Hills Like White Elephants

[harmonyinheartbeats]

If you don't know the themes and go with gagasmoothies... I'm sorry.

[fenderguy97]

this video is my white elephant ! we're doing a school project ...

[Fadiz]

@fenderguy97 for me too ;) we're all going through this

[00IRON001]

he didnt drink the anis by himself at the end

[Kwazkneeack]

Having the man portrayed as a black man made the idea of abortion seem too easy to me. I think why the text of Hills like White Elephants is so great is because on the first read you are aware that there is something else within, but the idea of abortion doesn't jump out at you. You have to think about it. I thought that Raleigh did a good job but the fact that he was black made the idea too apparent, since at the time an interracial couple was frowned upon.

Interesting interpretation though.

[00IRON001]

@Kwazkneeack OMG MY FRIEND THANKYOU. IT JUST HIT ME.

[KelferMookie]

@Kwazkneeack White people jealous cause white girls prefer the black dick.

[Kwazkneeack]

@KelferMookie Ah yes, you say right through me.

[mshipporox]

hmmm.... didnt expect the guy to be black

[xkxf]

I have a home work about this shit,and it's really hard to do it

[fenderguy97]

@xkxf tell me about it ! dont even know what it is about ! ..

[GaGaSmoothie]

@fenderguy97 it's about abortion, symbolism is huuge in this story. hills = pregnant bump, white elephant = useless, ignoring it. the girl drinks beer as a distraction

[soccerchick0389]

@GaGaSmoothie she didn't drink beer because she didn't care, it's because of the time period this story was written in. They didn't know that alcohol was bad for pregnant women and could cause complications with babies.

[narendeepan]

one of the best stories I have ever read. Ernest hemingway is a hero

[rosesinvase]

yeah, it's very accurate. Although the conversation doesn't flow as well as when i read it. it doesn't feel natural.

[narendeepan]

@rosesinvase yeah the original story gives a good feeling to the reader than the movie. Yet, movie is also successful

[Ahya728]

This is incomplete; I can't understand anything!

[Mcvthree]

This movie too artsy. It need a courtroom scene.

[jill5490money]

can someone help me answer this question?

Point of view includes what characters see. Notice each use of the word “look.” What does each

person in the story look at, and what does each person seem to understand or feel? Is there anything in

the story that none of these people would be able to see or know? How do the different kinds of

observation add to the effect of the story?

[jill5490money]

can someone help me answer this english question?

Point of view includes what characters see. Notice each use of the word “look.” What does each

person in the story look at, and what does each person seem to understand or feel? Is there anything in

the story that none of these people would be able to see or know? How do the different kinds of

observation add to the effect of the story?

[CherryAndy1]

This video is great. It's the closest to the written version, and the fact that it's a play on races makes it better.......

[luvsimon16]

i thought this was suppose to have Benedict cumberbatch in ?

[21350ctw]

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS MAN ?!

wheres isles and glaciers??!

[lexi219]

These comments are ridiculous. You people do realize that "Hills Like White Elephants" was a Hemingway short story long before some group used the title for their song. It's depressing that so many people can't appreciate Hemingway's beautiful and tragic story.

[eremedioe624]

i didnt know jonny craig was black.

[ThatsOverrated69]

this isn't music!

[ThatsOverrated69]

this is music hahaha

[SavethexQueen]

Love the immaturity depicted in Jig here. Silly men and women and their silly games.

[kerwinm12345]

@SavethexQueen I dunno, I don't think Jig is being the immature one.

[angeladakotacovers]

what the fuck is this shit. i came here thinking this was a music video to Hills like elephants by Isles and Glaciers 

[dumbiswhattheycallme]

WOAH WOAH WOAH. Jonny became a black man? Thats not right man. This aint Isles and glaciers! >:c

[WillxKillx4xPudding]

she never said "would you please please please stop talking" i always though that that was a great part of the dialog.

[coltlikesmuffins]

who dat nigga?

[TheXav2020]

@coltlikesmuffins Im dat nigga!!!!!

[rjwhaley011]

jonny craig is a beast

[sinbeforehalos]

the meaning of this story is sooo amazing because ernest hemingway told the whole story and the entire plot for what it meant with out making a direct reference to what the actual meaning was, and all using symbolic terms and analogies for what they meant :D its awsome as tits man lol!!!!

[TVfreakje1]

It's not bad but if you compare it to the short story it gives a complete different feeling. Compared to the shortstory I find Jig rather bad in this. I pictured the man to be white but his acting is still good. The girl should be younger, and she just didn't had the right vibe for the character.

[talalaeng]

lol we're going to have a skit with this.

[catASHtrophe168]

Who else came here by clicking on Related Videos on an Isles and Glaciers video?

[BillyBEEable]

@catASHtrophe168 it was orgignlly a short story that's where they got tere name.

[ifrit2009]

@catASHtrophe168 came here after reading the actual novel not listening to emo music.

[ifrit2009]

@ifrit2009 shortstory*

[catASHtrophe168]

@ifrit2009 oh well, gave up on giving genre's to songs a long time ago. i now listen to whatever that pleases my eardrums. jonny craig is capable of pleasing a lot of eardrums.

[jorbman05]

wheres jonny craig lolz

[ZackATTACK42]

I found it amazing,

[sparkles510]

I imagined the man as a white man. And the woman as a native to south america... THe characters seem off.

[SweatyScotty]

@sparkles510 I imagined the guy as white too. But unless you specifically thought she was brazillian then it's unlikely she'd be from south america because she doesn't speak spanish. Increasing her vulnerablity

[ModestBandit]

@sparkles510 This happened in Spain and you thought she would be native to South America?

[RickGhastly]

Nice production, but doesn't it sorta defeat the purpose of the work? The story is about ambiguity and dialog. Filming it sorta adds all of that narration that was intentionally left out (I'm no purist, but it just seems like this is one of those rare stories which are 100% unfilmable).

[ModestBandit]

@RickGhastly Agreed.

[jasminethereal]

funny.. definitely not how i was picturing it in my mind. the American was certainly a white man in my imagination. and the girl was younger... prettier. probably a blonde.

eh not my favorite interpretation

[Alessio9888]

i love her acting

[DeRocco21]

i havent seen you after the um um, its ok charles you can say it, the abortion

[greeniem]

I have balls like white elephants....

[Theblackfisher]

Are they discussing an abortion?

[Sashacar19]

@Theblackfisher  yes they are

[ifrit1780]

Yup. And Abortions back then were illegal. So the operation was probably done in some secret place with improper equipment. Very dangerous to the mother. =(

[jasminethereal]

@Theblackfisher

yes they are.

[OnTheOtherSide7658]

its such a sad story.....and really depressing

[graydemon]

It seems like a free version, but it's still missing the last part when he takes the bags to the other side of the tracks. A little deeper dramatization would be good in order to have a personal perspective on this polemic story.

[viazeen]

i agree but it makes an interesting story worth the thought. Running from something and hiding for black jazz musicians makes historical sense. 1927 had no blacks at the time other than kitchen help. made it hard for me to study how the character would act.

[DadsLookingForDads]

This is spain not the us

[demernoobie]

I find it funny that a black man is acting in a story that's supposed to be set in 1927.

Not exactly period accurate!

[DadsLookingForDads]

freed slaves went to europe after wwi

[tynitty516]

maybe a reason for the abortion discussion