It's zen. It's not a theory; it's a philosophy of experience based on the assumption that people through socialization forget their own divinity, the result being they feel separate and isolated from the world. The goal is to experience the universe as a baby experiences it: spontaneously and continuously without ego.
"Only thing worse than uncomfortable silence,....small talk" (Lucky. 2017). Big fan of Harry, love all his movies/characters. And I agree with almost all he said here too. He makes sense!.
"I will not cause harm to any vehicle, or the contents thereof; or through inaction, let that vehicle or the contents thereof come to harm" The Repo Code.....Harry Dean, great actor and in this interview he proves to be one of the wisest people you'll ever hear.
God I fucking love this man. So honest, so direct, so simple in all he does. Such a beautiful thing to witness such perennial wisdom, filtered through the conditioned mind of American culture, especially in his work with Lynch this is able to shine through so fully
Harry's talk of existential nothingness are such larger than life theories that i'd say perhaps brings comfort to him. Especially in the later years of one's life for many different reasons. Looking at things as pre-destined and so empy sounds like a burial for his own regret. There's always excuses for confusion. Great interview, Harry's a legend and a great philosopher indeed.
This interview started off casual but went to some pretty deep places. It was very sweet to hear HDS say "If you talk to Alex, tell him I love him", showing that he held no grudges and still appreciated the people he worked with in the past. An amazing actor and a true American original.
It randomly popped up for me as I was preparing to renew my passport... As a humanist right wind "nihilist" I agree. Everything happens, no matter what. One thing that does worry me though, and that's something where I can vote with my wallet and if everything else fails, my crappy poetry, is the killing of Europe. And don't one dear to tell me everything is fine - it looks muddy. It looks ghetto. It's shit culture. It's mixed race. Social justice warriors become billionaires! Who gives? And fight, do Brexit, whatever... The stink is there and it keeps coming. I pity the next generation of mentally challenged woke under conglomerate brands.
A Nihilist sage. A guy who embraced the void and smiled at it and carried on regardless. I disagree with him personally that the future is already predetermined. I doubt that that is true. But I can respect how he seems to have arrived at that solution. If you think about it, if the future is recorded, then anxiety is totally irrelevant. What will happen, will happen with or without you. So why worry about it? If life is but a waking dream in an instant before waking; just row that boat gently down the stream. The stream goes without you, or with you. Don't think, just do. And see what the next scene of this movie holds in store...
Worthy interview despite the interviewers' inability to comprehend where Stanton is at. His use of 'man' at the end was telling. I don't think Stanton fully disputes the concept of 'cause and effect'. Age has the effect of eroding ones' sense of self determination.
Stanton is one of those dude's like Dick Miller, kept mostly in the background with a few starring roles, a true hard working actor who's good at what they do, and yet most can't recall their names when you show them a picture. They know the face, but not the name, or any of their roles. Course, Stanton got a bit more lucky in that regard, had a couple roles people are more likely to know.
I was a good friend and co worker with his son. Man he left much trauma for him. Was absent till he was 16 years old. Offered no help. Absolutely a piece of shit Dad. Even in later years didn't provide any financial help. I think Harry was a fucked up dude and that brought what we observe as raw and real acting.
It’s interesting that HDS said he never procreated in the interview. I didn’t think he had any offspring. But, it also appeared that he didn’t completely understand the question or maybe he didn’t hear it properly. Does he have just one son, then?
This interview from 2012 was fascinating to listen to because I just finished watching the movie ‘Lucky’. All the ideas beliefs he brings up here are addressed in this wonderful movie. I think he may have finally accepted that life is more about the love and joy we create than the black fatalistic and ultimately meaninglessness of what he lays out in this interview.
O.K.:I-m a south american one what·s in discover of Repo Man movie just today(...) at 4 in cable t.v.;I LOVE that movie .And then I discover the cult about that one Movie.And I love be the one whith that crowd bunch of people .Nice work Harry,wherever you are!
Downtown Lexington got infinitely cooler when it became the final resting place of Harry Dean Stanton. If I ever find myself down that way again, I'll say hello to the winds that carried him down the stream...surrender to it, row your boat. Finest man Kentucky ever gave us next to Dr. Hunter S Thompson.
Whereas the interviewer asked some bone-headed questions and at times seemed almost antagonistic, i think the interview brought Harry Dean Stanton to a place that perhaps he wouldn't have with another person. Mr. Stanton simply rocks.
Hey kids, Harry played roles in so many films through the 60's and 70's - Check them out. He always swipes the film, even if just for a few moments. RIP Harry.
A lot o' people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch o' unconnected incidents 'n things. They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice o' coincidence that lays on top o' everything. Give you an example; show you what I mean: suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.
I love HDS's acting, such great memories, REPO MAN & COOL HAND LUKE are two of my favorites. His philosophy (even tho he says he has no philosophy) is nuts though. Humans have choices, choices have consequences, choices matter.
The truth seems to be that no one knows whether reality is one of libertarian free will, clockwork predetermination, or some version of compatibilism. I understand it's often useful or necessary to "pick one", but it's really annoying to hear people come down on one absolute belief without at least attempting to provide rational justification for it.
Life just is as Harry Dean says in the ancient japanese poem ( written by Basho) : "Silent pond. Little green frog jumps.......Plop! That's all there is.....the elusive obvious. No big deal and of awesome beauty.
Loved (and still do) his work. Would have been nice if the interviewer asked him *how* he "knows" that everything is predestined and that no one can affect the outcome. *That* is the interesting part. Don't care what people believe as much as *why.*
To quote Harry he said everyone sees themselves the way the script was written. Reminds me of " nightmare alley" with Tyrone powers..."Every boy has a dog" " stock reading"
Harry is trying to tell this question asker guy that life is a bunch random acts that result in random outcomes and if you try to do things now to look and end a certain way in the future...that is a random act of playing the game of life itself !!!
19:15 "and Jung on my door over there." "the self is a circle who's center is everywhere and, who's circumference is nowhere". Harry was frustrated a little earlier, "Don't you get it"?... I don't think the kid really "got it". Lol. Harry was very kind to allow this interview. Then 19:41, The Japanese poem..."Old pond...frog jumps in...splash..." (crickets)... Kid says, "True, says it all". Whaaa? I thought that was funny! Are we just frogs in old pond? Yeah, wisdom comes from experience and HDS had fuckloads.
I thought the interviewer definitely held his own. Harry said, ‘Don’t you get it?’ about 6 times, which was kinda disrespectful & it’s also projection. Stanton didn’t truly ‘get everything’ either during the interview. He contradicts himself.
I can understand your sentiment. He is cynical and a little crusty about it. But he's right. We think the things we do really matter, and in a small way they do insofar as we're playing a role you and I. However we have no real control over outcomes. We think we do, but that's because we are drawn to and see patterns as human beings. If you want to fight against the war then you fight. If you want to be an actor then act. If you want to be cynical, be cynical. It's easy to know, hard to explain.
"...Ordinary fuckin' people. I hate 'em.
+charles botha I See! (I wanna meet'em all, then decide (tho? lol)
"Life of a Repo Man is always intense"
"Hey kid, You want to make 10 bucks?
best HDS moment imo
Repo Man looks to get INTO tense situations...
It's zen. It's not a theory; it's a philosophy of experience based on the assumption that people through socialization forget their own divinity, the result being they feel separate and isolated from the world. The goal is to experience the universe as a baby experiences it: spontaneously and continuously without ego.
satyricon451 as Dougie Jones did. are you David Lynch?
This man was, and remains an absolute legend. His perspective on life is immensely helpful for me.
No bullshit real.
A great movie with Harry Dean is Rancho Deluxe... 1975 Classic.. Jeff Bridges and good cast,,On my Channel playlist Deluxe Eclectic Movies,, enjoy
@@peterschancel7223 thank you!
Harry Dean Stanton is cool as ice.
RIP to a great man.
"Only thing worse than uncomfortable silence,....small talk" (Lucky. 2017). Big fan of Harry, love all his movies/characters. And I agree with almost all he said here too. He makes sense!.
thats deep
Real shit
Man had a beautiful voice
The end of an era.
RIP, Harry Dean. ❤
"I will not cause harm to any vehicle, or the contents thereof; or through inaction, let that vehicle or the contents thereof come to harm" The Repo Code.....Harry Dean, great actor and in this interview he proves to be one of the wisest people you'll ever hear.
+
ITILII
*_What are you, a fucking Commie?_*
@@ThinkerOnTheBus Well, you better not be. I don't want no commies in my car.
ITILII GREATEST EVER !!!!!
ThinkerOnTheBus “Ordinary People, I hate ‘em”
That's why there's not a repo man I know, who doesn't do SPEED..... (speed, huh?)
I'm glad he got to rest and miss this unprecedented nightmare.
Not still sore about it, are you?
Harry, you are everything, everywhere, and everyone, while
at the same time, nothing. Thank you for gracing us with your presence.
"Ever do a lot of acid Miller, like back in the hippie days?"
+
GRAVE YARD
*_Plate of shrimp._*
But he wasn't Miller
Love Harry Dean Stanton. He made a real impact on the world and he was very nice to me.
God I fucking love this man. So honest, so direct, so simple in all he does. Such a beautiful thing to witness such perennial wisdom, filtered through the conditioned mind of American culture, especially in his work with Lynch this is able to shine through so fully
Harry's talk of existential nothingness are such larger than life theories that i'd say perhaps brings comfort to him. Especially in the later years of one's life for many different reasons. Looking at things as pre-destined and so empy sounds like a burial for his own regret. There's always excuses for confusion.
Great interview, Harry's a legend and a great philosopher indeed.
love how they are just on different levels in this interview :) Harrys way of thinking is brilliant
'I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees' - James Brown said that, too...
"Don't you get it?"
My Sleeper Hero ♥ The most underrated man on the lot..
This interview started off casual but went to some pretty deep places. It was very sweet to hear HDS say "If you talk to Alex, tell him I love him", showing that he held no grudges and still appreciated the people he worked with in the past. An amazing actor and a true American original.
It randomly popped up for me as I was preparing to renew my passport... As a humanist right wind "nihilist" I agree. Everything happens, no matter what. One thing that does worry me though, and that's something where I can vote with my wallet and if everything else fails, my crappy poetry, is the killing of Europe. And don't one dear to tell me everything is fine - it looks muddy. It looks ghetto. It's shit culture. It's mixed race. Social justice warriors become billionaires! Who gives? And fight, do Brexit, whatever... The stink is there and it keeps coming. I pity the next generation of mentally challenged woke under conglomerate brands.
"I don''t care about future generations" - Love it!
I've always said that. What have future generations ever done for me?
wow, he talks just like his character in Repo Man. HDS is the REAL Repo Man!
He's well read, he has a beautiful voice kind of haunting.
Not quite sure why but I enjoyed the heck out of this. Loved him in Repo Man and Red Dawn.
Ah man, we miss you Harry
RUclips loaded that on me... so glad I watched to the end. That's some insightful stuff. Good job the interviewer was as real as Harry Dean.
Rest in peace my dear friend excellent actor hope you're in heaven
Those damn Rodriguez brothers!!!
Gypsy Dildo Punks!
lol, thanks for that. Harry is the best.
"Do you think they pay their bills in Russia?
@@geraldhugley3618
*_What are you, a fucking Commie?_*
Charles Gomez “REPO MAN STAYS UP ALL NIGHT..... EVERY NIGHT!!”
A Nihilist sage. A guy who embraced the void and smiled at it and carried on regardless. I disagree with him personally that the future is already predetermined. I doubt that that is true. But I can respect how he seems to have arrived at that solution. If you think about it, if the future is recorded, then anxiety is totally irrelevant. What will happen, will happen with or without you. So why worry about it? If life is but a waking dream in an instant before waking; just row that boat gently down the stream. The stream goes without you, or with you. Don't think, just do. And see what the next scene of this movie holds in store...
He’s not a nihilist, he’s an everything-ist
let's all thank history for giving us Harry Dean Stanton. What a singular soul.
This dude and Peter Coyote, straight dropping gems!
Great man, and a great actor. Keep on truckin', man!
Worthy interview despite the interviewers'
inability to comprehend where Stanton is at.
His use of 'man' at the end was telling.
I don't think Stanton fully disputes the concept of 'cause and effect'. Age has the effect of eroding ones' sense of self determination.
So good to hear, Harry got it. He got the play of the one soul splitting in the many and have a show “The Divine Comedy”👍
everything is predestined RIP Harry
terrible interviewer, "don't you listen to what I'm trying to say?"
Rest In Peace Henry Dean Stanton
I had no idea that Harry was so in tune with the cosmic consciousness
he rather speaks against such an idea in the whole interview...
I love Harry Dean Stanton in everything I've seen him in, even the lowly security guard in The Avengers.
Stanton is one of those dude's like Dick Miller, kept mostly in the background with a few starring roles, a true hard working actor who's good at what they do, and yet most can't recall their names when you show them a picture. They know the face, but not the name, or any of their roles. Course, Stanton got a bit more lucky in that regard, had a couple roles people are more likely to know.
Thanq Maestro. Already on this world u were on a higher level of consciousness. There's no end. Yr journey towards light keep going...
I take comfort when listening to someone who is in a higher consciousness than me and most. Its attainable
Right :'-)
Plate of Shrimp.
Derek Miller "How the f**k should I know?"
Derek Miller LOL!
Derek Miller Time Machines
Harry Dean's the man!
plate or shrimp, or plate of shrimp
I was a good friend and co worker with his son. Man he left much trauma for him. Was absent till he was 16 years old. Offered no help. Absolutely a piece of shit Dad. Even in later years didn't provide any financial help. I think Harry was a fucked up dude and that brought what we observe as raw and real acting.
So what
It’s interesting that HDS said he never procreated in the interview. I didn’t think he had any offspring. But, it also appeared that he didn’t completely understand the question or maybe he didn’t hear it properly. Does he have just one son, then?
This interview from 2012 was fascinating to listen to because I just finished watching the movie ‘Lucky’. All the ideas beliefs he brings up here are addressed in this wonderful movie. I think he may have finally accepted that life is more about the love and joy we create than the black fatalistic and ultimately meaninglessness of what he lays out in this interview.
I wish I knew him personally. I love his intellect and sense of humor.
O.K.:I-m a south american one what·s in discover of Repo Man movie just today(...) at 4 in cable t.v.;I LOVE that movie .And then I discover the cult about that one Movie.And I love be the one whith that crowd bunch of people .Nice work Harry,wherever you are!
Mi pelicula favorita!
Downtown Lexington got infinitely cooler when it became the final resting place of Harry Dean Stanton. If I ever find myself down that way again, I'll say hello to the winds that carried him down the stream...surrender to it, row your boat. Finest man Kentucky ever gave us next to Dr. Hunter S Thompson.
Whereas the interviewer asked some bone-headed questions and at times seemed almost antagonistic, i think the interview brought Harry Dean Stanton to a place that perhaps he wouldn't have with another person. Mr. Stanton simply rocks.
I actually respect that the interviewer didn't nod along to everything Dean said
@@fede018 exactly
Happy 89th Harry!
Such a talent.
Repo man code scene in the film: is after all designed as a Zen moment of teacher passing evolutionary knowledge to the student or trainee.
"the whole fucking thing is a movie".
Don't you agree? I'm 59years old.. now I do....it took so long to get it.
Harry Dean Stanton was an absolute one of a. Kind.
RIP Harry Dean
This is one of the saddest and most depressing thing I’ve ever seen
Lose your projections
Hey kids, Harry played roles in so many films through the 60's and 70's - Check them out. He always swipes the film, even if just for a few moments. RIP Harry.
Aware of that. Anything else important? @user-pv8jy1nt8f
Love Harry Dean. Said it like it is. RIP.
💕💀
I always like HDS but i never knew how he big was ... great words , i enjoyed
Alien is one of my all time favorite films and His role as Brett was golden. Rest in peace!!
Right. Right. Right.
@@internship1033 Right!
Harry’s expression about his viewpoint is so total and immersive it makes it feel like I’m watching a piece of fiction. Incredible!
Never tire of watching this. Thnx for leaving us LUCKY.
the interviewer is really good, being this confrontative really bring the coolness of harry stanton
hes my hero from repo man.
A lot o' people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch o' unconnected incidents 'n things. They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice o' coincidence that lays on top o' everything. Give you an example; show you what I mean: suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.
*picks up the cup. empty* "fuck"
I wonder if Harry ever met Terence McKenna, great minds think alike ......
Or David Icke...
Thanks Harry, for articulating you inner spirit. Adore
And in an infinite universe given an infinite amount of time this exact video will happen again and again amd again.
Besides being a great actor and singer, he could have been a good narrator of documentaries as well. Perfect voice !
One of my all time favourite actors.
I love HDS's acting, such great memories, REPO MAN & COOL HAND LUKE are two of my favorites. His philosophy (even tho he says he has no philosophy) is nuts though. Humans have choices, choices have consequences, choices matter.
Look longer man, it's as Harry says....you are not in control. That is an illusion, the whole thing is going on by itself, as what is.
The truth seems to be that no one knows whether reality is one of libertarian free will, clockwork predetermination, or some version of compatibilism. I understand it's often useful or necessary to "pick one", but it's really annoying to hear people come down on one absolute belief without at least attempting to provide rational justification for it.
This is a brilliant interview.
Harry Dean Stanton is completely on point
Stanton was a US NAVY Veteran of the Battle of Okinawa. Kamikaze Alley.
+TheDustysix *is
Aye.
I bet that was intense!
@@StephenPaulTroup repo mans always intense
"Nothing's important...ultimately" "yeah Lebowski we believe in nothzing".
Totally different. Harry isn’t a nihilist
R.I.P Harry Dean
That'd be hilarious if Harry busted the guitar after 'Row Your Boat' and yelled "It doesn't fu*kin matter!"
*RIP*
I love HDS. I truly do. He tells it like it is and doesn't care if anyone likes it or not. To me, that is the only way to live.
Outstanding interview
Thanks friend
Not that it matters eh 🙂👍
HD says "Don't ya get it?" twice before 5 mins and dude was STILL goin in circles. 🤣
Simplicity = Hallmark...GENIUS.
"There you go again man."
Life just is as Harry Dean says in the ancient japanese poem ( written by Basho) : "Silent pond. Little green frog jumps.......Plop! That's all there is.....the elusive obvious.
No big deal and of awesome beauty.
love this so much more than the "splash" version , BIG thankyou :)
Plop
'No beer is needed here'
RIP, Bud.
Loved (and still do) his work. Would have been nice if the interviewer asked him *how* he "knows" that everything is predestined and that no one can affect the outcome. *That* is the interesting part. Don't care what people believe as much as *why.*
He doesn’t know, that’s the point
Too perfect that they stopped to fix the rock as they were walking.
What an actor. Rest in Peace.
Harry singing Midnight Special / Ain't No Grave in 'cool hand luke'
My favorite Harry Dean Stanton scenes were with Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink. Underrated.
Last of that generation of counter culture icons
To quote Harry he said everyone sees themselves the way the script was written. Reminds me of " nightmare alley" with Tyrone powers..."Every boy has a dog" " stock reading"
Best character actor of all times
Harry is trying to tell this question asker guy that life is a bunch random acts that result in random outcomes and if you try to do things now to look and end a certain way in the future...that is a random act of playing the game of life itself !!!
I have seen Repo Man...... he was awesome. He cared about Emilio
19:15 "and Jung on my door over there." "the self is a circle who's center is everywhere and, who's circumference is nowhere". Harry was frustrated a little earlier, "Don't you get it"?... I don't think the kid really "got it". Lol. Harry was very kind to allow this interview. Then 19:41, The Japanese poem..."Old pond...frog jumps in...splash..." (crickets)... Kid says, "True, says it all". Whaaa? I thought that was funny! Are we just frogs in old pond? Yeah, wisdom comes from experience and HDS had fuckloads.
I thought the interviewer definitely held his own. Harry said, ‘Don’t you get it?’ about 6 times, which was kinda disrespectful & it’s also projection. Stanton didn’t truly ‘get everything’ either during the interview. He contradicts himself.
lol his zen-ness flies way above the interviewer's head
This should be on Ancient Aliens
...and NO CHRISTIANS EITHER!
right on, thanks...OMski
I can understand your sentiment. He is cynical and a little crusty about it. But he's right. We think the things we do really matter, and in a small way they do insofar as we're playing a role you and I. However we have no real control over outcomes. We think we do, but that's because we are drawn to and see patterns as human beings. If you want to fight against the war then you fight. If you want to be an actor then act. If you want to be cynical, be cynical. It's easy to know, hard to explain.
There’s nothing cynical at all in what he’s saying but other than that yes
@@Leonards-leopardonly in the way he replies is it/he cynical.
Harry should have been Yoda. "Luke...Luke, none of it matters, dig?"