The Strokes REPTILIA (Koyaanisqatsi)

[ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION IS BELOW]
Folks, every 6 months or so I like to come on here and read the comments, and every time it amazes me. I'm glad so many people get a kick out of this video - seriously, I'm stoked that you get some pleasure from it. But I'm equally amazed by the few fuckheads who leave stupid comments like "the original score was way better! you suck!!" I mean, there's so many reasons why this is stupid. First and foremost, THIS IS YOUTUBE stop taking everything so seriously. Do you really have nothing better to do with your time than leave inane commentary? But second, all I've done is experiment with putting the images to a different soundtrack. Are you aware - Mr. Generic YouTube Asshole "Philip Glass' Score Was The Best And To Even Suggest Something Else Is Sacrilege" that these images are some of the MOST COMMON, MOST USED "stock footage" images in the world?? I made this video FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGO when I was still learning how to edit. IT WAS JUST DONE FOR FUN. Fun does not equal having to read stupid comments on YouTube by people with nothing better to do. End Rant. Enjoy :) -Darcy

PS. Want to know what I've been doing in the years since I did this? Head on over to my website showcasing the real music videos I've been making:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7tJQBHmY-I

Video Editing EXERCISE for The Strokes' REPTILIA cut using Ron Fricke's amazing cinematography for KOYAANISQATSI (1983 dir. Godfrey Reggio).

The original, very amazing and now iconic score for this film was composed by Philip Glass.

This video was cut by me, as a little editing exercise. Putting images with music. Nothing more, nothing less. Draw your own meaning.

This was purely done for a bit of fun back in 2006, and posted on YouTube when the site was in its infancy and I thought other people might get some enjoyment out of watching it.

(YES I am aware that the 'Hard to Explain' video also uses some footage from the film Koyaanisqatsi, so don't try and be clever by pointing this out.)

I've been removing any comments related to Guitar Hero and video games in general, so don't waste our time...

Apologies to Mr. Fricke, Mr. Reggio and the boys from The Strokes. If you don't like this send me a message and I'll make it disappear.

Learn more about:

Ron Fricke
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0294825/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Fricke
http://www.spiritofbaraka.com/fricke.aspx
http://www.spiritofbaraka.com/samsara.aspx

Godfrey Reggio
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716585/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Reggio
http://www.koyaanisqatsi.org/aboutus/godfrey.php
http://www.spiritofbaraka.com/reggio.aspx

Koyaanisqatsi
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085809/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanisqatsi

The Strokes
http://www.thestrokes.com/
http://www.myspace.com/thestrokes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strokes

Category:

Music

Tags:

• The
• Strokes
• Reptilia
• Koyaanisqatsi
• Ron
• Fricke
• Godfrey
• Reggio
• Baraka
• Samsara
• D'Arcy
• Foley-Dawson

[DArcyFD]

NEW RULE: Any comment that mentions Philip Glass, Guitar Hero or Hard To Explain WILL BE REMOVED.

Why? Read the Video Description.

[dethkatt]

Great song and great video, nice job on the editing, by Any chance would you be using final cut?

[DArcyFD]

@dethkatt dude it doesn't matter what software i was using (yes fcp) just pick a software and CUT

[DArcyFD]

watch?v=Z7tJQBHmY-I

[JTCodel]

Great video art. Maybe you should do music videos for a living.

[DArcyFD]

@JTCodel maybe

[1324hh]

at 2:32 he says the room is on fire which is the name of the album

[MultiGunner86]

ahahaha..i was amazed..i thought this is the original music vid for this song..thumbs up..great..

[theastralproject]

My favorite video on Youtube. 3 years later, and I'm still here...

[caza301]

the biz

[SuperiFox]

@DArcyFD Dude, just don't validate those bitches. Ignore em. p.s. You've done a great job with this vid :) I love it.

[BrightEyedYouthBand]

they should make this the music video