Gift for goodbyebird by chaila (Stoker)

[fv_poster]

Title of vid: Paradise Circus
Recipient: goodbyebird
Vidder: chaila
Fandom: Stoker
Music: Paradise Circus by Massive Attack
Summary: "I'm not formed by things that are of myself alone. I wear my father's belt tied around my mother's blouse, and shoes which are from my uncle. This is me."
Content notes: Sexual violence
Signed length: 03:14
Signed URL:

Link to signed vid post.

Lyrics
It's unfortunate that when we feel a storm
We can roll ourselves over 'cause we're uncomfortable
Oh well, the devil makes us sin
But we like it when we're spinning in his grip

Love is like a sin, my love
For the ones that feel it the most
Look at her with her eyes like a flame
She will love you like a fly will never love you again

[Instrumental]

Comments

[cupidsbow]

What a brilliant, creepy character study.

[chaila]

Thank you--that pretty much describes the whole movie!

[caramarie]

This is fabulous. The segment where the music builds towards the end is so effective.

[chaila]

Thank you! Glad you liked it. :)

[shati]

Really nice (well, not nice) build to the end. 2:55! Damn.

[chaila]

Haha yes, thank you! 2:55 was like, the third clip I laid down, because damn, movie!

[par_avion]

Haunting and lovely. I like how you keep coming back to the shoe symbolism.

[chaila]

Thank you! The symbolism of the movie was really fun to vid.

[theleaveswant]

I'm so impressed with this (and the other Stoker vid from this year) for how elegantly you explore the blurring between "beautiful" and "disturbing" that the film lives on.

[chaila]

Thank you! The movie really does walk that line very deftly.

[echan]

Wow, just wow. I loved all the close shots of objects and pieces of things that together built to a whole mood and story, the shoes, the egg, the pencil, the water pistol, even the sand. This was brilliant, haunting and lovely.

[chaila]

Thank you! That's sort of how the movie itself works, I love the moodiness and symbolism of it.

[goodbyebird]

Just wanted to let you know I'm so happy for my gift, thank you so much for making me a vid ♥

Unfortunately I'm unable to stream it at my current location, but you bet your bottom I'll be all over this the moment I get home, and then I can hopefully offer you a more substantial comment. Meanwhile, YOU ROCK.

[chaila]

♥♥♥

[leanwellback]

Fuck, this is beautiful. I love the focus on the details, like the shoes and the belt. The cutting between India with the sharpened pencil and her finger on the trigger, and that clip of her tapping the egg on the table and just asjf;aljf everything. PERFECT.

[chaila]

Thank you! I loove the edge the movie gives India, and how so much of this symbolism just keeps building until it all explodes at the end. Like how the weight of the shoes and belt isn't totally clear until the end. <3

[valoise]

Simultaneously sinister and beautiful, the editing on this vid is fantastic!

[chaila]

Thanks so much!

[isagel]

This is gorgeous, so masterfully edited.

[chaila]

Thank you! <3

[laurashapiro]

What striking imagery! I really like the measured pacing here. It somehow intensifies the creepiness.

[chaila]

Thank you! I played around a lot with the pacing for maximum creepiness--glad you liked the final result!

[franzeska]

Ah, the beauty of finding oneself! ;)

I love your use of the blood on the flowers.

[chaila]

That's a pretty perfect description of the movie. :) Thank you!

[mithborien]

Have not seen the film but this vid looks amazing!

[chaila]

Thank you! Glad you liked it even without source knowledge!