Hey, listen I couldn´t get arround to understanding whats the word he uses to explain WHY HE DOESN¨T CREATE!.. "listen, I don´t create because i´ve been (reefed off?) so f&)ing much.." - Could someone please _ understand the word so I can look it up? Or post the slang definition for it! It would definitley help understanding this great work of art.
Hey, listen I couldn´t get arround to understanding whats the word he uses to explain WHY HE DOESN¨T CREATE!.. "listen, I don´t create because i´ve been (reefed off?) so f&)ing much.." - Could someone please _ understand the word so I can look it up? Or post the slang definition for it! It would definitley help understanding this great work of art.
@reedwind86 Not necessarily. One of my teachers once said: "You are your art." What he wanted to say was that everything you make, is a new piece of you (your idea, your emotion is in it). When you get an idea, something is added to your mind, nothing has disappeared. When you see a human being as a puzzle, you can say that that one extra puzzle piece, that extra idea, is a way to get closer to what everyone wants eventually: Being complete. I'm not high, just for the record XD.
I could watch this repeatedly and still catch something new every time:
Did you notice the clown carrying the grand piano?
When Ryan is first shown his drawings, his flesh begins to re-materialize, as if to signify a return of a sense of hope.
At the end when he is courting for spare change, his reflection behind him shows a complete figure. All the signs around him are spelled backwards, metaphorically representing how "backward" things are to him in reality... that Truism is found in mirrors.
Art is the most dangerous profession of all...? man, any firefighter, war journalist, or just anybody working in the rescuing field would laugh at your comment... The risk an artist takes is very personal... swimming with sharks is fucking dangerous.
@allieisextinct What got you riled up? What's the point of art to make it once and move on? There's a ton of messages in this, besides looking interesting and trippy. Get over it.
"One can't do anything at all without the power of money" - Isn't it the truth of all truths.
I'm appalled by the number of people who don't understand or call this utter bullshit. It's been said before, but true artists are those who create what they feel, often as a mean of expression. When you sell your art, you sell a part of you. If you create only what your customers want, you'll end up destroying yourself from the inside. But in this capitalistic age, we rarely have a choice.
@JayDaddie no pro artist will tell you that art they sell is part of them. only amateurs say that. its a job. if you only do it because you love it then it is hobby.
why only artists??,it happens to almost everyone in any other profession,be it doctor,lawyer or etc..chris landreth survived coz he was a true n genuine hardworker(artist)..even the brightest people on earth see negativities,yet they "strive for better almost each day to make life better".u cannot sitback n frustrate urself on cost of others n call people insensitive,if people were insensitive why was ths work awarded an academy award?everyone understand arts..chris landreth = art
Oh really this is just to provocative every thing is abstract it's amazing how it captureed the sadness the sickening feel of it all is really splending really.
this hurts to watch...10:10 you can hear the humanity in his voice and human beings are hard to watch once you rip off the thin layer of superfical and this cuts to the bone
@dsd313 He's quite literally visually depicting the feelings the characters are going through and how they mentally process things as they experience them..for example he grows red spikes when he's pissed off... watch it again, the weird stuff is the stuff being expressed in a new way
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So many subtleties in this clip. The whole thing is art. And I meant EVERYTHING about it. I love art, but I am not an artist. I play music, but I don't record. I write poems, but never publish them. I cannot allow myself to do that because I keep thinking that if it gets too much exposure, like the clip said, I fear I might lose it. Ignorance is bliss. I like living in a blissful world. Although I don't think i'm ignorant at all (not bragging).
The unfortunate message that society sends to artists: sell out as soon as you can. In this writhing, grotesque mass of cynical, self-involved humanity, pure artists are not looked upon as heroes, if indeed they ever were, but as naive, idealistic fools sacrificing themselves needlessly to some ill-conceived vision of pure art, forgotten soon after their death. You don't win by "depriving" people of your art. You win by selling out, living comfortably, and creating whatever you want afterwards.
@mattthepale An artist should create what they want to create from the very beginning, in the hope that people appreciate it, and purchase it. To sell out is to go against the nature of art, and create for the consumer, rather than for yourself. Art is an expression. If I only expressed myself in the ways that other people desired, then I wouldn't be anything more than a product of societies desires, rather than an individual, introducing new ideas into what is currently a very bland society.
@mattthepale why only artists,it happens to almost everyone in any other profession,be it doctor,lawyer or etc..chris landreth survived coz he was a true n genuine hardworker(artist)..even the brightest people on earth see negativities,yet they "strive for better almost each day to make life better".u cannot sitback n frustrate urself on cost of others n call people insensitive,if people were insensitive why was ths work awarded an academy award?everyone understand arts..chris landreth = art
@nameno1elsehas art is equal to science,medicine,law or any other form of discipline ...each profession has a challange,struggles n periods of depression,what people fail to understand is,it hapens to almost everybody be it any profession,its abt those who can strive out to light n make life better,ultimately art is life....btw i find each profession as challenging as art...same struggles n same hard work(honesty) required everywhere!
@bharatkumargupta Art is different from all other professions. How well you do in the field of art is all based on opinion. Not your own, but others. There is no data that measures how good your art is. In science, you have data that says if a drug is working, or if a surgeon is successful. Each profession is challenging in its own way but art is challenging in of itself. Science requires vasts amount of studying, but art isn't taught. It is grown and if it ever stops growing, you will fail.
animation techniques highly depend on precisions n various laws of design(discipline) and science(eg mechanics) to shape a feel like image..even abstract art is guarded by lots of laws of design,color theory etc..(i assume u wud know this already!)..jus like a doctor who wants to pursue a career in medicine(by his natural willingness) art has individual naturality,not everyone can be engineer or doc,nor everyone can be artist or cook,wud u agree on "principle thing"?
therz always a great soldier amongst great cadets learning at army institution,therz a great doctor too,a great artist(eg musician,painter)..why?Bec only great ones know the roadmap of things they wanna be,and this happens naturaly,isnt it?
yes ther are roadmaps,if there wasnt then we wudnt had film schools,animation colleges n even academy award wher ur work is judged based on numerous guidelines?Dont u think?
@phubans the flaming sword spins in all directions ..art is the compass of expressing what lies in our true spirit.....have u had an experience where u seen someone elses art and the artwork were picures from dreams you've had or people you know or situations you've seen yet these people who did the art are completely unaware. reminds me of tarotcards and alex grey's hidden cosm
why only artists,it happens to almost everyone in any other profession,be it doctor,lawyer or etc..chris landreth survived coz he was a true n genuine hardworker(artist)..even the brightest people on earth see negativities,yet they "strive for better almost each day to make life better".u cannot sitback n frustrate urself on cost of others n call people insensitive,if people were insensitive why was ths work awarded an academy award?everyone understand arts..chris landreth = art
I love variuos styles of animation, Japanese, American, and short story animation I see at my local art gallery. And when I saw this flipping through the t.v I stood still and all my attention was focased on this piece, I had never heard of Ryan Larkin but as soon as the short video was over I searched the Internet, I never knew such powerful animation like Ryan Larkins Walking exicted, now I'm a fan and intend to keep these old but amazing short film animation close to my heart.
@TeamLibertyExpress i interpreted them more as simply the aspects of the characters, and the scars of life. the addiction was present in the hands of that coffee mug which kept trying to hug Ryan.
Also - I'd really really really love to see a feature length film done in a style somewhat like this. Abstract caricatured representations of real people in the real world, whose bodies reflect their psychological states. The possibilities are endless.
There needs to be a special academy award for films that reach out to and save an individual. Ryan returned to filmmaking towards the end of his life, inspired and moved by the heartfelt care and love for him expressed in this film.
I don't like this so much. I think this showcases the negative things that often befall independent films (and yes there is are bad indes out there, just because its not mainstream doesn't mean its gold). It is needlessly angry and nonsensical, kind of surreal for the sake of being surreal. The film tries way too hard to be random and grotesque 'just because' without using that to make a point. The narration and the interviews make the point.
I dont think I quite agree with what you're saying.
On the one hand, yes the amount of surreal imagery can take out out of the situation, but here the grotesque images are to evoke just how bad addiction can be.
My personal problem is with the organization. I really don't care about Chris. I want to know who Barbra is. etc.
I agree about the comment on "indi" material, but you have to agree that the creative imagery stands up for itself no matter who made it.
Thanks for this posting. It is great. mishkin78 - you can't be serious. This is clearly about fame, and about channeling energy into work. Recognition is elusive, and termporal, just ask Tiger W. So it is rare to show the underbelly of it and to make a film. Most of us aspire to the place Ryan held for a short time, and never get there. He was a talented kid. A good seed on fertile soil, but the stones were just below the surface, and when the sun boiled - he withered. Good film!
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In the end, I feel that Ryan's real problem was his inability to accept that he was Canadian. It's very hard to accept that one is Canadian, and doing something about it can be an even more daunting challenge. It breaks my heart to see that millions in North America are currently affected by Canadianism, and that the world turns a blind eye to this issue.
I will attest to the seriousness of the issue. my greatest wish, to be american, is often overshadowed by my own canadianism. it is a very serious problem.
The challenge we face in this world is acceptance. Ryan found that, in the end, art still had to make money, which required him to mold to what others wanted; something he wasn't willing to do. It was at this point he lost his largest inspiration: the world. He found it to be an unwelcome place for him, so he chose to let it pass him over. Drugs allowed him to escape momentarily but, in the end, the only real escape for him is to wait till he withered away. Death accepts all.
Watching this from start to finish I loved every bit of this short. His art work is so free flowing and alive I could spend hours looking through it all. I hope I could meet the guy some day.
Ryan was working on his last film called, "Spare Change". He never finished that movie. Levine Kicked him out of the old brewery mission, a week later he had a heart attack, and was told he had cancer. I think watching "Ryan" while watching Ryan watch himself on CBC TV in the old brewery mission is a memory I won't forget. Good-bye... Ryan
this is one of the most incredible animations i have EVER seen. I first saw this in my art appreciation class, and ever since i havent been able to stop talking about it. The animation is so valuable in the way that it brings light to the real characteristics and inner functions of the characters. Incredible. <3
Ryan Larkin was a genious. Walking will always have an extremely important place in the history of animation, and is one of the most emotional films i have ever seen. RIP Ryan a man that got lost.
Wow, the abstract reality of it is very deep. Creating great artistic works, working hard and pouring heart and soul into these creations only to be crapped on in some shape or form & ultimately ripped off or accused of ripping off someone else's work. Ultimately the utter insult and complete lack of appreciation can make someone so bitter that the only way they can think of to protect themselves is to stop creating, and this erodes their creative inner self til eventually there is nothing left.
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I greatly dislike this attempt at the surreal; the animation is disturbing for the sake of being weird. It does have interesting moments (when showing and talking about traditional animation), but as far modern execution of computer animation goes, the quality of work is awfully lacking. This is a classic mistake of doing everything with a computer, layering too much crap just because it can technically be done. Those outside of the computer animation circle eat this drivel up.
it shouldn't make you sad....it should be viewed as an awakening. Most people in life are damaged goods trying to stay afloat emotionally and spiritually. Some succumb to their "demons", others rise above and persevere. This is life.
We are reflections of one another at any given time, just in different circumstances.
. . . One Of The Very Few Projects . . . that, I Don't Mind My Tax Money
Going To!!! TALENT WILL OUT EVENTUALLY With OR Without Government
Money . . . and, here comes the "BUT" . . . i feel it still would have been
produced!!! . . . perhaps a Private Sponsor Like In The Past OR He would
have worked any job to do something as important as he felt this was!!!
STILL AN INCREDIBLE WORK OF ART!!!
TheQ97 1 year ago
Hey, listen I couldn´t get arround to understanding whats the word he uses to explain WHY HE DOESN¨T CREATE!.. "listen, I don´t create because i´ve been (reefed off?) so f&)ing much.." - Could someone please _ understand the word so I can look it up? Or post the slang definition for it! It would definitley help understanding this great work of art.
Bogotá Colombia,
Min: 9:20
juanferrero2009 1 year ago
@juanferrero2009
"ripped off" ... he feels that people have used him and his work for their own benefit ...
blackflute 1 year ago
Hey, listen I couldn´t get arround to understanding whats the word he uses to explain WHY HE DOESN¨T CREATE!.. "listen, I don´t create because i´ve been (reefed off?) so f&)ing much.." - Could someone please _ understand the word so I can look it up? Or post the slang definition for it! It would definitley help understanding this great work of art.
Bogotá Colombia,
juanferrero2009 1 year ago
@juanferrero2009
Creation like a candle,if you want to make some light ,you need to burn yourself .
reedwind86 1 year ago
@reedwind86 Not necessarily. One of my teachers once said: "You are your art." What he wanted to say was that everything you make, is a new piece of you (your idea, your emotion is in it). When you get an idea, something is added to your mind, nothing has disappeared. When you see a human being as a puzzle, you can say that that one extra puzzle piece, that extra idea, is a way to get closer to what everyone wants eventually: Being complete. I'm not high, just for the record XD.
SimplyNotTheBest22 1 year ago
@SimplyNotTheBest22
you got a really great teacher
reedwind86 1 year ago
Anyone who enjoyed this, search "Chris Landreth Bingo The Clown" on Youtube. It's made by the same guy. Very interesting and well done short.
CactusJackFan 1 year ago
3d world
MattGraeme 1 year ago
Excellent!!
Djchello 1 year ago
I could watch this repeatedly and still catch something new every time:
Did you notice the clown carrying the grand piano?
When Ryan is first shown his drawings, his flesh begins to re-materialize, as if to signify a return of a sense of hope.
At the end when he is courting for spare change, his reflection behind him shows a complete figure. All the signs around him are spelled backwards, metaphorically representing how "backward" things are to him in reality... that Truism is found in mirrors.
Steph6n 1 year ago
Drugs are more dangerous than art.
maddygalxx 1 year ago
Well done.
MagsJOY 1 year ago
i wish i understood ANYTHING that happened in the video. it probably would've been cool.
frizbee2ify 1 year ago
I'm so moved I could cry right now.
NairbNarud 1 year ago
8:30 cracks me up everytime!! >.<
pastrychefais 1 year ago
kinda creepy but cool @ the same time...
Garfulon 1 year ago
pretty cool. thank you for sharing.
TheNakedLibrarian 1 year ago
liked it!!!
wwwdangvideoscom 1 year ago
Art is the most dangerous profession of all...? man, any firefighter, war journalist, or just anybody working in the rescuing field would laugh at your comment... The risk an artist takes is very personal... swimming with sharks is fucking dangerous.
victorhv23 1 year ago
@victorhv23 There is nothing more dangerous to your person then losing your mind.
InSaneTK 1 year ago
Good weed
jordanreyesivan 1 year ago
This is heart-wrenching...
MavicityHerself 1 year ago 2
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This is obnoxious 'artsy' bullshit. we get it YOU ARE DEEP AND COMPLEX AS FUCK!
allieisextinct 1 year ago
@allieisextinct What got you riled up? What's the point of art to make it once and move on? There's a ton of messages in this, besides looking interesting and trippy. Get over it.
Zeanu 1 year ago
@Zeanu how about no.
allieisextinct 1 year ago
@allieisextinct Yawn. Later.
Zeanu 1 year ago
!!!!!!
moedertjelief100 1 year ago
i want what they're smoking
ryantube180 1 year ago
"One can't do anything at all without the power of money" - Isn't it the truth of all truths.
I'm appalled by the number of people who don't understand or call this utter bullshit. It's been said before, but true artists are those who create what they feel, often as a mean of expression. When you sell your art, you sell a part of you. If you create only what your customers want, you'll end up destroying yourself from the inside. But in this capitalistic age, we rarely have a choice.
JayDaddie 1 year ago 6
@JayDaddie no pro artist will tell you that art they sell is part of them. only amateurs say that. its a job. if you only do it because you love it then it is hobby.
suncu91 1 year ago
why only artists??,it happens to almost everyone in any other profession,be it doctor,lawyer or etc..chris landreth survived coz he was a true n genuine hardworker(artist)..even the brightest people on earth see negativities,yet they "strive for better almost each day to make life better".u cannot sitback n frustrate urself on cost of others n call people insensitive,if people were insensitive why was ths work awarded an academy award?everyone understand arts..chris landreth = art
bharatkumargupta 1 year ago
Oh really this is just to provocative every thing is abstract it's amazing how it captureed the sadness the sickening feel of it all is really splending really.
guineverewickham 1 year ago
this is absolutely brilliant... it has inspired me deeply.....
jacksfollansbee 1 year ago
I. Don't. GET IT!!!!
UnheardOfSilence 1 year ago
this hurts to watch...10:10 you can hear the humanity in his voice and human beings are hard to watch once you rip off the thin layer of superfical and this cuts to the bone
smile678 1 year ago
i sometimes bleed in colors too....
01jarf 1 year ago
This is such an amazing video. I LOVE the creative human figure depictions! So creative!
g01dHaCkEr 1 year ago
@dsd313 He's quite literally visually depicting the feelings the characters are going through and how they mentally process things as they experience them..for example he grows red spikes when he's pissed off... watch it again, the weird stuff is the stuff being expressed in a new way
Niallphillips 1 year ago
Muy buena la animación. ¡Exelente!
jorgearranz 1 year ago
I am lost in the depths of oblivion i need to understand
folks1456 1 year ago
This...is a pretty accurate depiction of what it is like to be an artist, drugs or not.
DarkZoneGraphics 1 year ago
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DarkZoneGraphics 1 year ago
And you made all the walking people naked why?
thepuppetgod 1 year ago
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@thepuppetgod lol that is all you have to say?
TheRealOzzy 1 year ago
this is a great job...!!!!
and... "Art is the best key to make a soul talk..."
MyDeAtHsOuL25 1 year ago
Very inspiring for me. I hope I can animate as good as this guy one day.
randomNo0b 1 year ago
Fucking GENIUS!
ComedyConstruction 1 year ago
i dont understand this
jasche123 1 year ago
Utterly spellbinding, impactful and oh so deep reaching. Wonderful work.
Nickolosomo 1 year ago
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tnkurslfluky 1 year ago
Touches the Soul - amazing piece filmaking.
LaMOi1 1 year ago 2
Cool!
daemonium08 1 year ago
Wow. That has got to be one of the most creative things I have ever watched. This is simply amazing. I loved it! :D
crywolf42 1 year ago
wow animation that is truly inside out. My brain was sodomized and impaled with demented visuals. This should be an anti-LSD commercial.
HANGER187 1 year ago
@HANGER187 Anti-LSD? How about pro-LSD.
Zeanu 1 year ago
@Zeanu yeah that too.
HANGER187 1 year ago
This is probable the film that has touched me the most. Ever!
lemurianalien 1 year ago 3
thats a heart breaking film.
AtheistGlitch 1 year ago
WOW........!!!!!!!
petembro 1 year ago
Fortune fetters art.
Destiny;oblivion.
Danedeer 1 year ago
So many subtleties in this clip. The whole thing is art. And I meant EVERYTHING about it. I love art, but I am not an artist. I play music, but I don't record. I write poems, but never publish them. I cannot allow myself to do that because I keep thinking that if it gets too much exposure, like the clip said, I fear I might lose it. Ignorance is bliss. I like living in a blissful world. Although I don't think i'm ignorant at all (not bragging).
PortalOfTruth 1 year ago
Wow! That was deep!
Robbie80015 1 year ago
1 word amazing
foaby 1 year ago
THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT
SHINES THROUGH THE DARK
BUT ONLY LIGHT CAN CREATE THE DARKEST OF SHADOWS
champs96 1 year ago
And thaks NFB...where else in the world would money fund this sort of project...we need public institutions like these.
getthis162001 1 year ago
A masterpiece!
heavymiso 1 year ago
great story, but the animation scares me...
StuffTodo247 1 year ago
@StuffTodo247 Yeah me to it's sorta creepy
guineverewickham 1 year ago
wow,wow,wow, i have watched this so many times and it is so wonderful and with such a beautiful imagination,i am in awe.
Thylovely4you 1 year ago
The unfortunate message that society sends to artists: sell out as soon as you can. In this writhing, grotesque mass of cynical, self-involved humanity, pure artists are not looked upon as heroes, if indeed they ever were, but as naive, idealistic fools sacrificing themselves needlessly to some ill-conceived vision of pure art, forgotten soon after their death. You don't win by "depriving" people of your art. You win by selling out, living comfortably, and creating whatever you want afterwards.
mattthepale 1 year ago 28
@mattthepale An artist should create what they want to create from the very beginning, in the hope that people appreciate it, and purchase it. To sell out is to go against the nature of art, and create for the consumer, rather than for yourself. Art is an expression. If I only expressed myself in the ways that other people desired, then I wouldn't be anything more than a product of societies desires, rather than an individual, introducing new ideas into what is currently a very bland society.
MetalvsRap 1 year ago
@mattthepale why only artists,it happens to almost everyone in any other profession,be it doctor,lawyer or etc..chris landreth survived coz he was a true n genuine hardworker(artist)..even the brightest people on earth see negativities,yet they "strive for better almost each day to make life better".u cannot sitback n frustrate urself on cost of others n call people insensitive,if people were insensitive why was ths work awarded an academy award?everyone understand arts..chris landreth = art
bharatkumargupta 1 year ago
@mattthepale you have to work to work
alfionfire 1 year ago
I do NOT want to look at my Grandparents as people with brightly colored mold in the place of skin. Naiiisty
TheActorManLars 1 year ago
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davidsuggitt 1 year ago
@davidsuggitt i guess you know so much
onionlady 1 year ago
@onionlady we are the masters of limitation here on planet earth
davidsuggitt 1 year ago
This is absolutely brilliant.
taintedmadhatter 1 year ago
dude my name is ryan
cocobaylee88 1 year ago
OMG this is awesome!! this is genius!!
lalolalo07 1 year ago
Art is the most dangerous profession of all.
phubans 1 year ago 39
@phubans but what if art's the only thing you want to do?
nameno1elsehas 1 year ago
@nameno1elsehas art is equal to science,medicine,law or any other form of discipline ...each profession has a challange,struggles n periods of depression,what people fail to understand is,it hapens to almost everybody be it any profession,its abt those who can strive out to light n make life better,ultimately art is life....btw i find each profession as challenging as art...same struggles n same hard work(honesty) required everywhere!
bharatkumargupta 1 year ago
@bharatkumargupta Art is different from all other professions. How well you do in the field of art is all based on opinion. Not your own, but others. There is no data that measures how good your art is. In science, you have data that says if a drug is working, or if a surgeon is successful. Each profession is challenging in its own way but art is challenging in of itself. Science requires vasts amount of studying, but art isn't taught. It is grown and if it ever stops growing, you will fail.
nameno1elsehas 1 year ago
animation techniques highly depend on precisions n various laws of design(discipline) and science(eg mechanics) to shape a feel like image..even abstract art is guarded by lots of laws of design,color theory etc..(i assume u wud know this already!)..jus like a doctor who wants to pursue a career in medicine(by his natural willingness) art has individual naturality,not everyone can be engineer or doc,nor everyone can be artist or cook,wud u agree on "principle thing"?
bharatkumargupta 1 year ago
therz always a great soldier amongst great cadets learning at army institution,therz a great doctor too,a great artist(eg musician,painter)..why?Bec only great ones know the roadmap of things they wanna be,and this happens naturaly,isnt it?
yes ther are roadmaps,if there wasnt then we wudnt had film schools,animation colleges n even academy award wher ur work is judged based on numerous guidelines?Dont u think?
bharatkumargupta 1 year ago
@phubans the flaming sword spins in all directions ..art is the compass of expressing what lies in our true spirit.....have u had an experience where u seen someone elses art and the artwork were picures from dreams you've had or people you know or situations you've seen yet these people who did the art are completely unaware. reminds me of tarotcards and alex grey's hidden cosm
TheGOFAWKYOURSELF 1 year ago
why only artists,it happens to almost everyone in any other profession,be it doctor,lawyer or etc..chris landreth survived coz he was a true n genuine hardworker(artist)..even the brightest people on earth see negativities,yet they "strive for better almost each day to make life better".u cannot sitback n frustrate urself on cost of others n call people insensitive,if people were insensitive why was ths work awarded an academy award?everyone understand arts..chris landreth = art
bharatkumargupta 1 year ago
@phubans if u don work hard everything is as hard as art
bharatkumargupta 1 year ago
This just came up randomly on TV today and i was blown away! Amazing Film!
LaurenRanga9409 1 year ago
I love this film, my school screened this when I was an undergrad. I got to see it on the big screen.
Could you imagine if we had to wear our emotional scared on our physical body? Everyone would look terrible by the time they are 35.
limbdarkening 1 year ago
hi ryan hi chloe .its really funny.
moran060 1 year ago
#FAIL or a #LOL ???
starsquadfilms 1 year ago
#LOL #WIN Cool
starsquadfilms 1 year ago
Wow
XDkenzoXD 1 year ago
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couldnt finish it too fucking boring what a stupid film
heywhatsup65 1 year ago
@heywhatsup65 go watch a fail vid or web cam of some person doing stupid sh!t then. - stop whining.
bidwell15 1 year ago
I like how they made Chris have issues too
69allalright 1 year ago
o.0 eye opener!
EnvyMyPower 1 year ago
that was beautiful, and very sad. im glad he got his life back on track. what an example of a true artists life
TidalCrush1 1 year ago
@TidalCrush1 dude hes dead, he died 3 years ago...
blitzin8 1 year ago
@blitzin8 im aware of that
TidalCrush1 1 year ago
wow indeed..
veramentegina 1 year ago
This is a masterpiece in both genres of animation and documentary.
lakaylambak 1 year ago
what an incredible piece of work!
nemracmason 1 year ago
Truly amazing piece of art
Balmucho 1 year ago
i'll bet this needs a 'No acid was harmed in the making of this movie' warning
coz752 1 year ago
Im not only amaze about the characters but the art and topic of personla failures set a deep topic and emotions, it is great.
progressivesou1 1 year ago
I love variuos styles of animation, Japanese, American, and short story animation I see at my local art gallery. And when I saw this flipping through the t.v I stood still and all my attention was focased on this piece, I had never heard of Ryan Larkin but as soon as the short video was over I searched the Internet, I never knew such powerful animation like Ryan Larkins Walking exicted, now I'm a fan and intend to keep these old but amazing short film animation close to my heart.
Martialarts222 1 year ago
Thank you chris...
visuality77 1 year ago
AH!! i wasn't ready for that..this...I like my animations to be soft and heart felt but OK i will finish...scared tho
smile678 1 year ago
بايخ
mylastday2 1 year ago
Its surreal because its animation, and angry because Ryan was probably an angry guy.
Grotesque characters are meant to convey the distortions of addiction, which I pray you never have to experience.
TeamLibertyExpress 1 year ago
@TeamLibertyExpress i interpreted them more as simply the aspects of the characters, and the scars of life. the addiction was present in the hands of that coffee mug which kept trying to hug Ryan.
commandocucumber 1 year ago
wow that somehow is a bit scary but interesting
ffKingcreole 1 year ago
idk man.. but the way I see it.. it's the truth.
respect !
verdeliniar 1 year ago
8:31 the cup that the guy drink out of flip chris of haha
ChannelKickAss 1 year ago
Also - I'd really really really love to see a feature length film done in a style somewhat like this. Abstract caricatured representations of real people in the real world, whose bodies reflect their psychological states. The possibilities are endless.
Ultrasecond 1 year ago
There needs to be a special academy award for films that reach out to and save an individual. Ryan returned to filmmaking towards the end of his life, inspired and moved by the heartfelt care and love for him expressed in this film.
Ultrasecond 1 year ago
I don't like this so much. I think this showcases the negative things that often befall independent films (and yes there is are bad indes out there, just because its not mainstream doesn't mean its gold). It is needlessly angry and nonsensical, kind of surreal for the sake of being surreal. The film tries way too hard to be random and grotesque 'just because' without using that to make a point. The narration and the interviews make the point.
idiotsloveboxes 1 year ago
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I dont think I quite agree with what you're saying.
On the one hand, yes the amount of surreal imagery can take out out of the situation, but here the grotesque images are to evoke just how bad addiction can be.
My personal problem is with the organization. I really don't care about Chris. I want to know who Barbra is. etc.
I agree about the comment on "indi" material, but you have to agree that the creative imagery stands up for itself no matter who made it.
lulzlover 1 year ago
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Ryan Larkin's final animation was finished after he died...it's called "Spare Change" - not yet online Apparently, the world still doesn't know .
Google him and the band...chiwawa
chiwawamusic 1 year ago
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chiwawamusic 1 year ago
wow... this is amazing...
HauntinglyFamous 1 year ago 3
Btw does anyone know the song that plays at the end?, the one that kinda hangs over the whole video. I'd really love to know, thanks.
Dayaan 1 year ago
11:50 Rene Magritte reference non?.
Dayaan 1 year ago
Beautiful, and very scary at some points.
I loved it.
TamaraHarrisonVideos 1 year ago
this is pretty cool. love it!!!
timothyr666 1 year ago
Holy moly, I watched this at California State Summer School for the Arts in 2007, and had forgotten what it was called-- a very interesting video.
5150Mil 1 year ago
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staballemo 1 year ago
cool!
adekbule 2 years ago
addiction robs you of everything, this is a classic example
ryanh206 2 years ago
Thanks for paying homage to that guy.
Who can remember an artist no one knew?
That was fantastic for us in 21st century who need now real art not only what sells fastest and most.
Thanks WWJD
obviousmutt3k 2 years ago
Thanks for this posting. It is great. mishkin78 - you can't be serious. This is clearly about fame, and about channeling energy into work. Recognition is elusive, and termporal, just ask Tiger W. So it is rare to show the underbelly of it and to make a film. Most of us aspire to the place Ryan held for a short time, and never get there. He was a talented kid. A good seed on fertile soil, but the stones were just below the surface, and when the sun boiled - he withered. Good film!
pjamesbda 2 years ago
hahaha. dude your funny
MrKaper43 2 years ago
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In the end, I feel that Ryan's real problem was his inability to accept that he was Canadian. It's very hard to accept that one is Canadian, and doing something about it can be an even more daunting challenge. It breaks my heart to see that millions in North America are currently affected by Canadianism, and that the world turns a blind eye to this issue.
mishkin78 2 years ago
@mishkin78
I will attest to the seriousness of the issue. my greatest wish, to be american, is often overshadowed by my own canadianism. it is a very serious problem.
dylanp3 2 years ago
ur wish is to be american?
Mkamalid 2 years ago
i thought the sarcasm was obvious...
dylanp3 2 years ago
oh haha...umm..i didn't really check any previous comments...
sorry...maybe the sarcasm in the "given words" in the "given order" was too much for me?
ok if that's the case ... thumbs up :D
Mkamalid 2 years ago
The challenge we face in this world is acceptance. Ryan found that, in the end, art still had to make money, which required him to mold to what others wanted; something he wasn't willing to do. It was at this point he lost his largest inspiration: the world. He found it to be an unwelcome place for him, so he chose to let it pass him over. Drugs allowed him to escape momentarily but, in the end, the only real escape for him is to wait till he withered away. Death accepts all.
WatcherofTrends 2 years ago 50
@WatcherofTrends nicely put :). I recommend you a series (if you have time) which talks about this very same issue: Six Feet Under
lifesart1 1 year ago
@WatcherofTrends well said brah
franic01 1 year ago
@WatcherofTrends Amen
kingsteve55 1 year ago
I really like this. It's unusual for relatively low-budget computer animations to be able to show as much emotion in body language as the ones here.
MorroccoSurrogate 2 years ago
This is freaking awesome!!!
albishka383 2 years ago
Powerful depiction with intense emotion, my favorite short film. Sad and true.
Lebowski604 2 years ago
Cool, I go to the shitty school that produced this short video
Seneca FTL
arreat89 2 years ago
Whew! - A work of beauty and love. Not pretty, but beautiful.
william0000000 2 years ago
TEA?!
glitchbreaker 2 years ago
that was interesting.. it makes me wonder what I would look like were I pulled "inside out" so to speak..
wordpainter423 2 years ago
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twebb72 2 years ago
There's a cautionary tale there (and a lot of sadness o_O).
Very pretty though n___n.
frithandinle 2 years ago
Poetic and such inovative :))
josemanlius 2 years ago
From an Artistic standpoint;
GENIUS-GENIUS-GENIUS
Some of the scenes and models were clearly inspired by one of my fav artist Salvador Dali.
tamenga88 2 years ago
He is my fav. artist as well :P
robyrodz 2 years ago
My all time fav is MC Escher.
I don't think there are any artist after him that succeeded so well in what Escher did.
tamenga88 2 years ago
MC Escher is good, but I like Dali better. Then again, I think that MC definitely has a different approach to surrealism which I like as well :D
robyrodz 2 years ago
Watching this from start to finish I loved every bit of this short. His art work is so free flowing and alive I could spend hours looking through it all. I hope I could meet the guy some day.
probableIMPOSSIBLITY 2 years ago
If you're talking about Ryan Larkin, sorry, he died in 2007.
TheGreatAndyChow 2 years ago
I love this
nothingtosing 2 years ago
best animated short ever!
NillumNaes 2 years ago
that is probably the most thought- inducing animated film i have seen
mangob17 2 years ago
bethanylakes is a nooooooooooooooooooooooooob
MrEvilChicken 2 years ago
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lay off the crack pipe
donotfeedthetroll 2 years ago
i FOUND IT AMAZING
WINGMAKERS000 2 years ago
Ryan was working on his last film called, "Spare Change". He never finished that movie. Levine Kicked him out of the old brewery mission, a week later he had a heart attack, and was told he had cancer. I think watching "Ryan" while watching Ryan watch himself on CBC TV in the old brewery mission is a memory I won't forget. Good-bye... Ryan
CarlosIvanDonet 2 years ago
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CarlosIvanDonet 2 years ago
this is one of the most incredible animations i have EVER seen. I first saw this in my art appreciation class, and ever since i havent been able to stop talking about it. The animation is so valuable in the way that it brings light to the real characteristics and inner functions of the characters. Incredible. <3
modlilme199 2 years ago 2
Ryan Larkin was a genious. Walking will always have an extremely important place in the history of animation, and is one of the most emotional films i have ever seen. RIP Ryan a man that got lost.
Maxatracks 2 years ago
Wow, the abstract reality of it is very deep. Creating great artistic works, working hard and pouring heart and soul into these creations only to be crapped on in some shape or form & ultimately ripped off or accused of ripping off someone else's work. Ultimately the utter insult and complete lack of appreciation can make someone so bitter that the only way they can think of to protect themselves is to stop creating, and this erodes their creative inner self til eventually there is nothing left.
RTJaKaL 2 years ago 3
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athinaNemo 2 years ago
8:44 is the funniest moment
Bethanylakes 2 years ago
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I greatly dislike this attempt at the surreal; the animation is disturbing for the sake of being weird. It does have interesting moments (when showing and talking about traditional animation), but as far modern execution of computer animation goes, the quality of work is awfully lacking. This is a classic mistake of doing everything with a computer, layering too much crap just because it can technically be done. Those outside of the computer animation circle eat this drivel up.
lVlagneto 2 years ago
Perhaps you'd like to recomend a good animated video to compete with this one then,,,
funkaluca 2 years ago 2
"Attempt at the surreal" ??? What are you talking about???
"but as far modern execution of computer animation goes, the quality of work is awfully lacking" OMG, we haver a critic speaking here.
Obviously you didn't get it, you should stick to Disney, since this work is a masterpiece.
You should leave Art alone, it isn't meant for you.
:S
estonazo 2 years ago 2
Fool, the animation isn't ''disturbing for the sake of being weird', it's to show we are what we are.
The representation of what's underneath the surface.
It's clear you're lacking in brains, underneath YOUR surface.
This is a good short =3
Rainleaf13 2 years ago
it shouldn't make you sad....it should be viewed as an awakening. Most people in life are damaged goods trying to stay afloat emotionally and spiritually. Some succumb to their "demons", others rise above and persevere. This is life.
We are reflections of one another at any given time, just in different circumstances.
jux55 2 years ago 10