VID REC: WATCHMEN - Afraid of Americans

[mad-bertha.livejournal.com]

Vidder: bionic 
Musical artist: David Bowie
Pairing: Ensemble
Vidder on LJ: bionic
Vidder's website: Fannish masterlist
Why this vid kicks ass:

Afraid of Americans is a beautiful match of incredible movie visuals and an awesome, extremely fitting, song by Bowie. Everything about this vid works together to deliver its message with a power-packed punch. The vidder has deployed incredible editing skills (watch the way she uses speed and timing in general) with a very keen sense of a major theme in the book and film: human fallibility and the dark motivations that may drive people ostensibly working for the good of society, represented by costumed vigilantes. The visuals are woven with the music creating a mood of mounting hysteria, anger and fear surrounding a strong narrative line as each of the characters demonstrate why we should, indeed, be afraid:

Johnny's in America
Johnny looks up at the stars
Johnny combs his hair and
Johnny wants pussy in cars
Johnny's in America, uh-uh-uh uh, uh, uh-uh uh-uh-uh
Johnny's in America, uh-uh-uh uh, uh, uh-uh uh-uh-uh

(repeat chorus)

God is an American
God is an American...

Bionic's livejournal entry on the vid is here. Please give her feedback there.
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