The Backwater Gospel
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- Опубликовано: 14 фев 2011
- Bachelor film project 2011 from The Animation Workshop.
As long as anyone can remember, the coming of The Undertaker has meant the coming of death. Until one day the grim promise fails and tension builds as the God fearing townsfolk of Backwater wait for someone to die
The soundtrack has been released as a free EP, which can be found here: sonsofperdition.com/index.php?....
By: Bo Mathorne, Tue T. Sørensen, Arthur Gil Larsen, Rie C. Nymand, Mads Simonsen, Thomas H. Grønlund, Esben Jacob Sloth, Martin Holm-Grevy
Bo Mathorne - Director
Arthur Gil Larsen - Animation Lead
Mads Simonsen - Technical director
Thomas Grønlund - Animator
Rie Nymand - Animator
Esben Sloth - Art Director
Martin Holm-Grevy - Environment lead
Tue Toft Sørensen - Animator
Music composed and performed by:
Sons of Perdition
Voice actors:
The Tramp: Zebulon Whatley
The Minister: Lucien Dodge
Bubba: Phillip Sacramento
Towns people: Laura Post
Supervisors:
Michelle Nardone - Production supervisor
Katrine Talks - Production supervisor
Jessie Roland - Animation supervisor
Christian Kuntz - Animatic supervisor
Patrick Voetberg - Editing supervisor
Sunit Parekh-Gaihede - CG supervisor
Jared Embley - Rigging supervisor
Thomas Christensen - Sound supervisor
Svend Nordby - Technical supervisor
Consultants:
Peter Albrechtsen - Sound design consultant
Michael Valeur - Story consultant
Andrew Harris - CG Consultant
Mads Juul - Animatic consultant
Saschka Unseld - 3D animatic consultant
Anna Kubik - 3D animatic consultant
Jericca Cleland - Story consultant
Marec Fritzinger - Design consultant
Tomm Moore - Design consultant
Lawrence Marvit - Design consultant
Niels Bach - Background consultant
Thanks to:
Lasse Niragira Rasmussen - Additional animation
Jeppe Bro Døcker - Additional animation
Morten Thorning - Moral guidance
Oliver Kirchhoff - Scripting
Those Poor Bastards - Inspiration
Robert Bennett - Voice work
Lostandtaken.com - Textures
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"submit to the lord"
"why don't you try it"
fucking legend
Chloe Iversen It must be hard being that fucking savage.
He was so savage, instead of scalping him they crushed his entire head
i dont know why he didn't leave, he saw the undertaker coming
dragenfire68 Because he didn't care. Whatever happens, happens.
Now, if the townspeople truly believe they would be saved, why are they afraid of the Undertaker, a clear representation of Death? Why are they so scared to die if they think afterwards, they receive eternal life in Heaven?
King Nothing i suppose if your a crippled bum living on nothing, death is like a million bucks. the second thing is because their retarded, the bible states god is omnipotent, they should know that if they just act civil, they get heaven, they freak out and murder everyone in sight, they get hell. of course they also should have known the priest is getting hell straight off.
The guy who said "it ain't gonna be me" was the first to get measured. Ironic.
Not the "first" to get measured. He's the "only" one the undertaker's coming for.
LMAO
The story is full of symbolism.
Ah yes, now look closely at his hand as he is measured
@@MondiBean omfg
Two points:
The guy who shouts "It ain't gonna be me!" is the first one to be measured by the Undertaker.
During the fight scene, look at the silhouettes; the townspeople became the monsters they feared.
Death turns the mightiest of men into monsters.
And in the end, after all the dust finally settles, the cripple was the only one to be untouched by the sinful stains of the massacre.
Yeah especially the one who literally ripped out someone’s spine
"Every man was punished for the sins of one man...and the punishment was death."
That foreshadowing
Agreed! These poor souls were led to their death here, too...by the words of yet another False Prophet. This "Reverend" only cared about the absolute power that he held over his parishoners...and he , in truth, really only cared about himself.
@@ronaldshank7589 You know what they say about false prophets.
@@andrewbrigmond8784 The Holy Bible warns us not to associate with them. The very MOMENT that you find out that someone is a False Prophet, you'd be doing yourself a huge favor, by getting away from them, from that moment on!
Here's how you can spot a False Prophet. If they tell you something in the name of the LORD, but nothing happens, then you'll know that they spoke from their own mind, and not from God's Word. The Holy Bible tells us not to fear the False Prophets...just clear away from them, and let God punish them.
You know what the most fearful thing is, concerning False Prophets? There is no forgiveness offered from God to them for prophesying and swearing falsely in God's name. None! It all goes back to the Commandment:"Thou shalt not take the Name of the LORD thy GOD in vain. For the LORD will not hold him guiltless, that taketh his Name in vain"! In the Old Testament of the Holy Bible, it was an automatic death sentence, straight from GOD himself, to utter his Name in vain, especially concerning the subject of false prophecy. Not even one person, that committed that specific sin, was ever forgiven. Not even one!
One man was punished because the sins of everyone else
@@ronaldshank7589 Thats alot of words to say that sayin things in the name of god is dumb
-actually a civil conversation-
-change my mind-
-think about the children-
WELL IT AINT GONNA BE MEEE.
D3mCh33riosDOH I’m screaming soo loud
Actually laughed at that moment
What's interesting about that quote is that it's said twice by the same guy, but one had sanity to it, the other... INSANITY
@Billy Johnson what to wowing to?
Welcome to the Blackwater gospel comment section, where you either talk about the amazing animation, have a heated religious debate, or ITS NOT GONNA BE ME!
It’s not gonna be me!
Best I can do is two of those options
All of those options IS NOT GONNA BE ME
@@danjoredd *made me feel uncomfortable* good... DATS THE POINT M8!
Nooo it's it ain't going to be me idiot
I like how the guitarist was the only one not covered in blood at the end. The darkness covered everyone but him seemingly.
Well duh, he was the only good noodle in the entire bowl of pasta
@@ashkatt3389 😂that's one I have never heard before
Just because i dont go to church does not mean im evil"
because hes the only person that can be called faithfull. hes not scared of death but the priest clearly is.
@@mars2229 nah that's not the point, it's that your leaders (including religious leaders) can be wrong, liars, and or conmen, persecuting the most oppressed. (In this case the one legged man)
Three things of note to me.
The one legged guy is splayed out like a crucifix after he dies.
The carnage from the battle doesn't sully him.
And he's the only one with bright colours.
Another little delight is that the Undertaker was just listening to his own song smiling for the seven days before hand. And when the carnage ends, he starts whistling it. The undertaker, like the crows he is surrounded by, is just there to clean up the mess. The guitar guy knows this, and has no fear of him. Death happens. May as well enjoy life before it does.
I dont know how to feel about that
I suppose that the tramp is the fearless one, while the undertaker represents human fear and what it can make us do.
He’s also splayed out like Christ in Christian imagery. He kind of literally payed for everyone’s evil with his own life. Not by choice or with the purpose to save anyone but payed with his life non the less.
Notice how when the mob comes for him his first choice is to run to the undertaker, if he feared the man he would have run to the side out of town, not straight to the symbol of death
DON'T FORGET: in the final scene, the silhouette of the undertaker is Perfectly mirrored by the church behind him
I mean, the preacher was right about how one bad apple spoils the barrel, just wrong about who that bad apple was
Nope, the preacher manipulated its actual meaning to get rid of the hobo... no soul has the right to kill
@@aundresoufle5784 I think you misunderstood what Gus Blessen was saying. The preacher WAS the bad apple
indeed that is the case!
facts lol
@@aundresoufle5784 What if they're trying to kill you? Most of the time killing is wrong . . . but there are exceptions.
Priest: Submit to the Lord!
Homeless man:Why don't you try it?
INSULTS:1000
The Whisper DESTRUCTION LEVEL 100
The Whisper The Homeless Man is probably my fav in this film
XD I loved that....
I diddint get it
The Big Blue bird he says this because he thinks that the priest thinks he’s above god.
I know it's just part of the intricate symbolism, but the fact that he ran to the Undertaker for help is honestly heartbreaking. He knew that death offered safety and freedom from the pain that was about to be inflicted on him. He never feared death, the only thing there was to fear was the wicked.
Why the hell hadn't I seen or heard of this masterpiece until now?!
notice how the players coffin was the only one burred properly. hands folded, hat over the injured part, burred with his possesions. everyone else is slightly crooked
Undertaker: he's going to heaven, he might as well look nice before he leaves.
The Undertaker just came into the town. That's all he did. And the entire population died before him, without him even twitching a finger.
The undertaker isn’t the one that kills people. The undertaker is just there to show that someone will die
Poor man though. He just wanted to rest and chill by the well, and then everybody flips!
Undertaker: Ahh, what I fine day!
Literally everyone 30 seconds later: *kills eachother thinking the undertaker will go away if they kill the right person*
Undertaker: I was wrong
Well obviously, I mean, that was the whole point of the animation. Thank you for spelling it out for everyone.
It's because they were already dead. Living in fear... is not living.
I noticed total lack of children in town. This place didn't have any future to begin with.
More likely, having children slaughtered in the end would be a bit much even for this kind of dark animation.
Outlast 2
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The Cripple did sing that they hid their kids,maybe that's where they are,probably dead tho
Didn't you hear? having sex is a sin, therefore they couldn't have children ha ha ha
They look like a Pseudo Christian Cult to me, and we know how most Cults end.
A decade later, and I'm STILL coming back to this video. It must've had a real impact on me.
Same bro
Not as much as it impacted the Priest.
Was about to thumb up your post but, i already did last time i came here so here's another one 👍
Wish they would make more content like this
Me too!!
The guitarist's inability to sing really added to the charm
I think he just has a unique voice
I really like the line "I'll be god-damned if he tells a lie!"
This video really got to me. Especially the part when the pastor said "let he who is without sin cast the first stone" and everyone threw a stone. These people legitimately think that what they're doing is righteous. The pastor has brainwashed them so much that they think they're righteous enough to kill a man. That part messed me up.
But Schande, the guitarist was religious too... Think about that.
Yeah, if you read the Bible this pairs evenly up with the actions of the Pharisees. "Let he who is without sin" is a quote from Jesus, but nobody actually threw the stone, though the true believers were persecuted and killed, whereas they eventually killed themselves.
that got me as well but the part yet to understand is that he was talking about that one bad apple, and if you fail to destroy it all men will be punished, and the punishment is DEATH. what the people failed to see is that the pastor HIMSELF is that bad apple. All it takes is one bad apple.
Alois Trancy the funniest part is that..believe it or not...it's actually just a short film! I love how people still think Christians still stone people to death at mass over here in civilized United States. (Excluding Africa where Christianity was introduced by the white man to the black man and it just became a clusterfuck because of colonization)
That's religion my friend the highest of brainwashing in existence.
The mere presence of the undertaker is enough to brutally slaughter a whole town.
That's what happens when you take a lvl 100 character to lvl 5 domains.
+Ranz WHAT IS HE WAITING FOR?!!
+Helen Jiang The priest caused everybody's death. If ideals and religions wouldn't exist,then he couldn't controll people with preaches and words taken from a book.
Loathe as I am to admit it, religion isn't necessary for that type of control in a small community. A command of the English language, and a solid grasp of human behavior is sufficient to manipulate people in mass. That's what mass marketing is designed to accomplish, for example. Joseph Smith, though he leaned heavily at first on the biblical principals, crafted his own book and religion with the goal of creating a structure for controlling a large group of people for his own reasons as another example.
Granted, it would make it harder for those incapable of crafting a book or practice their own. Even governmental practices have this goal in mind: Control some or all of the aspects of people's lives. Some do so benevolently for the sake of their people. Others do so malevolently for the sake of the one in charge. Some succeed. Others fail. Municipal governments throughout various nations control the intricate details of a city's transgressions, and in nations with voting systems similar to the United States have several types of in and out groups, from conservatives to liberals, and Democrats to Republicans. There's always an enemy, and there's always a cause.
This leads to the next control mechanism within society often cited without a full understanding: Media. I don't just mean the news channels like Fox or CNN. I mean the term more generally to encompass other things like social media, movies, a television series, a Let's Play series, or any other platform with a wide enough audience to create sway within any subset of the population. People look to figures of prominence or authority for guidance, and it doesn't take much for one of those figures to work in parallel to the preacher.
This, ultimately, is why I disagree with the idea that it's the fault exclusively of religious ideals that this animation is trying to illustrate. It's simply the most understandable variant of the problem: a trend to default to public opinion and social norm, be that from the perspective of the conformist, or the conforming non-conformist. If one fails to evaluate situations and scenarios of their own volition without relying exclusively on the information presented to them by others, they may fall prey to the ambitions of those that seek power in any form.
Kirito why are you in town
gotta farm somehow
To be honest the civillians look more horrifying than the undertaker
I think that was intentional. A little bit of "who are the real monsters" symbolism in the character design.
Shhhhh...
He’s just there cause he knows someone is gonna die apparently it’s the entire town
@@ctm479 he’s just there to do his job
@@connormclernon26 and he made hella profit too
“He’s just sitting there!! Menacingly!!”
I was just thinking the same thing.
Undertaker: Well, looks like it's going to a very... busy... day...
*walks by* so... made everyone go mad again i see...
Why does this always happen to me? Well, might as well make coffins for them.
1: drop by
2: make people go insane and kill each other
3: make coffins for everybody
4: $$$ PROFIT
I don't think he makes any profit. Just makes coffins because dead bodies have to go somewhere.
How would he profit if there's no one left to pay him?
*_WELL IT AIN'T GONNA BE ME_*
𝘾𝙇𝙀𝘼𝙑𝙀𝙎 𝙊𝙁𝙁 𝙉𝙀𝘼𝙍𝘽𝙔 𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙎𝙊𝙉'𝙎 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝘿 𝘼𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙅𝘼𝙒
Chocolate MalkShake You’re wrong,it gonna be you
famous last words
I'm pretty sure it was him too lol
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"Well it ain't gonna be me" has haunted me since I first came across this a few years ago, but it honestly reflects how quickly speculation and fear can send people spiraling. Being driven by terror, misinformation and pride seems to lead to darker endings in a very twisted and heartbreaking irony...
And in the end the one that starts the blood bath used one simple sentence "It ain't gonna be me"
Welcome back
The thing that got me is that the man with the guitar did nothing wrong he wasn't afraid of death. And the undertaker knew that. He had up most respect for the guitar man and even after everything he whistled the tune of the man's song. Not to mention he was untouched by the carnage and was splayed out like Jesus on the cross. The little details like those is why I love this short so damn much.
There's a lot of symbolism for the preacher that shows he favors violence over God. He had a gun in his bible, which means he didn't even have God's word (the pages were all cut through). He favored violence over God's word. Also, when he threw the cross at the cripple, he had the choice to keep the cross or lose it for the sake of violence. He chose violence. The fact that he used the cross itself is also symbolic that he uses his position as preacher to make violence (he convinced the people to murder).
//This is kind of why I don't consider this video anti-religion, well at least not fully. The Preacher was just someone who wanted to rule and cause fear in people. He used the bible as an excuse. This reminds me of alot of people that are religious these days or the ones like the townspeople. They don't really believe it, but they fear the consequences.
Snippy You don't need to know
I heard a quote about that. "Everyone's a Christian but no one loves Jesus"
Yeah, I know right? Sheesh!
The amusing irony is that he isn't wrong about the "bad apple," he's just wrong about who it was.
DSFARGEG00
Exactly. I'd bet that the undertaker was coming for the priest in the first place.
"When the son of God descended upon the earth, his greatest enemies were not sinners, but saints"
-Me 2016
I really love the symbolism when the priest opens his Bible and shows it holds a gun, it wasn't real faith, it was his way of gaining authority, fear and respect.
Update: can't BELIEVE a comment I made on a video 3 years ago about a religion that I've since left is gonna be my mark online, 5k likes?? Really????? And the replies turned into a cesspool of twitter-esque fights it's honestly almost an honor lol
*symbolism
Cat Burghers ah yes, all religion. Every single person who goes to church is automatically a fascist. Clearly, you are the chosen one who is immune to the lies. The wokest of all.
@Cat Burghers No, there's no bubble to burst, just true bad apples to be rooted out.
@Cat Burghers the religion of christianity may be separate from what could be called a relationship with god, or for any other religion for that matter the interaction with spirits. Organized religion itself is a sham.
@Cat Burghers r/iamverysmart
This is one of the best pieces of Christian Media of the last decade. It’s an examination of the hollowness of fire and brimstone style preaching.
The congregation fears God but they do not love God. The preacher uses this to control the people. As those who fear God will fear his messenger.
The Tramp loves God but does not fear God. After all why should he live in fear of a loving benevolent God?
Ultimately the Preacher was right. God was testing the people. Testing their faith and well as we can all see they failed that test.
Naw man. The preacher was using religion to his advantage. His bible was not even a bible. He used religion. He used to his advantage and for that he caused an entire town to turn in each other. The people had too much faith in the priest, who was their only source of god.
You guys are so dumb it's astounding. This piece is criticising RELIGION itself.
That's a pretty interesting take on the short. I however think the message is pretty anti-religion as their religion was the tool used for corruption and manipulation and what ultimately led to all of the "good apples" becoming rotten themselves. The tramp could also be an atheist which is why he was outcast from the rest since he saw the world for what it truly was, unblinded by faith. The priest's prediction came true but it could be either summed up as an ironic coincidence and the wings on the undertaker are added for symbolism and artistic interpretation or within the universe the short takes place, god exists and was really testing the faith of a corrupt Christian town, while the undertaker literally is death himself coming for those who are about to die. It all depends on perspective.
@@piripi3448 Yeah, that's what they're saying lol. The preacher feared God but didn't love him, the other guy was the opposite, loving but not fearing. It shows how fire and brimstone preaching can be used for power abuse and false narratives.
@@piripi3448 also the words "FEAR THE LORD" are used in the context of terrror instead of respect,something that shouldn't be used when preaching
It's pretty interesting how the hobo runs to the undertaker for help as the video portrays the undertaker as death or related to death.
It's as if the hobo accepts him and that's why runs to the undertaker who is sitting at the well.
Nobody ever goes near The Undertaker aswell. They fear him to much to try and kill him as he is an angel of death to them
Especially considering that he literally ran towards death for protection and safety.
It is also symbolic for the townspeople, they avoided the undertaker until they began chasing the guitarist. They ran straight to death in the effort to avoid it.
I think he didn't fear the undertaker - and he saw death as an escape from the pain that was about to be inflicted on him. Rather a quick death via undertaker, than a slow and painful one.
I like how when the hobo dies the undertaker continues to sit their like he knows that these people are going to garantee his biggest pay day yet
Jonathan Guajardo or he was scared shitless that he was next (Just a joke)
Who the fuck paid him, everyone is dead!
Stanford East nothing quite like have a whole town as payment
Stanford East he’s the grim reaper
@@kally7034 More like the whole town's wallets
The image of the poor guy trying to run to death, to get away from the people, was surprisingly touching.
Eyeheight Art when you’re a kid and you try to run from church
Eyeheight Art when you’re me and you try to run from church
Eyeheight Art very
The Diamond Knight when you're the first in your class and you're trying to run from the understudies.
Nobody ever went near the Undertaker, I like to think he was trying to run to him as some sort of life line, a way to survive if even a little longer
"Submit to the Lord!"
"Why don't you try it?"
I love this as it shows that the hobo will never buy into the preacher's bs and that he should do what he preachs.
Yeah from what I could hear in his sermon it sounded less like a man preaching gospel but more like a con-man swindling them into a bad deal.
And then during the fight you see the preacher had a revolver hidden in his bible. He was never a true man of God, because no real priest would do that. The Tramp recognized the preacher's dishonesty from the very beginning. Of even greater note to me is the Undertaker. They establish very quickly that he shows up, claims a dead body, then leaves. They didn't know who, and the false preacher used that to get the Tramp killed. But the Undertaker wasn't after him, and I love how he also wasn't after the preacher, like most stories would have had it. He was just there for one of the townsfolk, and their fear and the manipulations of one man got the whole town killed.@@liltnarg5017
@@liltnarg5017 yeah, and I've seen such a con man at my own grandfather's funeral. The "priest" was giving a sermon and suddenly mentioned the story of "something something and the Three Whores"....I'm not a church goer, but even I know that's not a story to tell at a funeral.
@@benjaminkern6450 Yeesh I mean he wasn't even trying to hide it.
@@liltnarg5017 and then he had the nerve of asking my grieving grandmother for a donation of $150!! Thank God I didn't find until two years later, otherwise my cousins and I would've removed the Jesus from the cross in the church and placed the priest on there instead, crown of thorns included. 😡
“Father, you have brought this upon us!!”
Yeah, I’d say that’s accurate.
Edit: Obligatory *WELL IT AIN’T GONNA BE ME.*
7:59 Being afk and returning to the game and to see your team lost
GaelVids07 why is this so accurate
Honestly this fits the enemy team more.
In that context that is a great meme, kudos
Fucking epic comment, 10/10.
I get it
Things I noticed -
1. There was no blood around the cripple but his own
2. Everybody died (obviously)
3. The undertaker was whistling his song
Ya, it’s the ok sign. He’s cool.
Don't forget the Christ allegory of the Cripple's corpse lying with his arms outstretched like Jesus on the cross. The one innocent in the madness who told the truth while no one listened.
“Be careful hunting monsters, lest you become one yourself, for when you stare into the Abyss, the Abyss also stares into you.” Frederich Nietzsche
“What is that, Neitzsche? Shut the fuck up.” - Rust Cohle
@@orbitalbutt6757 "vision of things can be wrong. Be sure of what you think is true will lead you to become them".
-Me
me and my siblings in the living room
Mom: So one of you guys gonna clean the bathroom
me: *WELL IT AINT GONNA BE ME*
Lol
Can we just appreciate the fact that the undertaker whistles the song about himself when he's measuring up at the end? That means, a) he's heard the song, and b) he likes it and whistles to it! I just find that awesome xD
xrainbowmintx, The Undertaker is supposed to be an expression, The Undertaker is death, It all comes for us and no religion or anything can out run it.
somegoodplayer 1 t’was not necessary for this one bucko
No more XD's for you
I think the Old Hobo Man was the only innocent person in that town. Poor old Hobo man , you will always be remembered
Do you understand the incredible irony of "Poor old Hobo man, you will always be remembered."
UNDERTAKER PRANK (GONE WRONG) (MINISTER RAGED) (RIP AND TEAR)
One witness.
(Gone Sexual)
Justamach (Gone High)
✔✔✔[IN THE HOOD]{BOOBS EXPOSED}✔✔✔✔✔
[LITERALLY DYING]
I appreciate how the hobo retorted with “why don’t you try it”. He knows that the preacher is the real blasphemer. I also like that the hobo was the only one willing to move towards the undertaker. To his death.
"Submit to the Lord!!"
"Why dont YOU try?"
I love how he pretends to be righteous but he ain't no christian
But he also ain’t exactly wrong. The priest was corrupt.
@@Cassiopea525 I was talking about the priest.He ain't no christian.We dont know if the homeless guy was but he didnt want to follow the corrupt priest or not.
@@TheBlankInk actually in 'the making of' video the tramp was confirmed to be a Christian.
@@terlim8003 well makes sense.....look at how Pacific he was.He was just playin his guitar man.
@Steve the Blood Raven a corrupt like this Christian ain't no Christian.I have strong feelings towards stuff like this tbh
"Submit to tha lord!"
"Pfft, why don't you try it?"
Ladies and gentlemen I found my spirit animal
Same
Yep, you know it
I don't get the joke I am so dumb.
Guitar man is not an animal he is a human!
+Helen Jiang So... an animal.
So... anyone notice how the cripple went straight for the undertaker to get away from the mob?
For the mob, death is the horror, but the crippled man understands that death is just the end to all horrors (f.e. the mob). Dont fear death, fear humans who fear death.
Don't fear the reaper
That's some shakespearean shit right there man.
The undertaker is also a personification of god.
He ran for aid but God does not intervene.
slitor You mean he personifies the God that ACTUALLY doesn't intervene. Because from my knowledge damn near all Gods that are supposed to not intervene seem to always do it. Weird ain't it?
I like how clean the Undetaker's wings were animated at the start of the movie compared to the end. The first were calm and clean, as the cause of death was just unfortunate happenstance. The end though has the wings all shard-like, twisted, and cruel to reflect the horrid nature of what just happened in the town.
11 years later, this still remains a unique, iconic short that is frankly one of those buried treasures that is just pure golden. Aint no one got anything on this kind of stuff, cheers to the creators
Omg this is so rich with symbolism.
A few favorites: the tramp runs willingly towards his fate, the priest has a gun in his Bible, the tramp dies sprawled out like a crucifix, blood is everywhere but doesn't touch the tramp, and the undertaker doesn't even cause any of the death - it was all caused by the people.
symbolises war and mentality of peoplE
WeLL iT aInT GONNA bE ME
Hes a hobo homie
I think the blood everywhere symbolizes how everyone was consumed by the fear EXCEPT the lone man, the fear that caused the deaths of everyone.
Finally comments with debate. You guys are indeed peacefull.
PEACE BE WITH YOU ALL.
That "Oh GOD no..." line is one of the best deliveries of a short line I've ever heard. The raw emotion in it is amazing.
and the eyes are so eerily realistic
Because that not rain….that blood rain.
@@nathanblevins158 When we sin...that bloodguiltiness is upon ourselves. At least the Big Guy realized what he had done, and did everything in his power, to rectify the situation.
@@ronaldshank7589 what? You mean charging at the priest while getting shot. Then somehow got back up with a cross slam the priest head with the cross.
Then yes. Your right.
@@nathanblevins158 Apparently, the first shot SOMEHOW wasn't fatal...or, at least, not immediately. Big Bubba somehow found the power to get up, and accomplish his mission.
Admittedly, I don't get it, either, how that the first shot didn't kill him outright...but It is what it is.
That's all I can think of, to tell ya...
i rememeber watching this back around 2013, and 7 years later it just suddenly popped back in my head. took some time to find it as i didnt know the name. weird how certain memories can just appear from doing absolutely nothing.
I watched this 8 years ago and it popped in my head now so i went to my old facebook archive to find it because i remember watching it and posting it as a teen and how it changed my perspective on so many things in life. This is a true gem .
Imagine being feared so much that just your presence is enough to drive an entire town to murderous insanity. Holy s**t.
Everyone is talking about the symbolism and stuff in the animation and i'm over here wondering how the hell someone ripped a rib cage out from someone
I wonder how someone ripped half of a man's head off
How edgy u are
Fatality
fatality indeed
I guess it's called "aggressive energy". U see friend, when you feel adrenalin, you'll almost have an extra power energy thay explodes. That's how we survive I guess.
Best part of the animation:
"Submit to the Lord"
"Why don't you?"
Think about the Salem Witch Trials, the Red Scare, and of the Westburo Baptist Church. It didn't *really* matter if you were a good person and truly followed God, if you were accused of being a witch or a communist or were gay, you were labelled a heathen. The officials in question demanded they give their way of life up or be punished. You can argue that these officials were actually the ones farthest from God. Just like in this animation. The priest is spreading hate and the homeless guy knows it. Meanwhile the homeless guy's worst crime was just nit going to church.
+metademetra The hell does communism have to do with being a heathen? :P
+Nyrufa I believe metademetra was referring to the McCarthy era of anti-communism in the United States.
Your Imouto I'm pretty sure that was a joke
*****
it might be, but it's hard to tell considering how much communism is demonized in certain countries.
There are people who actually believe that communist is an insult and that they should actually die.
He might have been joking, but like i said it's hard to tell.
*****
And if it was a joke, it was pretty funny:3
Yo, the song the hobo’s singing is about the Last Plague of Egypt (the one that started Passover), where the Angel of Death came and killed all the firstborn unless their doors were marked.
What we’re seeing here is the Angel of Death, who has come to judge the town.
They judged GUILTY.
"SUBMIT TO THE LORD!"
"Why don't you try it?"
Woah now, didn't need to kill him.
This reminds me of a story from my grandma.
Old Ebony Angel visited Tinytown during the last week of every month. Whenever someone was touched by Old Ebony, they died that very night. The town was always shrinking, but never did they try to change. Old Ebony always stayed at the inn for a single night at the end of the week and would leave the very next morning. It took the Angel one week to walk home, so Old Ebony stayed home for another week before taking yet another to walk to Tinytown.
Tinytown had a mayor who never liked outsiders and who never understood those less fortunate than him. Tinytown also had a beggar who was born from a long line of poverty stricken people. Yet the beggar was taught to always show kindness and to welcome a guest into your home, even when it was inconvenient. So, whenever Old Ebony showed up, the beggar was the first and only one to come and greet the Angel. The beggar would talk the Angel's ear off until Old Ebony was tired and needed to check into the inn. The beggar never stopped the Angel, knowing that one cannot stop Death, but also because that would have been rude.
One day, the mayor decided he needed to find a way to stop Old Ebony Angel from coming. He watched as the beggar asked for money. He smirked, knowing his town would not give him a penny. The mayor himself outlawed the act of giving money if it were not in the exchange of goods. The beggar was too humble to lie about having goods, and for that, the mayor thought the beggar a fool. But, as the mayor watched, he recalled how it had always been the beggars of the town who would greet the Angel. Perhaps the Angel never claimed a beggar until they wete old was because the Angel only came to see the poor. Like an overly polite attraction, the beggars pulled the guest from their home. So the mayor decided to make another law. One punishable by death.
The smug little mayor let out the news of his newest law right after Old Ebony's latest visit. "Begging is no longer acceptable. Attempting to take or ask for money is now illegal should the bargainer have no physical goods to give during the time of 'purchase' or 'trade'. Failing to adhere to this law will result in a large fine."
However, the mayor found that the beggar was not so simple as he had expected. Now the beggar just sat on the street and wished the townspeople a fine day, hands at the sides and mouth in a smile. He cursed the beggar and began writing another one. The next day, he spread the news.
"All residents must live in a house and have a job to support those homes. Anyone without a job must pay a fine gor each day. Anyone without a house, must pay a fee to the mayor as rent."
Our beggar sighed, but also laughed. "I have no money and the only job available in town is the mayor's secretary. Can I have that job?"
The mayor scoffed and replied, "I do not hire people who owe me money. Pay up soon or you can say goodbye to this town."
But when the beggar gave the mayor all that they had, the mayor grumbled. The beggar gave the mayor a stale piece of bread from last month. He left to write his final decree. In the morning, it was anounced, "Anyone who has reached a debt of 100,000 coins will be sentenced to death and will have their items sold in an auction. No exceptions."
It took only a week for those fees and fines to add up. The beggar stood on a chair under a tree. A rope was snug at the neck. The mayor asked, "Amy last words?"
The beggar sadly looked at the town and said, "Please tell Old Ebony that I am sorry I was not there this time."
They yanked the chair out from under the beggar's feet and the town watched the life flood from their eyes.
Now the mayor was sure Ebony would have no reason to come
And he was wrong. Old Ebony Angel showed up on time. But the Angel immediately checked into the inn. For all seven days of that week, someone from the inn had dropped dead. On the last day, Old Ebony left, this time with a sorrowful frown.
The month after, the mayor watched in horror as Old Ebony came into the inn and left a week later, the rest of the staff now dead.
This went on for month after month. Year after year. Finally, the month came where only the mayor was left. He barricaded himself in and used the last of his money to buy fences and defenses. But Old Ebony entered without a problem and took the mayor by his arm.
The mayor's grave was unmarked and left in the middle of the desert. Old Ebony never visited the town again. No one did. Tinytown fell apart and was eventually forgotten.
But why had Old Ebony Angel began to stay for a week when the Angel had originally only stayed for a night?
I’m guessing old ebony was waiting for his friend.
Damn poor beggar
KanaHyoshi I don’t know why, you have an answer for yourself?
I think the angel and begger are a lover but due to the role of their duty make them have a difficult time in life to contact each other, only by talking when taking a walk together. so they can distract each other from their duty for a while. but after the begger is not there then the angel can do her duty at full efficient.
Probably saved the mayor for last to torment him with watching lose his entire town, the greed of one could lead to the demise of many
At about 4:21, there's a flash of the cripple's death right after he looks at the undertaker.
Great, now i won't be able to sleep tonight
Maybe that means he knew he was going to die
There's a flash of how a bunch of people in town were gonna die
damn
it's a flash of the undertaker with blacked out wings
9 years passed and still one of my all time favorite short films.
Am I the only one that can watch this a million times and never get bored with it?🤔
Nah. It's one of those cool animations that really could only exist online.
"SUBMIT TO THE LORD!"
"Why don't you try it?"
woodlandwendigo savage!
Yeah I luv that part
OHHHHHH
Holds even deeper meaning at the end. Also, he was referring to himself.
The priest never knew true faith.
First it was beautiful and unsettling. Then it was beautiful and creepy, THEN it was unsettling and terrifying, and *THEN* it was a week's worth of nightmare feul.
Well........if i may join the group right here.......
*scoots over on the bench*
that one guy who just has THAT ONE LINE, everyone's already blurting out in the comment-sections, he has little screen time, yet he is one of the key characters of this story.
his fear isn't based on any real faith, compassion or anything else than blind egoism. "me above anything else" is his only principle. that's why he was willing to initiate the massacre, by blindly starting to kill people around him. just to get himself and only himself, safely out of this mess. he didn't really care about anyone else.
i think that this guy is even on the same level of antagonist as the Minister (No, the credits EXPLICITLY say that the guy with the bible is a MINISTER, not a priest). he is more than just a frightened sheeple. he is the egoist that runs along with what's convenient for him. but also one who only follows the rules, as long as they would bring him personal gain. but as soon as he sees an opportunity to gain something out of breaking them, he does it, without remorse.
As someone who had grown up in “the backwater gospel”, this is pretty darn accurate.
I know I might be overthinking this but I think the undertaker respects the Homeless guy. At the end his coffin was just closed barely making any noise. But when it came to everyone else, he slammed the doors
They were all slammed, it was done to the beat of the song on purpose
@@Galactic_JS No, His is definetly a lot quieter than the rest of them
@@rockyhorrorfreakshow5091 No dude, 8:51 you clearly hear his shut the exact same way. You only hear it shut quieter because you want to hear it shut quieter. You're fooling your own self. Listen to his coffin close and then listen to the others. Shut the exact same way
YOU FOOL
Pretty sure he didn't..... death doesn't favor anyone, ya know?
So that's why Dutch never talks about what happened in Blackwater.
Oh shit never thought about that
But who would be dutch everyones dead
Dang it I hate and love you or at least the comment
lol
*Backwater
It would be cool to see a horror game with this art and story.
absolutely!! would put little nightmares to shame!!
I think Deadlands may be what you are looking for.
Maybe try out Borderlands? It has the same art style, but I'm not sure if it's considered horror. Besides, everyone has a different interpretation of horror, so you might like it. It's somehow both futuristic and Stone Age at the same time. Really impressive series. It's a 3rd person shooter. I don't wanna spoil anything, so I'll let you check it out.
@@kyragentry4790 I've played all the Borderlands games none of them had creepy/horror moments in them. What I would like to see is a horror game that's inspired by the overall message of the animation, the art style kinda just adds to the atmosphere. I was raised with a similar theological belief that's depicted in the animation. So for me, it would be creepy, seeing how it hits pretty close to home for me. But yeah, I can see how this concept wouldn't be scary for everyone.
@@Lunar_Raven That sounds really cool! I would totally give that game a try! Sorry for misunderstanding!
Moral of the story: we’re all sinners. So we shouldn’t throw rocks at each other.
ThatWhiteGuy I mean, they part was taken out of context.
And all the undertaker did was just sit there...
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+Luis Rivera That's the best kind of joke.
The ministrater was the bad apple
Orange Koala bro
There was no bad apple...
+Isabel Garcia Or maybe they were all bad apples?
you know, the undertaker isnt that bad
everybody there got a proper burial, where as like... if he wasn't there theyd have just rotten in the sun
standup guy
That’s the point, he’s the Vulture
That's the point, those who sing his song know him and the way he works. Those who know the song know that death is inevitable, and those who sing it have accepted it.
WELL IT AIN'T GONNA BE ME!!!!
OMG. That's why he measures the dead people.
So he can construct coffins for them to bury them properly.
"All in a day's work"
6:03 jesus said that to stop a person from getting stoned by saying none are without sin. People like the priest give us cristains a bad name by wrongly interpreting what the true bible says.
Hunter Scates agree. These cults (Jehovah’s Witnesses, etc.) portray us as liars
The bibel is just a pice of shit
Its cuz he is corrupt everyone has sinned that's the point......
Do not take it that way
@@benjaminkjerp532 bible talks about rfid chips
Look up 2020/060606 into google
truth! he did.
Undertaker : Death
Townsfolk : Regular people who fear death
Preacher : People who control others using their fear
Homeless guy : Those who do not fear death
The Homeless guy threatens the preacher's power with his mere existence.
He doesn't fall in line and therefore is proof that one doesn't have to if nothing bad happens to him.
6:03 This is an interesting quote to use here; doesn’t the Bible *explicitly* say no man is without sin. I think this further solidifies the fact he’s only a preacher for control and power.
Yes, and the other comments above you already having debate about religion.
Ok yeS it’s a really interesting use of it. In the original context, a group of men wanted to stone a chick to death for adultery or something. Jesus came in and said that exact quote: “let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” Basically telling them all to fuck off with trying to kill this chick for committing a sin when not a single one of them can claim to have never sinned, and they all know it. In that situation, Jesus used the phrase to talk these guys down from killing someone, and remind them that they are not superior. Here, the preacher is using the phrase to incense the crowd into violence, and the fact that they all immediately throw their stones shows that they truly believe they are superior or without sin. It ALSO shows that the preacher has no fuckin clue what he’s talking about; if he’d read the Bible that he preaches he’d know just how crazy it is to say that and mean it unironically. Anyway, that’s just one of my favorite little details in this animation
exactly!
@@bananasinfrench Something else to remember is that his bible wasn't even able to read properly, he had a gun in there. He clearly didn't actually care about what he was preaching considering his own bible isn't intact enough to preach from.
Yeah it’s the most blatant example of the preacher twisting scripture to manipulate and retain power
I realzie that the townspeople were hiding away from The Undertaker for seven days. In the Bible, there are Seven Years of Tribulation during the end of the world right? That's actually a very interesting parallel if you think about it.
_ Mortuo _ and wasn’t the world created in seven days according to the Bible
Yeah, seven is the Bible's "magical" number.
YES that IS a very interesting parallel
_ Mortuo _ and your comment was made 7 months ago
@@dompan9169 oh shiiit
first time saw this when i was a kid, lowkey traumatised me. But the message got carved deep in me and still gives me goosebumps after 12 years
This was absolutely brilliant! I love how the gore was mitigated by the flashes of light during the storm, but the level of violence was most extreme among these 'believers'. The hollow Bible with the gun; incredible. I can imagine the spirits of Edgar Poe, Mark Twain, and Louis L'Amour coming together to send a collective spark of inspiration to you for this. Honestly, this feels like a western-style graphic novel that would exist in the Watchmen universe!
This video is not saying religion is evil, it's saying false belief and belief rooted in fear are the true evil. These people the priest especially claimed to be one with the lord but ran in fear and let that fear destroy them. FEAR IS THE DESTROYER OF ALL . That's at least that's my interpretation of it. I am an atheist though
Starmadien2019 very interesting
Your interpretation is understandable, and intriguing.
Daniel Jones thanks man I’ll keep that in mind
in the behind the scenes thing it says that the cripple (that's his actual name) is not strictly nonreligious. it also says that the preacher believes that death comes because the undertaker does, but the cripple believes the undertaker comes because death does
Pretty spot on my dude
*I T A I N T G O N N A B E M E*
discount potato yah that guy was my favorite
**Dodging adulthood and responsibilities in general like**
(Stabs you in the back)
6 word memoirs
Well it ain’t gonna be me either... *hides until everyone is dead*
Years later I still sing this song and quote lines from this animation, it's just amazing! I love the story, characters, voices, design, hidden messages, the environment and the idea of the undertaker. It's all thought out and executed so well!
One of my favourite pieces of animation - period. No fucking contest. Been appreciating this work of art since I was 14, I'm now a very different man at the age of 25 - but the brilliance of this piece shall never fade.
Priest: submit to the lord
Hobo: no u
*SPEECH 100*
JDMFOSNFOSMFP
Actually its handicapped hobo
Well it ain’t gonna be me: 6:55
@Gregory Walter I prefer the "r/BoneAppleTea" version: Hippocrip
100 Players Left
2:47
Well, it ain't going to be me.
10 Players Left
6:53
*WELL IT AIN'T GOING TO BE ME!*
I don't know if anyone has commented on it, but at the end you can see a rainbow behind the Undertaker as he starts measuring the bodies. After God brought disaster upon the world in Noah's story, he casted a rainbow. It was his way of saying, "I'm sorry, I won't do it again." Here, it symbolizes that the town is now free of evil - the priest.
For almost ten years this cartoon remains, my favorite, for many reasons.))))
Thanks for having it, and Happy anniversary.!!!
"Well it ain't gonna be me" - me when we have to decide who has to do the chores today
+JBBen123 wtf where did that come from
+JBBen123 I now that was very tasteless but he used it twice about death and ... What am I doing you made a joke and I'm retarded
+JBBen123 haha yeah but it's ok :)
Me neither!
+Sakata Gintoki This comment has me in stitches 😂😂😂
Anyone else really like and feel sorry for the guy with a guitar
Michael J. Caboose yes
Me
I think everyone does
thats the point of the animation
Yes
Honestly this would make a great episode of Love, Death, and Robots. It's a show on Netflix, you guys should check it out if you haven't seen it
returning to this years later, and it's still beautiful. the tone, the symbolism, the music, the animation, the style... simply beautiful
Wow this was fucking mega dark. The Undertaker didn't have to do a damn thing, the town did his job for him. That might be what his job is; simply by showing up, the fear of the townspeople turn them against one another, and you got a massacre, which would give the Undertaker plenty of business.
I saw it a little bit differently. The Undertaker (and by implication the force known as Death) knew the town was on the verge of religious fervor, created by the Preacher, and he simply waited for it all to go south.
He already knew what was coming; that is why is simply sitting there. Death cannot do anything, it is simply there as force that waits for you at the moment of passing, whether you die of natural causes (some disease, old age, accident) or murder. He was simply there to collect souls as death; and waiting for the bodies to stack up - plenty of business for the Undertaker. The how and why was not any of his concern.
***** he wasn't an actual undertaker, it was death / the grim reaper.
TheShinyDunsparce I wondered how he was the only one that sees "Light" in the short...
***** They didn't do his job for him. Killing people isn't his job at all, which is the whole irony of their paranoia and eventual bloodbath.
the undertaker is, as shown in the description, an embodiment of death itself. i agree with Marinus van Zyl on this one. i believe that he came because he knew that death, as a result of the deteriorating insanity of the town, was approaching. thats what he was doing. he was waiting. its a perfect analogy for society; if one believes in something else, it causes chaos and they must "destroy the bad apple." and in effect, we tear each other apart instead.
Its beautiful,
"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone"
Sinless to sinner, in a flick of a wrist.
Honestly I hopped the Undertaker would just say "Now you are with sin" with a shit eating grin
Notice how the preacher doesn't cast a stone?
looking at the script in the behind the scenes video is fun coz then you get to see that the whole plot of this short is that the Undertaker was sent by God since he's sick of the towns hypocrisy and just wanted them to volunteer pull each other apart lol. Fun story and great visuals!!
Just want to say, The Undertaker would make a grate SCP.
Reminds me of Death in the Book Thief:
I am not violent. I am not maliscious. I am a result.
Everyone was punished for the sins of one man... and the punishment... WAS _DEATH_
That just sounds like a really terrible legal system.
If you think about it though, the preacher was right, everyone did die at the end.
Daniel Christmas Yeah, yeah I know that.
Funny thing is, the preacher constantly misenterprets the gospel, but in the end, everyone is punished cause of his sins.
Well, that's what it's teaching us here. The blind white sheep will follow, which makes them 100% legitimate towards getting punished, especially if they do stupid shit like these fellow people did in this animation.
AH NU CHEEKI BREEKI IV DAMKE I understand that entirely, I just think it's kinda funny hearing it said like that.
Violence is never the answer, God wants his creations to come together in unity not vile hatred.
Those who enact violence in the name of God do not truly believe in God, nor does he in them.
"Sell you cloak and buy a sword"
Encating violence isn't the problem, it's initiating violence.
Virulent Stalker God prefers kind atheists over hateful Christians
Been watching this every so often for ten years now
If this was transferred over into a full feature-length film it would be a classic.
The Mist from Steven Spielberg have some very close resemblance to it.
No it wouldn’t, the length is part of what makes this perfect. It never overstays its welcome and every single frame is significant and drenched in symbolism
I'm pretty sure the fundies would riot!
i always notice how the cripple man tries to run away from the people TOWARDS the undertaker, would this have any deeper meaning?
well he had no where else to go
im guessing the cripple man is the voice of reason, and the undertaker is the consequence of incivility.
Where else he could run? And hiding behind this enigmatic Undertaker might be effective, because others are too scared of him
What shocked ME the most was when the pastor had a gun in the bible. That fucked with me hardcore.
I beleive this is because the cripple is the only person in the town who seems to accept the undertaker and knows he can't avoid but he can avoid the violent and confused town folk.
Who's still coming back to this in 2020?
Angelo Bottigliero I remember seeing a music video to this forever ago, only just now seeing the whole video.
@@PintelaComoQuiera zeik toch niet zo
Im here
I love everything about this! The animation, the style, the character designs, the colours, the voice acting, even the deeper meaning behind the story. I love everything about this! Honestly, I will gladly watch this more than once or twice!
Everybody is talking about religion and i'm sitting here, thinking how awesome the Undertaker is.
I mean, he can kill an entire village just by existing.
n1
+Lord Triscen He didn't kill them. He did nothing. They did that to themselves.
+Sheriff Valdr underrated comment here
+Sheriff Valdr STOP GIVING ME HEARTHSTONE FLASHBACKS
+Sheriff Valdr he needs that sweet VACaction. :3
He isn't a murderer, he is an omen that death will come. The villagers brought death to themselves.
i like how he calls them all "children" despite them being grown adults. really shows how much control he has/wants to have over these people.
its truly sad huh?
That is a valid interpretation, but it’s more like just a general term that a preacher would use to refer to the congregation, like some pastors say “church,” some say “dearly beloved” y’know
I think it also might be just be a twisted play on the term "children of the lord"
@@l.d.cfilms4363 True
Pretty sure its like.. God is the creator, the priest is like the Father bc he teaches the people like how parents teach kids.
Teacher: Can I have someone to hand out the books?
Everyone in the class: 'W E L L I T A I N T G O N N A B E M E !'
i remembered this again today out of nowhere, and i am consistently amazed every time i watch it. this whole thing was fantastic. the art style itself, the story pacing, the technical skill, the character design, the music- this is so well done and i will never be over it!