Gift for sweetestdrain by fan_eunice (Witness)

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Title of vid: You Were A Kindness
Recipient: sweetestdrain
Vidder: fan_eunice
Fandom: Witness (1985)
Music: You Were A Kindness by The National
Summary: Wanting not to want you doesn't make it so.
Content notes: I prefer not to give content notes (viewer proceeds at their own risk: could be anything)
Signed length: 04:26

Link to signed vid post.

Comments

[colls]

This is beautiful, so bittersweet

[cupidsbow]

I love the way this unspools -- gorgeous, tense and melancholy by turns.

[rthstewart]

This is a beautiful homage to the film. I see more of what occurs from different points of view. Thank you

[zulu]

What a great song choice! Really sounds like Harrison Ford's internal monologue. And I love that it ends on "don't leave me here alone" and Rachel (is that her name? it's been a while) turning away. The way you've used the gun as a motif really worked well too.

[beatrice_otter]

What a perfect song for the movie! Well done!

[rhivolution]

This is absolutely stunning--a wonderful match of source and music. I'd forgotten how gorgeous John Searle's cinematography is in this, and the sound definitely accents that.

[chaila]

I've not seen this movie, so I'm sure lots of nuance is slipping past me. But this is just really beautifully done.

[mresundance]

You did a magnificent job with showing how the relationships between characters developed in the film. And you made beautiful use of the source footage.

[toft]

This is everything I could have dreamed of for a vid in this fandom - so beautiful, so sensitively clipped, so careful in its observations of their relationship and how it can't work out. You really made the most of the source, too - it's a gorgeous film, and you did a great job with it.

[were_duck]

This is so beautiful, very evocative.

[bironic]

I don't remember the movie well, but that didn't matter - this was a really engaging and affecting vid.

[lithiumdoll]

Feels! ALL OF THEM! So lovely, beautifully put together!

[gelliaclodiana]

This is beautiful -- I love the way the tension between the two of them builds, with the outside world pressing in on them, and then breaking them apart again. Definitely a vid I'll watch again and again.

[par_avion]

(I've never actually seen all of Witness, so the shot of Harrison Ford + kittens almost killed me dead.)

Beautiful, and melancholy, the push-pull between the characters really comes across.

[franzeska]

JFC. Somebody enjoys making people CRY.

You Were A Kindness

[yourlibrarian]

Oh man, this was just wonderful in every way.

[arduinna]

Oh, this is gorgeous.

[livrelibre]

Oh my heart! This was so beautiful.

[echan]

This was beautiful, very cool to see how all the pieces and events unfold, I loved all the moments of contemplation, especially the shot of lightning and the faces that followed.

[renenet]

So lovely. I love how you let the vid (and the characters and the relationships) unfold quietly and steadily toward the inevitable heartbreaking conclusion.

[frayadjacent]

What a beautiful vid! I loved the slow build and how the tone changed with the music so perfectly. Lovely!

[china_shop]

akhdsljah fdajshfd askjdhf adfsf ;lks This is amaaaazing! The song is perfect, and how you used the bridge, and all of it so painful and just right. Also KITTENS!

[laurashapiro]

I fell right back into this world. The vid has a delicate but inexorable pull to it; just reels you in like a fish. Lovely.

[ardyforshort]

This is amazing. Two of my favourite things combined masterfully, thank you so much. Such a pull on my heart.

[paintedmaypole]

Oh, man. What a fantastic song to use for this. I really loved the way you paced the different shots too, so we got those long looks from the different characters. It gave the viewer so much time on their faces/emotions and really helped to build the intensity.