This Is Americana! | The Story of Charles Phoenix & His Retro Slideshows
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Offering a rare glimpse behind the curtain of Charles Phoenix's famous retro slideshows, this short documentary reveals how one person's obsession with American kitsch and nostalgia can become a way of life.
Presented by
Adolescent
Directed by
Matthew Kaundart
Produced by
Christian Hall
Director of Photography
Kyle Krupinski
Metro Event Cinematography by
Young G. Kim
Edited by
Matthew Kaundart
1st Assistant Camera
Kara Siebein
Music by
Podington Bear
“Filaments”
Podington Bear
soundofpicture.com
Thanks to
Charles Phoenix
This Is Americana! © 2016 Matthew Kaundart and Christian Hall
Great job putting this dedication to Charles Phoenix together Matthew! You have good taste.
Keep going, Charles! You bring us joy!
Long may you continue!
Charles, because of YOU, you make LIFE fun again, and worth LIVING by bringing back all the things that made this country so FUN to wake up to every day!!!! Especially the Vintage Cars! Thank You for your BEAUTIFUL work!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Growing up a Baby Boomer with all this stuff he is talking about, I really get where he's coming from. The 50's and 60's were a special time in America, where we almost made the Dream come true.
what a character. LOVE him
I knowwww!🎱👽👻👻❤👻🤯👻
Love it! Thank you for your hard work...
Just bought his pictorial book. I grew up in the 60s and we took a lot of vacations where we visited roadside attractions and stayed at motels on the side of the road. It was a magical time and once we graduated to Disney World, I felt like I found Nirvana, but being from a lower middle class family, we could never afford to stay on Disney Property, so we had the best of both worlds where we still stayed at those roadside motels. Till this day, I am in love with that era and all that was and never will be again.
I subscribed to his car channel recently. What a fascinating man with a "passion" The world truly needs more like him. Thank YOU for a great video highlighting a wonderful person.
Excellent video - Thank you!
I recently picked up his book about AMERICANA. I can't believe I never heard of him before. He's like a real life Pee-Wee Herman.
You got style Charles. Thank you.
Yes Charles I AM TRULY INSPIRED. Returning back to my home town's iconic places, which surprisingly ARE still there for the most. Places my folks went to for drinks and great architecture whence my grandparents dated!! Ive found them.So after those years where life just seems to take leaps and bounds you find youreself 50 yrs old and thirsting for old memories of loved ones long since past.Thank You and Im very serious THANK YOU. Ill keep up the good work on my side , now you dont ever stop$$$
Love his shows! He keeps turning up at the same events I go to even if he's not performing.
Charles is a great guy!
Charles!
If you want vintage, please come to St. Petersburg Florida!
we welcome you with open arms.
between Tampa, and St. Petersburg , you have a real ride on the tilta whirl!!
cheers
🦧🍾🍾🍾🏳️🌈
I adore him 💕🎉
Greetings Charles, from one of your newfound fans of your car videos!
3:19… Recently I found a globe (but without the stand) at the local solid waste transfer station. It had apparently fallen off of a commercial hauler refuse truck. It sat all alone on the concrete floor in the huge new facility near the entrance. The trash was all bulldozed to the other end of the warehouse. I was there taking pictures for my Yelp review when I noticed it, and scooped it up just before I was shoo-ed away from this “verboten” area. I called it the “forlorn globe” in my Yelp review. Long story short, I turned it into a ceiling fan pull chain pendant. (no globe stand necessary)
At 2:27, you show the Seattle space needle, which was built for the 1962 world’s fair, and therefore was not there in 1957.
Los Angeles is a special place for seeing buildings from years past mixed with new buildings. Unfortunately San Jose California which has or had a rich history is being bull dozed on a daily basis. 90 percent of the iconic places from the 50's to the 80's are gone forever. Sadly every piece of land is being utilized for housing. Not single family homes either. Huge buildings with 100 or more units that all look the same. The only thing we have left is a group in Facebook called San Jose memories where we reminisce about the once beautiful San Jose, California.
you are such an interesting man!
I'd love to meet you. I don't know where you get your energy!!
cheers 🍾🍾🍾🏳️🌈