4 years later and I was recently in Galway. Can confirm after a random happenstance at a bus stop that Jamaican Brain is bopping around Galway & happy as ever.
I watch this whenever I'm feeling down and it reminds me that no matter how often I think I'm alone that there are probably hundreds of people around the world who feel the same way or have experienced the same thing as me. You're never alone.
"Not marrying that lass when we were in high school 50 years ago, and letting her move off to Canada. And meeting her 50 years later, and marrying her. We've been married for a year." Oh my gosh. So cute!
And even if you're not a person of faith, to instead wonder at the absolutely mind-boggling odds of you being here and existing at this point in the vast vast VAST depths of time.
As I sit here wiping tears from my eyes, my only regret is that I haven't yet moved back to the most beautiful place in the world....the west of Ireland.
never telling the girl who i loved how i felt and watching her live her life with another. rejection is a killer for a short time, never knowing eats away for eternity
"My drinking" would have been my answer too ... meaning all the alcohol I drank when I was younger, and the people it hurt ... including me! My last drink was 17 years ago (almost exactly: 6 September 1996). It was then that I started life, already 39 years old!
@@freakfire74: I am. And thank you! These are troubling times for many, but I am lucky. In my case, I know exactly what would make it twice as bad. Or worse. I didn't know it when I wrote my original RUclips comment on this video, but my great-grandfather was born and raised in Galway.
In this very moment I'm watching this footage from a hotel in Galway after missing out on the city in order to visit various parks with my dog. Thanks for giving me a feeling of this town. While I'm very home sick at times, and while I'm in Dublin, I can't restrict myself to make peace with Ireland after seeing such footage and feeling out the awesome people I've found here. All the best!
What hit me was that he didn’t even have to think about it, everyone has emotional scars, but he truly lives with that regret every day. Knowing I’ll sleep indoors tonight & where my next meal will come from is something i have seriously under valued.
When I saw all the pain and hurt behind that mask.. I got really emotional. (to the Empaths out there who saw this. Do you agree? It was like a knife in the heart for a second.. Horrible. So many regrets and so much pain behind those blue eyes and that nervous smile. Life is not fair. It didn't surprise me at all that he committed suicide.) To all humans who go and carry this much pain. Please say something.. If you only knew how many we are trying to find people like you before it is to late. We won't charge. We won't extort. We won't try to lure you in with false, parodical religions or other lies instituted to controlling the masses.. Our payment is your well-being. Simple as that. (We are empaths dedicated to altruism. And we are all around the world.) Love and Harmony.
i really love this video! like you can see in their faces when they realise whats they're regret, they have this sadness in their eyes! this video touched me, so thank you!!
God, when this video was put on RUclips I lived on Merchants Road... I live in Germany now... This really takes me back. Galway really steals a part of your soul, though. I lived there 8 years 2008-2016.
It really made me cry When he said I wish I was 20 years younger.it made think of how fast time flys and how I haven't appreciated Ireland as much as I should have ..that's a regret.
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This is a brilliant piece of work. I can't remember ever watching such a short film and caring for so many people that I don't even know. I'm in tears. This is humanity. Thank you for the reminder. I will look at all the people in my life in a more compassionate way because of this
Oh, Sam...That is Beautiful. That you were willing to write this for all to see, to acknowledge your humble responsibility in the loss of this (clearly special) lady - this is simultaneously empowering and tragic. I was all set to write a comment about how I was barely "touched" or moved by this well-intentioned mini-doc, how it barely scratched the surface of Humynity, and then, I read your regret, right there at the top. Thank you for your Strength, Courage, and Openness...
I have to say, I really like how these 50 people 1 question videos show the people walking away. For me, seeing them walk away onto the street again, into their own separate lives is sad. We never know what will happen to them in the few moments they're gone or even the next days, months, or years. I know we only heard a small piece of their lives but if you just think about where they could be wanting to go in life, how could anyone not wish them the best?
I watch this video from time to time now and then and I feel just as full of joy every single time. In fact I think it's the only over ten minutes long youtube video I can watch through without thinking that it's boring. It's just so beautiful.
This actually gives a great message to stop procrastinating and do what you really gotta do. If you have dreams or goals to achieve but lack the motivation, just picture yourself getting old and answering this question like one of these people. KamilFilms.. great editing, great presentation! Keep it up!
this is one of my favorite videos of all time--it was one of the first series that highlighted the human experience! to remind us that we're not so different after all!
I totally agree. HE was the interesting one. So glad to see this post. Well spotted. He was by far the most courageous man there. Typical Irish hero - modest but honest in a very understated way. I am far away from home and I miss my people tonight.
I feel like the lady at the end had some huge and painful regret, so that's why she preaches to not regret anything. To try and comfort herself (but who knows this is a huge assumption)
Notice how almost everyone's regrets we're something they didn't do rather than something they did do? Theres a valuable lesson in this and it's to seize the moment, live life to the fullest extent. It's far greater to have done something and maybe regret it than to have done nothing at all and wished you had.
Hello Mari how are you. Greetings from Ireland. Hope you’re safe from Covid. It’s a lovely video. Have a good day and stay safe 😀😘. Hope this finds you after 4 years 😀 best wishes, Michael
Getting married and having kids. I wish I would've listened to my own inner voice instead of others. Only you know what's best for you and your own life, everyone else should stfu.
Love Galway so much.. it’s my spiritual home. I lived there for years & recognised some of the faces in that video.. my biggest regret is waisting so much time in my youth and not filling my life then, with all the wonderful stuff I enjoy doing now ❤️
A simple but very powerful question, it sends the questioned back in time to recall some tough decisions, you can see this journey through their eyes, its amazing, a lot of choices we make are often the right ones but we question wrongly what if. The girl who failed to say goodbye to her grandad, is one we all should avoid, pick up the phone, make that short journey, to put a smile at the end of their journey of life.
I was very surprised by this: I thought in the first few seconds that it would be pretentious and superior. But the way that tou get t o look at people and wonder about them before you hear them say anything, and then you get a little revelation was really great! Really great!
been looking through the comments, surprised that the lady who said she should have started living for joy sooner is rarely mentioned...i liked that, it was honest and to me, inspirational ;)
Interesting how you create an illusion of emotion here. Or, maybe you just bring out the emotion? I don't know. I didn't edit the moving pictures and audio.
That or they know that if they went back and changed their mistakes, then they would also be changing their future. I would never change anything of my past because I am proud of where I am and WHO I am today. Mistakes are things that humans learn from. We learn from our own, and others' as well. The past is the mold for the future.
marissa herbst So if, say, someone cheats on their significant other which causes their break up and they don't have regrets that would be totally okay and admirable?
I agree with you but I think it's just a defence mechanism. Brutal to call them liars as we have no idea what they have been through. True, everyone does regret something or the other. No human is perfect.
Fantastic little piece! I've seen a few different visions of this being done but this is by far the best. Such a simple idea, honest subjects, nicely shot, great editing with the perfect choice of music, class!
have so many, but the biggest one I would say is looking for peace and happiness outside of myself instead of looking inward. Trying to fill that hole in the donut. caused myself and people i love lots of grief.
Genius idea Kamil, you are one brave and gifted filmmaker! Laughed and cried in equal measure. I'm left feeling sort of connected to all these touching people Jamaican Brian, Sean Sean Sean and all the others, except for the angry "is that the question??" guy (what's his problem? He said "it better be a good question!" and by God it certainly was!). Cool about the couple who married a year ago after 50 years apart...what a wonderful video. Thanks tons
Never have any regrets. Do what you need to do now! We grow old too soon and wise too late. The world is a beautiful place and if you ever travel you will notice we all have a lot in common. Be good to each other, be kind to each other and always try to love before you hate.
I was very moved by that film. A lovely piece of work . I felt close to the people I'd never met before in my life. The question was the key. Lovely production values too. Well done.
"I should have started living for joy sooner"... gave me chills, really.
it gave me the chills too...it resonated with me the most also.
Yeahhh
After all this years this keeps being my favorite internet moment, thanks for creating such beautiful piece of art 💙
4 years later and I was recently in Galway. Can confirm after a random happenstance at a bus stop that Jamaican Brain is bopping around Galway & happy as ever.
He's still around in 2021, selling beautiful paintings on shop street.
I really loved Ireland when I travelled there. Great people, great energy, Ireland is definitely one of my favourite places in the world.
I'm Italian, form Rome and I love your country and your people like crazy. So moving this video...thank you. Greetings from Italy.
Maria D. I went to Rome once It was amazing love from Ireland 😙
Love Fellini his films have given this Irish woman so much joy Agree with last lady regrets waste of time
The feeling is mutual!
I watch this whenever I'm feeling down and it reminds me that no matter how often I think I'm alone that there are probably hundreds of people around the world who feel the same way or have experienced the same thing as me. You're never alone.
I'm Feeling the same thing right now
Don't know why this just showed up in my feed today but I love it. I realise that even though I've had far from a perfect life I regret nothing.
"Not marrying that lass when we were in high school 50 years ago, and letting her move off to Canada. And meeting her 50 years later, and marrying her. We've been married for a year." Oh my gosh. So cute!
Yes
Best answer ever.
I think that was my favourite even though it's bitter sweet.
"Take life as it comes"... sums up the Irish attitude to life.
Definitely one of the most powerful short films I've ever seen. The backdrop in Galway remind me of my student years there. The music is spot-on too!
my biggest regret is watching too much youtube when i should be learning social skills
thought you were going to say watching this clip :-)
Cheers
Pj murrihy
I'm not even being sarcastic though. A lot of the time I've spent on my PC could've been spent on loving people and gaining life skills.
you just say whats in my mind rn
From time to time I come back, just to see that old man smile when he tells the camera that he married the love of his life 50 years later...
Beautiful, watching their eyes while they actually recall all those moments
Yeahhh
I could watch an hour of this
This video made me realize that nothing is worth the regret. Being alive and healthy is the greatest blessing God gave us.
And even if you're not a person of faith, to instead wonder at the absolutely mind-boggling odds of you being here and existing at this point in the vast vast VAST depths of time.
This moved me so much. I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes. Thank you for this lovely little film.
As I sit here wiping tears from my eyes, my only regret is that I haven't yet moved back to the most beautiful place in the world....the west of Ireland.
7:39 , 2 words, but his expression tells the story. From all the stories, that one man with 2 words gave me more goosebumps than any other.
Way too true
These people are so honest and sincere. Can’t help but love them all💚
Really makes you take a step back, great video really touching, loved it
This is one of the best videos I've ever watched on RUclips...by far! Amazing, sad, happy and all of the in between. Thank you posting!
never telling the girl who i loved how i felt and watching her live her life with another. rejection is a killer for a short time, never knowing eats away for eternity
So very true
But it old have been a proper shite relationship with you mate, take it as a narrow escape not the other way round!
Too true
"My drinking" would have been my answer too ... meaning all the alcohol I drank when I was younger, and the people it hurt ... including me!
My last drink was 17 years ago (almost exactly: 6 September 1996). It was then that I started life, already 39 years old!
Respect
@@carolmurray1927 Thank you kindly ... Good timing ... It is 24 years today.
Hope youre doing well and living a happy life, Christopher!
@@freakfire74: I am. And thank you! These are troubling times for many, but I am lucky. In my case, I know exactly what would make it twice as bad. Or worse. I didn't know it when I wrote my original RUclips comment on this video, but my great-grandfather was born and raised in Galway.
@@ChristopherBenson_1956 Happy to hear that! Thanks for the update. Galway looks like a nice place to visit. Take care!
7:40 I feel for this guy that was a brave honest answer.
I totally agree. He had the most honest answer. I think he'll be ok.
Yes. Very forthright guy. Have to admire him for that.
Unfortunately he took his own life a few weeks/months after this was made. RIP
OMG so sad!!
Francis O'Hara That is so sad you can see his sadness and pain on his face, rip
In this very moment I'm watching this footage from a hotel in Galway after missing out on the city in order to visit various parks with my dog. Thanks for giving me a feeling of this town. While I'm very home sick at times, and while I'm in Dublin, I can't restrict myself to make peace with Ireland after seeing such footage and feeling out the awesome people I've found here. All the best!
The one brutally honest person: "My drinking."
What hit me was that he didn’t even have to think about it, everyone has emotional scars, but he truly lives with that regret every day.
Knowing I’ll sleep indoors tonight & where my next meal will come from is something i have seriously under valued.
@@user46346bdtgry Going by the comments that poor guy committed suicide not long after the video was made. Very sad.
So sad
When I saw all the pain and hurt behind that mask.. I got really emotional. (to the Empaths out there who saw this. Do you agree? It was like a knife in the heart for a second.. Horrible. So many regrets and so much pain behind those blue eyes and that nervous smile. Life is not fair. It didn't surprise me at all that he committed suicide.)
To all humans who go and carry this much pain. Please say something.. If you only knew how many we are trying to find people like you before it is to late. We won't charge. We won't extort. We won't try to lure you in with false, parodical religions or other lies instituted to controlling the masses.. Our payment is your well-being.
Simple as that.
(We are empaths dedicated to altruism. And we are all around the world.)
Love and Harmony.
Fair play to him
Beautiful, really emotional.
Thank you this is really beautiful. :) I keep coming back to this video year after year.
Oh my God, for how long hazy-eyed emotions with tears.. Thank you KamilFilms
That cute little man that married his love 50 years later just filled me up with so much joy.
You could see the sadness in some of these peoples eyes, even when they were smiling :/
You are so right
i really love this video! like you can see in their faces when they realise whats they're regret, they have this sadness in their eyes! this video touched me, so thank you!!
This is the second time that I watch this clip. Just one word: BRAVO!
God, when this video was put on RUclips I lived on Merchants Road... I live in Germany now... This really takes me back. Galway really steals a part of your soul, though. I lived there 8 years 2008-2016.
It really made me cry When he said I wish I was 20 years younger.it made think of how fast time flys and how I haven't appreciated Ireland as much as I should have ..that's a regret.
Yeahh time flies
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That's the most moving thing I have ever seen. Great job!
broke my heart listening to this
This is a brilliant piece of work. I can't remember ever watching such a short film and caring for so many people that I don't even know. I'm in tears. This is humanity. Thank you for the reminder. I will look at all the people in my life in a more compassionate way because of this
This came back up in my memories from 4 years ago. It’s still beautiful and brought a tear to my eye.
This was beautiful.
7:39 One of the few honest answers in this video... God bless this guy... RIP.
He died?
@@hapennyproductions3800 yea
You know what!?! There should be more videos like that. It's not a stupid, empty video with nonsense..there should be more videos like this.. :)
Oh, Sam...That is Beautiful. That you were willing to write this for all to see, to acknowledge your humble responsibility in the loss of this (clearly special) lady - this is simultaneously empowering and tragic. I was all set to write a comment about how I was barely "touched" or moved by this well-intentioned mini-doc, how it barely scratched the surface of Humynity, and then, I read your regret, right there at the top. Thank you for your Strength, Courage, and Openness...
I have to say, I really like how these 50 people 1 question videos show the people walking away. For me, seeing them walk away onto the street again, into their own separate lives is sad. We never know what will happen to them in the few moments they're gone or even the next days, months, or years. I know we only heard a small piece of their lives but if you just think about where they could be wanting to go in life, how could anyone not wish them the best?
Its perfect!
Lovely video, really makes one think...
Simple, honest, beautiful
wow.. tough question.. people do not expect to face such question on the street
As a resident of Galway - such a beautiful tribute to the humanity of the people of Galway and the romance of Quay/Shop Street..
I watch this video from time to time now and then and I feel just as full of joy every single time. In fact I think it's the only over ten minutes long youtube video I can watch through without thinking that it's boring. It's just so beautiful.
thought this was really sensitively done - One could see people really searching and it worked as a format
lol, guy got married a week ago and he already regrets it.
"I should've started living for joy sooner" I have the same regret.
This is by far the best 50 people one question video on the internet. The people of galway make it.
This actually gives a great message to stop procrastinating and do what you really gotta do. If you have dreams or goals to achieve but lack the motivation, just picture yourself getting old and answering this question like one of these people. KamilFilms.. great editing, great presentation! Keep it up!
The old man saying he has been married with his love for one year....so sweat!
- wow - "my drinking" So real - great video
Yeah that blew me away I really felt for that guy.
really is worth the watch though.
Amazing how many young people had regrets and didn't realize how young they are. So much time they still have to travel, play the guitar etc.
this is one of my favorite videos of all time--it was one of the first series that highlighted the human experience! to remind us that we're not so different after all!
A lovely film. Mine would be not telling my father what he meant to me before he passed away.
Chris Walker - I think a lot of us can really relate to this :-(
my biggest life regret was married a woman who didn't love me... i hate myself for this...
Jorge Junior Bro I am so sorry to hear that. I hope everything is well with you
this is beautiful! thank you
I totally agree. HE was the interesting one. So glad to see this post. Well spotted. He was by far the most courageous man there. Typical Irish hero - modest but honest in a very understated way. I am far away from home and I miss my people tonight.
Watching these videos always make me contemplate my life.
so damn right you are
Wonderful video! I thought it was very moving!
I feel like the lady at the end had some huge and painful regret, so that's why she preaches to not regret anything. To try and comfort herself (but who knows this is a huge assumption)
People in Galway generally seem to have good teeth even when older. My granny came from Galway and had great teeth right up to her nineties.
Notice how almost everyone's regrets we're something they didn't do rather than something they did do? Theres a valuable lesson in this and it's to seize the moment, live life to the fullest extent. It's far greater to have done something and maybe regret it than to have done nothing at all and wished you had.
This is amazing. The look on their faces after answering the question is almost life changing.
Woool! the girl Elanine from mayo it's beautiful!
I've been in Galway once
very nice city
I like so much this video.
Hello Mari how are you. Greetings from Ireland. Hope you’re safe from Covid. It’s a lovely video. Have a good day and stay safe 😀😘. Hope this finds you after 4 years 😀 best wishes, Michael
sad to hear that rest in peace tom
I have watched this so many many times I can't count and love it every time....
Same! I keep coming back to it every year or so.
@@freakfire74 Just watched it again lol
This video had me in tears. I share many of their regrets that's why I found this so moving.
Love,
Sarah
This video is incredible and truly touching. I live in Toronto and want to do one my self - what kind of microphone are you using for this video???
I almost teared up a little between 7:15-7:38. Proof that true lose exists :')
Almost cried at 7:40 at the guy who said my drinking
Getting married and having kids. I wish I would've listened to my own inner voice instead of others. Only you know what's best for you and your own life, everyone else should stfu.
S.K. so you people should not marry and don't have kids right
Sad
Love Galway so much.. it’s my spiritual home. I lived there for years & recognised some of the faces in that video.. my biggest regret is waisting so much time in my youth and not filling my life then, with all the wonderful stuff I enjoy doing now ❤️
A simple but very powerful question, it sends the questioned back in time to recall some tough decisions, you can see this journey through their eyes, its amazing, a lot of choices we make are often the right ones but we question wrongly what if.
The girl who failed to say goodbye to her grandad, is one we all should avoid, pick up the phone, make that short journey, to put a smile at the end of their journey of life.
Girl in the thumbnail is gorgeous.
She is!
I regret not facing my fears.But i am still 21 so i hope i will change that ;)
"uhm, Sean Sean Seaaan" omg laughed so hard
I was very surprised by this: I thought in the first few seconds that it would be pretentious and superior. But the way that tou get t o look at people and wonder about them before you hear them say anything, and then you get a little revelation was really great! Really great!
been looking through the comments, surprised that the lady who said she should have started living for joy sooner is rarely mentioned...i liked that, it was honest and to me, inspirational ;)
Interesting how you create an illusion of emotion here. Or, maybe you just bring out the emotion? I don't know. I didn't edit the moving pictures and audio.
Anyone who claims they have no regrets is either a sociopath or a LIAR.
That or they know that if they went back and changed their mistakes, then they would also be changing their future. I would never change anything of my past because I am proud of where I am and WHO I am today. Mistakes are things that humans learn from. We learn from our own, and others' as well. The past is the mold for the future.
Pretty much.
marissa herbst
So if, say, someone cheats on their significant other which causes their break up and they don't have regrets that would be totally okay and admirable?
I agree with you but I think it's just a defence mechanism. Brutal to call them liars as we have no idea what they have been through. True, everyone does regret something or the other. No human is perfect.
9:42 he sounds like the squeeky voiced teen from the simpsons
Fantastic little piece! I've seen a few different visions of this being done but this is by far the best. Such a simple idea, honest subjects, nicely shot, great editing with the perfect choice of music, class!
have so many, but the biggest one I would say is looking for peace and happiness outside of myself instead of looking inward. Trying to fill that hole in the donut. caused myself and people i love lots of grief.
my biggest regret is that I haven't been back in Galway since 2009.
3 minutes in and it still hasn't started yet. Get on with it, will you? :/
Realising something and then finding out its too late
That's a very good one. Finding out you qualified when you thought or were told you didn't by a bad source.
Saw this when it first came out and have come back a few times since just to see it again ... Love this video! Could watch more of it!
Genius idea Kamil, you are one brave and gifted filmmaker! Laughed and cried in equal measure. I'm left feeling sort of connected to all these touching people Jamaican Brian, Sean Sean Sean and all the others, except for the angry "is that the question??" guy (what's his problem? He said "it better be a good question!" and by God it certainly was!). Cool about the couple who married a year ago after 50 years apart...what a wonderful video. Thanks tons
Salthill
2:36 eh sean... sean.... SEAN im 21 and im from kilkenny haha
everyone left depressed!!
+Sara L Seriously. Everyone was out and about, all cheerful. And they all left heavy hearted.. Including me.
Not all of them. Some left thankfully. It may have awoken others that day and changed the way they thought. Not everyone is depressed.
Never have any regrets. Do what you need to do now! We grow old too soon and wise too late.
The world is a beautiful place and if you ever travel you will notice we all have a lot in common.
Be good to each other, be kind to each other and always try to love before you hate.
Fermanagh here. Travelled to 34 countries, and you're right. Greetings from the friendliest country-Cambodia.
I was very moved by that film. A lovely piece of work . I felt close to the people I'd never met before in my life. The question was the key. Lovely production values too. Well done.