Gift for luminosity by Third Mouse (The Cat People/The Curse of the Cat People)

[fv_poster]

Title of vid: Ingenue
Recipient: luminosity
Vidder: Third Mouse
Fandom: The Cat People/The Curse of the Cat People (1942+1944)
Music: Life in Mono by Mono
Summary:
Content notes: No standardized notes apply
Signed length: 02:40

Link to signed vid post.

Comments

[luminosity]

This is *so* beautiful! I'm so glad you chose to vid both of the movies. You've merged them seamlessly, and I wasn't sure if that was possible, what with Simone Simon's character changing so completely from one film to the next. THANK YOU.

[cupidsbow]

Wow, noirish and awesome.

[toft]

This is really cool.

[were_duck]

Wow, this is GORGEOUSLY edited. I don't know the source but this was just beautifully ethereal and uncanny, and the lyric/music/clip juxtapositions were spot-on. Excellent and beautiful.

[thuviaptarth]

I love the dreaminess of this and the way you've matched motions to emphasize the similarity of Irena's and Amy's isolation and loneliness, and the different ways they're drawn to Oliver and confined by femininity/propriety, frequently as enforced by Alice. There is great delicacy in the way you've compared Irena's transgressive sensuality to Amy's nonsexual escapist imaginings without allowing one to spill into the other.

[skywaterblue]

I haven't actually seen the sequel, so this was an interesting look at what I presume is a mother-daughter relationship.

[giandujakiss]

I've never seen either movie but this was wonderfully intense and haunting.

[lithiumdoll]

Wow, so atmospheric! Loved it :)

[isagel]

This is gorgeous. I only know what I've read about these films and have only a vague idea what's going on in any given shot, but the atmosphere you create is so palpable. I'm deeply moved by this.

wow

[talking_sock]

This is gorgeous - great song, great atmosphere, great edit. And I don't know the source :)

[laurashapiro]

That was really lovely. Haunting and suggestive. Makes me want to know more.

[ghost_lingering]

I'm not familiar with the source, but this vid definitely mades me want to check both films out. I really like it.

[actiaslunaris]

This is haunting and beautiful. I love the mood you set and the parallels you draw. There's a real sense of awakening in this, of the power and mystery of the feminine.

[sid]

I love both movies, and I love this vid!

[fan_eunice]

Holy cow, this is just stunning. I'm kinda blown away here.

[skygiants]

I love the way you've used this vid to link the two films together.

[franzeska]

I love what you did at 0:32 with 'someone else's dream'. These vocals have the perfect ethereal quality for this vid.

[jetpack_monkey]

I am a huge fan of both of these films and I have a lot to say about the disconnect between them from a production standpoint (RKO: "You're making a sequel, here's your title", Val Lewton: "Eff that noise") but let us stop and appreciate the way that you've linked the two disparate narratives of Amy and Irena using matching in framing and motion, all within the context a very haunting song. It's really gorgeous. I may need to flail at you, Festividder, after Reveals.

[livrelibre]

Beautiful!