ATONEMENT, YouTube Clips & Found Objects

After posting the previous entry I thought of something else: What we also continue to discuss in class is the notion of art relating to iMovie. Is a YouTube clip with a pop song on the same level as an artist naming a found object as a work of art? I promise there's connection to Atonement, and it is this:

I found five YouTube clips in which a fan found a similarity between Cecilia and Robbie to the characters of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) directed by Michel Gondry. Each of the five following clips contains the last moments of Atonement with Jon Brion's score from Eternal Sunshine dubbed over them. They were all created by the same YouTube user, 9075401booze.


Atonement (I)
Music: "Bookstore" by Jon Brion (from the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind original score)


Atonement (II)
Music: "Peer Pressure" (ESOTSM score)


Atonement (III)
Music: "Phone Call" (ESOTSM score)


Atonement (IV)
Music: "Row" (ESOTSM score)


Atonement (V)
Music: "Spotless Mind" (ESOTSM score)

I could babble about each of the previous clips and how they each have their own virtual feeling, but I feel like the creater (9075401booze) has come to terms with the individuality of each clip. This could be motivation for keeping all the clips online. Here's an excerpt of the creater's notes under the description of each clip: "Only problem was I couldn't choose between the five songs I initially selected... so I thought what the hell, just post them all ;-)" I really think that's what makes this set of five "found objects" so interesting: the creater couldn't figure out which one was "best" because they each capture a different virtual feeling. Even though 9075401booze didn't intend to create this suite of clips, the fact that there exists a set of five clips of pretty much the same thing--each clip with its own distinct phenomenology and virtual feeling--is what makes this set so intriguing.

Now I'll post the true end of the film to compare with the previous five. This clip was possted by buprup, and the score is by Dario Marianelli. The score continues into the credits in the original film, so the clip utilizes the trailer and other bits of Atonement itself. Buprup writes in the description of the work (spoiler alert if you haven't seen Atonement): From 0:01 to 1:09 is the actual ending of the film. This ending music continues through the credits from 1:10, which I replaced with previous death scenes and the trailer..." Such a beautiful amalgam: