Gift for AbsoluteDestiny by luminosity (The Red Shoes)

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Title of vid: The Red Shoes
Recipient: AbsoluteDestiny
Vidder: luminosity
Fandom: The Red Shoes (1948)
Music: Don't Take Your Love Away From Me by VAST
Summary: Art is hard.
Content notes: No standardized notes apply
Signed length: 05:01
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"The Red Shoes" (Watch on YouTube)

Lyrics
"Don't Take Your Love Away"

I am looking for inspiration
And I think I found it in your heart
It's the kind of thing you get when you're not looking
It's the kind of thing you had from the start

Put me on a ship that is sinking
On a voyage to an untamed land
Take away the freedoms I wanted
I understand

Please, don't take your love away from me
Don't take your love away from me
Please, don't take your love away from me

Please, don't take your love from me
Please, don't take your love from me

Put me inside flesh that is dying
A ghost that wanders without rest
Buried by desires and weakness
I understand

Please, don't take your love away from me
Don't take your love away from me

Please, don't take your love from me
Please, don't take your love from me

Comments

[odessie]

Oh wow, this is epic, great job - loved the movement throughout.

[luminosity]

Thank you. I'm glad you liked it.

[cupidsbow]

This is fantastic. You've captured the film so well. Her passion for dance is glorious, and the creepy obsessive men cast a palpable blight over everything except the dance.

[luminosity]

Yes! Thank you for watching.

[thirdblindmouse]

You really showed off the weird dreamscape/choreography of this movie well, and the craziness. I must see the beautiful, creepy movie this was made from.

[luminosity]

Lots of people don't realize that movies this surreal were around in 1948. Thank you for watching.

[condnsdmlk]

Ooh. Really liked this. What a wonderful window into the film :)

[luminosity]

Thank you for watching.

[revolutionaryjo]

Wow! Really powerful.

[luminosity]

Thank you!

[solosundance]

Wonderfully intense! You've captured the beauty and strangeness so well.

[luminosity]

Thank you for watching. Love the icon! :)

[echan]

Absolutely gorgeous. The two stories, the joy and tragedy, all woven together with brilliant pacing and flow.

[luminosity]

Thank you for watching. I'm glad you liked it.

[valoise]

I've never seen this movie, but you've captured such powerful movement and imagery, that now I want to.

[luminosity]

It's a beautiful film, and I hope you do get a chance to watch it. Thanks for commenting.

[laurashapiro]

That was deeply disturbing and absolutely riveting to watch. Great work!

[luminosity]

Thanks for watching! Surely, you knew it was me, right? :)

[laurashapiro]

I thought it looked like you, and I figured you were likely to make a vid for Ian. But I wouldn't say I was sure. (:

[laurashapiro]

When we watched it at my party yesterday (it absolutely killed, BTW), I realized it's quite similar to "Caged Bird" in many ways.

[skygiants]

This does such a great job of integrating the creepy, surreal ballet into the broader story -- really well done!

[luminosity]

Thank you!

[franzeska]

You sent chills down my spine.

[luminosity]

Always my goal! Thank you for watching. :)

[aruan]

Will there come a time when VAST doesn't make me cry? Is there a happy Hans Christian Andersen story? Either way, it's beautiful, if I could see it through the tears.

[luminosity]

Well, VAST makes me cry, too, and I'm happy you watched it anyway. Thank you.