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The Surfin' Bird (Forty-two Years Later) JULY 24, 2009 UPDATE, 493106 views: So there's been a lot of debate, 2000+ posts: praising, lambasting, debates, jokes, stupidity... let me clear up some things... Foremost, I'm not taking a side. If you think I am, that's your own bias. None of these clips are from major news agencies; Not a snuff film, there was much more graphic footage. I did want this to make people think; I believe it has, and I appreciate the good ratings. It shows that a technically amateurish independent video can be moving, too. Notes: The Trashmen's Surfin' Bird (1963) was an ode to Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. Not sped it up because I'm not Kubrick. Sound quality is poor because I wanted there to be a feeling of grit, anguish. Song was not chosen to be 'comical', rather as a greater 'human tragedy', nonsensical. Shots: 1. LBJ --parallels to today. I'm not saying it IS Vietnam, that would be simplistic at best. I'm saying that history sometimes rhymes, I see a rhythm. Politicians are far away from the realities of the soldiers, too. 2. Baghdad Iraq before the war; during. Demonstrates how civilians are at stake; 'shock and awe'. 3. Soldiers duck from shrapnel. Danger of battle even from a distance. Make yous think twice when you read 'wounded from shrapnel.' 4. Don't know why they were firing at the bus. Do you? Does it matter in the end? 5. Closer on the bus -- to show it was Americans shooting. Whole video of this bus shooting is fairly long. I didn't ...

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