Philip Glass - A Gentleman's Honor

[epiksonik]

music and video are anathema to each other.....that is why so many bad musicians are very popular these days...they have an eye for porn

[Suitecake]

2:33, the child, staring frozen through the camera.

Mesmerizes me every time.

[JeroenMaarten]

This is cool

[736grumpy]

This is a portion of the whole piece -- the first Glass recording I bought. I've heard the beginning in a jewelry for Christmas commercial. It impressed at the time that he makes the piano sound like it's striking glass keys -- so brittle, so clear and beautiful...

[caravaggioghost]

its a bit close to home this one, hope I dont end up like that dude on the floor!

[tbelko]

philip is spelt with one "L "

[wizzard1956]

Im in my garage building Mad Max a project street rod truck, my space as russell the wizzard I need this gracious flow of energy to fabricate , Im already sitting at 3, 200 plus hours on one vehicle , crazy , yeh , but  . . . old

[opusnumberken]

I agree, the music of Glass transcends us into a state of timeless bliss. This work I love so much, very powerful.

[PennnSmith]

Squeeze life like a sponge. Then you'll savor Glass, as few can.

[wizzard1956]

I understand , . . .

[takvera]

I love this Phillip Glass composition, and the true story it describes is very operatic in scope. Yeah, the re-dramtisation of the murder to a modern day tale is cheesy, but I enjoyed it. The original events took place in the late 19th century under a different cultural standard. Eadweard Muybridge was a leader in photography at the time, particularly his "bullet photography" sequences of animals in motion. Thanks for sharing

[dumbstep]

i've never seen this video before, it's both cheesy and great ,

[sslinaa]

philip glass is genius, this video is awesome, sometimes life really sucks :((

[rabbitwho]

start reminds me of walking in Memphis.. the song not the actual action of walking in Memphis which I've never done.

[dantakli]

fuck that

[EmersonGreenesmith]

wow

[bkk666]

PG is a minimalist.

I am also a mini-ma-list. I like PG and GG that's Glenn Gould the ultimate J.S Bach interpretor. Youtube video libraty has an excellent documentary on GG.

As a minimalist I hate AM/PM. You know the

stupid way of writing time like 10:26 PM

AM/PM sucks! Just write 22:26 that is the time in Bangkok as I write this commnetary.

Let's get rid of AM/PM it is redundant!

John K Lindgren

BKKreporter

Bangkok

[hartnell114]

as a reporter,shouldnt your own views be unbiased? lol

[wimted]

Having all the albums of Philip Glass, I know his music. But I never saw this video. Perhaps because it wasn't shown in my country.

But I enjoyed this one very much. Typical 80's stuff.

Thank you very much for posting it, I really enjoyed this video!

[JustLikeThatBird]

Haha, "aquitted."

Thanks for posting!

[highonpsi1234]

people downvoted this but its true. wives cheat all the time. husbands dont though

[paullafren]

I downvoted the iraq part of the comment, not the wives bit. Anyway, men and women cheat at an almost statistically even rate

[riesen30]

i saw this video when i was young... but i have never forgot it!! lovely to see and hear it again!!

[hayleyswindmill]

I love to hear a colaboration of Philip Glass' music and David Sylvian vocal!!

[GlassEtudes]

It was David Byrne, not Sylvian...Wasnt it?

[Catcalledcheshire]

Never seen this or heard this version.

Pretty intresting stuff.

[h0ckeyplar17]

this is my favorite non-word song!

[cameroncook]

sweet

[Fuliginosus]

I have the CD, and didn't realize there was a video. This certainly is no Koyaaniqatsi. Someone should try making another video with this music and Muybridge.

[doomcontrol]

thanks for posting. The photographer has always been one of my favorite glass pieces. I had no idea they ever made such a laughably psychotronic piece of dreck as this video, but still, it's more street cred for Phil for being involved in this "edgy" trash. God I hate seing the nude flesh of new yorkers, they're so pale and disgusting, especially in the 80's when they suffered from oppressive hair styles.

[mrsticker]

Ha ha ha...Yeah, really! I love Philip Glass' music. But this video is so terrible in so many ways. Thank you for posting.

[Fretboarder7]

"God I hate seing the nude flesh of new yorkers, they're so pale and disgusting, especially in the 80's when they suffered from oppressive hair styles." LOL Briliant!

[radudragusin]

The video makes perfect sense! The song is from an opera (The Photographer) composed by Philip Glass in 1982. The story behind the opera (and the present clip for that matter) is the one behind the life of photography pioneer Eadweard Muybridge who discovered that his wife had a lover and as a consequence killed him. He was later acquitted as the murder was considered "justifiable homicide".

More info on Wikipedia at "Eadweard Muybridge" and "The Photographer".

[Cosmoline]

All that white hair.

[benovision]

In the days of lip sync (not over) and at the earliest edge of digital video editing (six computers to do a simple effect) this video was an amazing low budget success. Here was a radical concept... the video was telling the same story as the music! A bit of trivia.. MTV refused to air this video, saying it was "too bloody". Watch it carefully... no blood anywhere!

[Cosmoline]

Great song, weird video.

[sfericmars]

Thanks for posting this. I remember when it was new :-) Was listening to The Photographer recently, hadn't in years, and thought about this video. Funny, I remembered it as having the vocals. 1000 Airplanes addressed the fallibility of memory I guess! Thanks again, yes it's cheesy, but a rare find and a gem for Glass fans.

[katn0skungfu13]

odd vid but sweet song :D

[GoddessPallasAthena]

Thank you for sharing this. I've never seen it, and I've had the CD (and before that, the album) of the Photographer for many years. If you watch most of the music videos from that era, they're not all that sophisticated, and I think this tells the story of the Photographer in a context that more people can understand.

[QuantPlus]

The video may have seemed a lot better in 1982-83.

[joaosolimeo]

I had this LP, and I love the music. But this clip is just...terrible! Hehe. I mean, thank you for posting it, but I agree it´s hard to believe Glass aproved this.

[postingoldtapes]

It's important to watch this video in the context of other videos of the time. I pulled this from a tape of other music videos of the time, and - in context - it's a very decent music video. It's a modern interpretation of Eadweard Muybridge's murder of his wife's lover, his trial and acquittal.

[CocteauTwinsAddict]

This is so-so Glass...but the video is absolutely HORRIBLE...at first i thought it was a Schiller's Reel from SNL..it has that feel...but i would be shocked to learn Glass approved this in any way...I tend to think it's someone's horrible interpretation and the artist someone missed this or kindly looked the other way...

[ringworld]

As a previous comment says, this video is based on truth in Muybriges life, he did find out his wife was having an affair, he did go to the gentleman in question, told him here is the answer to your love letters to my wife, and shot hi. He was let go as it was "justifiable Homicide", and even though there was doubt whethe the son born was his, he raised and loved him as hi own.

So to answer your query, Philip Glass made a video that followed the story of the song.

[baydaver]

thank you for your find

[Smaejdah]

Just wonderful!, love philip glass!!

[kribre62]

i wonder what year?

[downfader2]

1983 - says at the very end.

[Takje]

Wow, excellent!

[postingoldtapes]

Glad to help. This was played on "Night Flight", which (on occasion) would provide some amazingly wide-ranging stuff.

[proman84]

What an incredible find! Thank you for letting us see this very obscure but interesting video.