Making A Shrine For My Friend So She Wins An Oscar
Published March 24, 2021 · 5:15 · 281,368 views
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Van discovers on Amazon Prime that his friend Garrett Bradley has been nominated for an Oscar. His joy is mortifying: not for the statue, but because the nomination means she can keep working. Keep doing what she does. The video is structured around two things Tom Sachs taught Van that apply to Garrett's nomination. The first is Sven Nyquist's 1974 Oscar speech. 15 seconds, the greatest ever delivered: the award will give him the possibility to make much better work. The reward for good work is more work. The second is sympathetic magic. If you want something badly enough, make your version of it out of whatever you have. The universe may align. Van builds an Oscar shrine for Garrett Bradley and her film Time. Sounds stupid. But it works even if you don't believe in it.Transcript
this spirited man was scrolling through amazon prime recently when he discovered his friend was nominated for a [ __ ] oscar his joy was mortifying [Music] he was possessed by this jubilation not because of the heavy golden statue no but because this meant his friend could keep working keep doing what she does the last time this spirited man saw his friend garrett was at alex and alex's wedding he had decided to shoot film photos as a wedding present and coincidentally so did garrett that's a film camera in her hand embarrassingly he has not given his photo album to alex and alex some two years later but he bets garrett has
before that garrett had hosted this spirited man on a lonely christmas in her new orleans and before that he saw garrett at the tribeca film festival premiere of her 2014 film below dreams after the screening she graciously said to him you're next and she was right he was next he made a feature film about an artist this artist this spirited man and this artist taught this spirited man two things pertinent to garrett's oscar nomination the first thing pertinent to garrett's oscar nomination that the artist taught this spirited man can be summed up in sven nyquist's
1974 oscar speech the greatest oscar speech of all time and here's the speech in its 15 second entirety thank you very much and i'm quite sure that this fine award will give the possibility for me to make much better work than i've done before thank you very much making better work is what the artist lives to do to put it in the words of this artist the reward for good work is more work and that is why this spirited man was so psyched when he found out that garrett was nominated for an oscar
and the second thing pertinent to garrett's oscar nomination the second thing that the artist taught the spirited man was a magic trick a trick because magic is not real and magic because well because magic is magic and the magic trick that the artist taught this spirited man is called sympathetic magic and sympathetic magic is this if you truly want something then make your version of that thing out of whatever you have at your disposal and due to unpredictable forces beyond your control the universe may align just right to get you that thing that thing you desire sounds stupid
but it works even if you don't believe in it this spirited man has seen it work and this spirited man truly wants his friend garrett to win that [ __ ] oscar [Music] so here is his oscar shrine to this spirited woman garrett bradley in her beautiful movie [Music] time best of luck to you garrett and we'll keep the candles lit [Music] you
People Referenced
Garrett Bradley, Tom Sachs, Sven Nykvist