VID REC: X-Files - Not Only Human

[blacksquirrel.livejournal.com]

Vidder: Killa and Laura Shapiro
Musical artist: Heather Nova
Pairing: None
Vidder on LJ:
Vidder's website: http://seacouver.slashcity.net/killa/index.html, http://www.netwiz.net/~laurasha/vanity/

Why this vid kicks ass:

This vid is both a Scully character study and an insightful reflection on The X-Files' religious and metaphysical implications. Structured by the question "Maybe we're not only human," hauntingly sung by Heather Nova, Killa and Laura patch together Scully's search for meaning through science, Catholicism, and the X-Files themselves. Terribly clever and unique use of clips from throughout the series make this vid stand out. Its delicate negotiation of the tensions, desperation, and pathos in the development of Scully's hybrid spiritual-empirical-supernatural beliefs at a level of artistic complexity which far surpasses the show makes this vid truly remarkable. Cuts between human society and the natural world, human emotion and the realities of death underscore the universal relevance and depth of the chorus's timeless question, and lend this vid long-lasting resonance outside X-Files fandom and beyond the life of the series.


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

great rec!

-permetaform

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

Wow! I missed this, until someone mentioned it was here. Thank you so much. Your comments are wonderful to hear, and I'm so glad the vid worked for you.

[blacksquirrel.livejournal.com]

Oh, very much so. Recs are my pennance for never doing feedback, as I really ought to. This is absolutely amazing work. Thank you :)

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Just found this, and I want to thank you for your generous recommendation. I'm delighted with your comments. You seem to have gotten exactly what we were aiming for.

[blacksquirrel.livejournal.com]

Yay! I so enjoy this vid and I come back to it again and again because it does so much *more* than just Scully or just the X-Files. It really has its own artistic merit - well, I'd probably argue that all vids have artistic merit, but this one is particularly exemplary in that regard. Thank you so very much for this wonderful work.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Wow. Thank you so much.