It really is. It's so odd too. Talk about an extreme case of lightning in a bottle. There is no other documentary in existence that is this compelling on any level. I just watched it a couple days ago and plan to go ahead and watch it again after seeing this clip.
Same here man. People look at older adults and just see like a withered old person, we don't realize that they had an entire full lives and did amazing things. Especially people from Bill's generation, and it makes total sense why he's so close to his money he grew up in the depression
@@wiseauserious8750 He cant have been that close to his money. He lives in a trailer and he's even giving some money to his 'nephew'. Maybe it's you who's the materialist.
Bill is the best. And it makes total sense why he's so close to his money, the man grew up in the depression. Folks like him are mostly gone now, it's a shame. They were the type who had a job and they just did it, they got the job done
He might not have had any job. A failure like so many us, have been, are and will be. Could be a good guy, but a black sheep. Look at him, maybe being looked after, but he lives in an ice box.
I have tried in vain to find more information about Uncle Bill. From what people have said about him, including his brother, he was at one time really with it, i.e., in the mix with others and doing important stuff. I would give a lot to see what he was doing in the 70s.
Bill worked in construction most of his life, according to Mark on the American Movie DVD commentary. When he died and they were cleaning up his home, Mark said that there were food cans from the 60s and 70s still in his cupboard. It's likely that Bill was an unassuming blue collar guy most of his life who retained an interest in poetry and lived very simple and plain.
" I will visit your grave every day, well not everyday but I will visit it sometime if I ever find it" lol rudest poem ever
ministeroffashion Greatest line in cinema history.
it's the honest poem
"...I will find it,
don't tell me where it is!
So good bye sweetheart,
bye, bye blues."
The "don't tell me where it is" is GOLD!
The greatest documentary of all time. Period
I concur.
@@cypressbutane4575 Likely the best I've seen.
Truth. I watch it every year, and I would pay good money for the hours and hours of footage that didn't make it into the documentary
It really is. It's so odd too. Talk about an extreme case of lightning in a bottle. There is no other documentary in existence that is this compelling on any level. I just watched it a couple days ago and plan to go ahead and watch it again after seeing this clip.
FACTS
i hope you can smoke in heaven bill
I hope he can drink peppermint schnapps
@@brianm2881 got a good taste
"Are these songs you wrote?"
"Well this is what happen to me."
I'm a simple man. I see Uncle BIll and I click.
It's all right it's okay there's something to click on Jesus told me so!
Mark's always at the beer distributer lol
When he sang "Byyyye byyyye bluuuues", I felt that deep in my soul.
Same here man. People look at older adults and just see like a withered old person, we don't realize that they had an entire full lives and did amazing things. Especially people from Bill's generation, and it makes total sense why he's so close to his money he grew up in the depression
@@wiseauserious8750 He cant have been that close to his money. He lives in a trailer and he's even giving some money to his 'nephew'. Maybe it's you who's the materialist.
It’s bye bye booze. That’s the song he’s singing.
Can you smoke cigarettes in heaven?
I have often wondered that, too! 😄
Uncle Bill is basically just a Nick Mullen old man impression
Bill is the best. And it makes total sense why he's so close to his money, the man grew up in the depression. Folks like him are mostly gone now, it's a shame. They were the type who had a job and they just did it, they got the job done
He might not have had any job. A failure like so many us, have been, are and will be. Could be a good guy, but a black sheep. Look at him, maybe being looked after, but he lives in an ice box.
@@therespectedlex9794 "He might not have had any job" He did... He was a construction worker his whole life and retired and sat on his money.
@@blackbirdboy All good points.
like an old Dr. Brule
I have tried in vain to find more information about Uncle Bill. From
what people have said about him, including his brother, he was at one
time really with it, i.e., in the mix with others and doing important
stuff. I would give a lot to see what he was doing in the 70s.
God wouldn't that be great if they had film footage of Bill is a much younger man to show? What a man he must have been in his prime
Could be flattery.
Bill worked in construction most of his life, according to Mark on the American Movie DVD commentary. When he died and they were cleaning up his home, Mark said that there were food cans from the 60s and 70s still in his cupboard. It's likely that Bill was an unassuming blue collar guy most of his life who retained an interest in poetry and lived very simple and plain.