ago
@DrunkZergling
Think about it: All the years of extended lifespan we have gained by medicine will be spent being stuck in traffic, or watching video screens. Some question whether this was worth destroying the planet for, worth threatening future generations of humans. There are those who want other cultures and other options to NOT be exterminated. Fair enough? Are we civilizing the earth, or aren't we just LOS ANGELES - IZING it? Are we so sure no other culture deserves to exist?
Spanglefeather 1 year ago
@DrunkZergling
Think about it: All the years of extended lifespan we have gained by medicine will be spent being stuck in traffic, or watching video screens. Some question whether this was worth destroying the planet for, worth threatening future generations of humans. There are those who want other cultures and other options to NOT be exterminated. Fair enough? Are we so sure no other culture deserves to exist?
Spanglefeather 1 year ago 2
@Spanglefeather I greatly appreciate your argument. I often consider the quality of life factor, but I'd never thought to put it it as the extra years "spent being stuck in traffic, or watching video screens." Thank you! :)
PinstripedFanny 1 year ago
@DrunkZergling And yet, being on the internet means handling toxic chemicals every day, and being exposed to yet more substances that make us sick. Agriculture doesn't make us healthy, it makes us ill; medicine has been around long before pharmaceutical companies, and most of the tech we consume is made with poisons. Take a look for "Story of Stuff" and eWaste. This film is a metaphor. There are other ways to rise up against the status quo and restructure a diseased system.
PinstripedFanny 1 year ago
@PinstripedFanny Yeah, let's become hunter gatherers again; when life expectancy was about 40 years. I'd probably like a system where I can bash people's heads in when they piss me off with little fear of some sort of law enforcement infrastructure punishing me for it. Go anarchy!
okisoba 1 year ago
@okisoba You've already made that argument before, and it was just as much a failure. Just as I said above, this film is a metaphor, and one intended to show the broken systems in which we operate. Also, as an anthropologist, I can say that the life expectancy of humans was fairly high before agriculture; there was a long standing dip when we began living in cities together, and it's taken over five thousand years to bring us only about 7 years longer life spans (on average).
PinstripedFanny 1 year ago
@PinstripedFanny I've never argued with you... And I'm not going to bother. But I can almost bet with absolute certainty that you wouldn't last a week living the life as a frontiersman before you start crying for the things that you think you despise.
okisoba 1 year ago
@okisoba You're absolutely right; I have an autoimmune disorder and mobility issues, I'm not exactly living as it is, but my ideals and principles are not compromised simply because I require indoor plumbing. I never said we should be hunter/gatherers/frontiersmen. Look up the meaning of metaphor, and then check out Story of Stuff to help you understand what our consumerist culture is doing to harm the planet and people. There are other ways to improve things than by returning to the past.
PinstripedFanny 1 year ago
@PinstripedFanny I think I have a similar sentiment as you. People would appreciate the world a lot more if they weren't in air conditioned buildings, "learning" everything they know in front of a computer screen, eating instant food, getting fat and nasty, and whose only pleasures in life are material crap. But, people are inherently lazy and will almost always opt for convenience and comfort over challenge and risk.
okisoba 1 year ago
@okisoba Which is what I think this film is trying to inspire: challenge and risk. We get so caught up in our comfortable haze, we fail to see what the consequences are. I don't think the filmmakers intended for kids to run off and live in the woods, but rather to help grown ups wake up to the damage fast food, video games (and general lack of physical activity), and over-consumption of resources is doing to ourselves, our young, and our planet.
PinstripedFanny 1 year ago 8
@PinstripedFanny
So in short. Too much of anything is bad. No. No duh.
rykumitsui 1 year ago
@okisoba Chances are you wouldn't strike someone unless you had very good reason to, because in such a culture you'd actually learn real values and how to care about and work with others that you depend on and depend on you. Many tribal peoples have/ had laws against such actions- you're a fool, go read about these cultures you so blindly insult.
tantrangle 1 year ago
@tantrangle Eh, give it up. Some people are either too dense to take anything but in the most literal sense, or they're trolls. Often both. At least you get it. ^_^
PinstripedFanny 1 year ago
@tantrangle Tribal cultures are extremely exclusive. And if there is no agriculture, you're spending your time hunting/gathering almost all of the time. If you don't contribute to that type society, you're worthless. You have to carry your weight, and then some. Forget about having days or even hours of leisure at a time. You don't work for the group, the group isn't going to like or want you. I'd say that in modern society, you can get by pretty well without really being part of the team...
okisoba 1 year ago
@okisoba Actually tribes have more free time than those in society.
adamisajoker 6 months ago
@adamisajokerplenty of time to stare into space, or gaze into the fire! and lots of time to feel hungry all the time.
h0ah0ah0ah0ah0a 5 months ago
@tantrangle How about you read a little bit more into tribal cultures...
okisoba 1 year ago
Thats awesome!!
Arnysas 2 years ago
What is the music at the end? it is awesome!
tootoughtokill2 2 years ago
lol at 6:00
IAmTheLegion 2 years ago
excellent. what are we doing to ourselves?
RoyaleMcChicken 2 years ago
Yh but it's a culture shock isn't it i mean if people rli did that then he world would have aboslute choas asumingit did pick up
toberses11 2 years ago
now people... lets think about this before we try anything.... 4,000 kids estimate in a year vs world over 6-7 billion.... plus army.. I dont know...
DjCroatia1993 2 years ago
fucking amazing i'm soooooo subscribing to this channel!!!!!
widowedeight 2 years ago
the kid is a born actor
elvenwoor 2 years ago
My childhood explained in 12 minutes...
Icneumone7 2 years ago 6