Gift for bironic by CherryIce (Take Shelter)

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Title of vid: Things That Scare Me
Recipient: bironic
Vidder: CherryIce
Fandom: Take Shelter (2011)
Music: Things That Scare Me by Neko Case
Summary: Were they trying to tell me something -- were they telling me to run?
Content notes: No standardized notes apply
Signed length: 02:34
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Lyrics
Fluorescent lights engage

Blackbirds frying on a wire

Same birds that followed me to school

When I was young

Were they trying to tell me something?

Were they telling me to run?



The hammer clicks in place

The world's gonna pay

Right down in the face of God and his saints

Claim your soul's not for sale

I'm a dying breed who still believes

Haunted by American dreams

Haunted by American dreams

Comments

[isagel]

Oh, this is eerie and wonderful! I'm so thrilled to see such a great vid for this amazing movie.

[cupidsbow]

That is so eerie. Now I'm really curious about the source. Thank you.

[gwyn]

This is a perfect song choice for the movie. It really captures everything that I love about the film--that slowly building tension of things seemingly getting worse and worse all the time, how we don't know if it's his fears about life or a legitimate fear of some kind of apocalypse coming, his own internal turmoil and the bewilderment of everyone around him.

[izzy]

oh wow. i have no idea what this source is, but i hit play because i LOVE the song, and it was so worth it. i am legit creeped out now.

[kiki_miserychic]

I love the editing on this. The cut from his hand with the key to his hand with the pills killed me. And that final shot? Perfection.

[valoise]

This is a stunning vid

[sweetestdrain]

Oh this is great. Never seen the movie, but this vid so perfectly evokes a sense of dread and inevitability -- but also makes me care about this man and what happens next.

[chaila]

I don't know anything about this source, but this is so good anyway. Your editing and pacing creates such an effective sense of eerie dread.

[chagrined]

This was very interesting.

[ghost_lingering]

This is creepy and cool -- the tension you create is palpable.

[franzeska]

D: D: D: Aaaaaah! Vidder, I don't know about this character or this source, but you have successfully found things that scare me.

[kuwdora]

holy shit, don't know the source, but goddamn what a perfect song choice that you got here that conveys everything I need to know to understand this vid and what the gist of the movie's about. the editing is stellar and has left me reeling. wow.

[deirdre_c]

Cool, cool, cool! I don't know the source, and your storytelling honestly had me on the edge of my seat. Way to pull me in! Beautiful work, eerie and heart-wrenching and intriguing.