Philip.K. Dick - "Arena" 1/6

[AnaiBendai]

I am just a figment of Philip K. Dick's imagination. No really! I am!

[klacker47]

I bloody love youtube sometimes

[greenhornet299]

Scarey as hell...most of this has come true unfortunately.

[14up0]

I would like to reccomend the work of philosopher Anthony Peake. He has some very interesting things to relay to Phil's fans.

[pmcmanus420]

Is it Thomas M. Dish... or John Malkovich dreaming that he's Thomas M. Dish?

[mikeymensa]

Dick is close to another new writer who wrote 'God Stopping A Nuclear War'.

It has all his ideas in it, somewhat more evolved, owning to a later time.

From matrix type of ideas to ideas which predicted the recent UK riots. Sucide bombers, China's rise.

And same as Dick, Hollywood has been using this author's site for injecting religous ideas into science fiction movies and shows.

Spooky is this, I know the new writer, and he looks like Dick a lot.

Is it in the genes?

[MileenasFloss]

If there are electric sheep, does that mean there are electric wolves that try to dress in their clothing? :p

[neilmac84]

does anyone know the music playing at the very end of this clip? think it is also in the film vanilla sky if that helps.

[kathryn0200]

at 9:07 there is a angelic-kinda score playing.  I recently heard it on someone's fanvid: "Sad Moment In Memory of Sylvia." youtube.com/watch?v=tM1k-XM7Ru­Y I was wondering what it is called and where it originates from. ty.

[reasonfan1]

@kathryn0200 It's called "An Ending (Ascent)" by Brian Eno

[MrCoreyCole]

I LOVE PKD!!! I'm reading The Crack in Space now!

[MagiMysteryTour]

Is this Thomas Disch trying to claim that there was no war in Korea and no war in Vietnam? Try telling that to the hundreds of thousands or millions of Koreans and Vietnamese who were killed and maimed in those two "fake wars". Maybe if he could dislodgedthat giant flag out of his backside he might see that for himself. Or maybe he should go drinking and snorting with Mel Gibson and other holocaust deniers and they can all fuck each other in a giant skinhead gay orgy.

[DenverBroncosFan17]

What novel is the monologue quoting?

[DenverBroncosFan17]

What novel is the monologue quoting?

[StevenKilleen]

I feel so jealous that all his ex-wives are still retro-fighting over who he liked most...

[SeniorMojo]

terrry gilliam ! please please make a ubik or palmer eldridge movie.

[intermender]

@zaniac1000 Brian Eno?

[carsanookdotcom]

thanks

bangkok

johnny

royaume de thailande

[intermender]

Actually i started to feel like this guy myself: have you noticed that everything and anything sooner or later becomes an advert or goes into advertising? Like you think some people will never sell out, then next thing they are selling insurance or something on the tv. Think of one thing or person who you think will never be in an advert and then give it a few years :D

[sisyphusorianus9787]

So trippy to hear none other than the british-approved voice of Greg Proops reading one of my favorite authors. Very cool, BBC.

[geomguy]

Dick was right, there is a conspiracy - everything in this world including ourselves succeed at keeping us asleep. What are called spiritual ideas or work share similarities with PKD. The veils that cover "reality" are referenced in many writings. As you remove the veils, one by one, another "reality" presents itself. I really liked the interviews, I love reading these guys stories. Thanks to all.

[SchmeissPonce]

If only those scumbags in Hollywood would stop plundering and distorting Dick's works and leave his books alone...

[buckfushes]

I think PKD would have thought this was silly... Worth watching though

[UnoRaza]

This guy was not just a genius....

[Theoppositesex]

The music that you hear during the introduction as the bottle with the neon "Arena" words in it is really beautiful. Doea anyone have any idea where I can get a recording of the whole piece of music?

[JamesBurrTV]

@Theoppositesex

It's "Another Green World" by Brian Eno from the album of the same name. It was the "Arena" theme tune for years, but this PKD documentary also used various Eno pieces throughout.

[WyattTheGuitarist]

@JamesBurrTV Aha, i knew it. When i clicked on this video, i did not expect to hear Robert Fripp's unmistakable guitar work.

[Jlipnicki]

@Theoppositesex eno. earned him a lot of money. its about ten seconds of music, not really even that.

[Theoppositesex]

Greg Proops ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GhostofAndyKaufman]

Amazing Video, Thanks for sharing it

[russelsheartinacage]

great nod to Ubik at the beginning by Giiliam

[russelsheartinacage]

great nod to Ubik at the beginning by Giiliam

[russelsheartinacage]

great nod to Ubik at the beginning by Giiliam

[AndyOC69]

Philip K. Dick was a fantastic writer. His books are very difficult - almost impossible - to put down.

[roachy333]

Just about my fav author of all time...a great original visionary.

'the empire never ended'

[eraserhead321]

king felix

[Ginieczka]

does anyone know where I can find subtitles for this ducumental?

plz msg me, thanks

[Seano71]

PK Dick was probably too smart. We are starting to live under a soft fascist, big brother existence. He was right to be 'paranoid'

[Pandorafix]

@Seano71 totally agreed

[iaresloth]

Costello reads Dick? fantastic.

[theadam987]

oh snap the bbc just shat on disney ha ha

[TheCarvaros]

That might have been a coincidence about the ZEBRA. But hey, the focus of PKD and RAW's work was coincidence or sychronicity?

[WeAreSheeple]

i need some pkd to unclog my brain! honestly im finding it hard to write atm.

[Reaper9907]

at 8:38 any VALIS fans catch the ZEBRA reference? Perhaps coincidence *shrug*

[theKarst]

What's the song humming/playing at the very end of this particular clip? Fittingly haunting, I must say...

[alien8ted]

The piece at the beginning is 'Another Green World' by Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, from the album of the same name released in 1975.

[monisiti]

you could call him brian eno,too.

[cheekymonkey1979]

The piece at the beginning is certainly Eno, but I think you were asking about the music playing whilst the guy in the electronics shop is working? I think that is also Eno, from the 'Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks' album. He was the go-to guy for the beeb!

[burningmanheartbeat]

Phillip K Dick is brilliant

Hendrix was a huge fan of PKD..definitely influenced his lyrics

[Theoppositesex]

Seriously? Where did you hear that?

[randomlaughingman]

Tim Leary and John Lennon wanted to make a film of '3 Stigmata' back in the 60s or early 70s. probably the 60s.

[cow2001]

8:39 - "Zebra" of VALIS

[A1R5N1P3R]

So, PDK inspires a bliblical reference, okay.

[ohwell121]

every artist have his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biographies

[z0rmulaut]

high five !

[iscream22]

Thank you for posting. This documentary looks promising. Sounds like a great thing to watch in its entirety over lunch tomorrow.

[GLYPHKING]

someone find the vid of the rapper El-P talking about the influence PKD on his music, its pretty cool

[bobbygnosis]

UBIK

That's the motto of the Council on Foreign Relations: VBIQVE

In order to know whether or not its a cooincidence I think I might need to do some examinations into Philip K. Dick.

Cheers.

[ixonixas]

philip.k. DICK :DDDD

[lilbigmac1235]

dude he was a great guy

i always will love dick

[Nechvatal]

excellent

[JazzSheep]

Wow it starts with Brian Eno, amazing

[randomlaughingman]

shopping list:

1. can of ubik

2. wub bible

3. anti-defcon record player, to enable owls

4. pkd washing-up liquid

5. homeopape

6. pink-beam attractant

7. carpet swatches with the pipes showing

8. haliburton harpsichord

[arsewipe24]

clockwork orange anybody?

[metabog]

Nice UBIK intro.

[JamesBurrTV]

My personal favourites are Ubik, Time Out of Joint, Flow My Tears The Policeman Said, Palmer Eldritch and A Scanner Darkly. A lot of the short story collections are fun too. Not great prose ( he was writing two a week plus novels at the time) but dripping with crazy ideas!

[donkeygoeslive]

i cant believe the police can get away with directly threatening someones life like that, no wonder most of his novels involve over the top police controlled states

[mahound9]

What the?! Terry Gilliam!?

[ILikeCalliopes]

How come Terry Gilliam never adapted

a Phillip K. Dick novel into a film?

Yes there's 12 Monkeys and Brazil

and both films have Phillip K. Dickesque

moments in them, many in fact. Especially

12 Monkeys. It would have been cool.

Terry should try now. Soon Terry. Soon?

[mrbungleable]

Nice idea.

[santefering]

Its refreshing to see a positive comment on any post. I was thinking of saying exactly the sam thing but you beat me to it. Terry should do a PKD story.

[Gibson889]

@ILikeCalliopes he's too absorbed in making that stupid Don Quixote shit.

[ILikeCalliopes]

Elvis Costello is Horrible.

Why is he in this? Uggh.

[burlearth]

why not?

[ILikeCalliopes]

Your'e right. Why not.

His part is pretty amazing.

Has to be the coolest thing he's

ever done. I was suprised to see him

in this. Had no idea he liked P.K.D.

[mangobongo]

It seems I can't post links here... I'm new to the peculiarities of you tube. But you can hear Another Green World in full at Last FM, for those who are enamoured by the arena ident music.

[julaggio]

my god what IS the intro music played as the arena bottle floats in, i NEEEED to know!!!

[PhyzzFizz]

the Arena theme music is writen by Brian Eno as far as i know

Peace

[BenIsTheIceman]

It is

Another Green World By Brian Eno

[fuckallthatshit]

is that van dyke parks narrating?

[JamesBurrTV]

No, it's comedian Greg Proops.

[fuckallthatshit]

o dammit man, that makes way more sense. i never realized how much those cats sound alike. tho.

[mangobongo]

Sombody likes their Eno! Good doc, wish they still made stuff like this at the BBC.

[JamesBurrTV]

Do you know which Eno track this is? I've been after it ever since this first aired 15 years ago, but I don't know which album it's on. Cheers!

[Beachcomber95]

Another Green World, from the album of the same name.

Thanks for the upload

[JamesBurrTV]

Cheers!

[octopus2727]

This is weird to watch while tripping. I'm not quite sure what to make of it!!

[ALoveEternal]

what a great theme song for a show! sounds like a fripp/eno tune.

[haribo687]

I remember seeing this programme late night when I was a kid, it was the first time I heard about PKD. I remember being freaked out by the whole style of the programme. I always assumed growing up that everyone knew who PKD was (at least in relation to Blade Runner) but its amazing over the years the amount of people, even those who are well-read, who dont know his name. In my view he was America's very own Franz Kafka.

[TheFanofFPS]

WHO IS PHILIP K DICK?

Can anyone tell who he is?

[magisterdixit91]

how do you mean?

[kometman]

An author mostly known for his sci-fi work. Next time go on wikpedia instead of asking

[captainhampton]

OMG GO TO GOOGLE!!!?!!1

[87fg]

He was a science fiction author who created the base of the genre of cyberpunk.

[horuzrizing]

He wrote alot of porno, christian propaganda, and TV commercials that mostly aired on Saturday morning cartoon spots. Later in life, he was instrumental in advocating for gang violence and no recess for elementary schools. He won many awards for his radical activism, but alas, he died a wealthy beggar on the back lawn of the white house.

[MilesB1975]

Don't ask People on YouTube for factual information, don't do it to yourself my friend, it's only opening yourself up to a whole shitstorm of opinions! heheh

Try a SciFi website for starters...

[Darthmunki]

WHAT THE HELL IS GOOGLE?

Can anyone tell what it is?

[magisterdixit91]

Look at Tom Disch at 3:25, he looks like he's in a school or something. Appropriate for both him and Dick...

[bodah44]

what is the book the guy is qouting from when he's talking about california?

[JamesBurrTV]

I could be wrong but I think it's from a letter Dick wrote to Polish SF writer Stanislaw Lem.

[criminyjimjims]

I'm not sure either, but it could be from Confessions of a Crap Artist

[Eldritchard]

Im pretty sure it's scanner darkly.........Its set in California

[NEPHESH74]

amen