Violence portrayed

September 30, 2012 7:21 PM

Short film by Khalil Joseph Song by Flying Lotus, Film by Khalil Joseph. Very violent images, but beautiful all at the same time.
posted by Yellow (9 comments total)

some info from FL's twitter:

our film was shot in Nickerson Gardens,on beautiful 35mm. We were lucky to shoot there as they don't really let in the uninvited. blessed

i also remember reading somewhere (spin? twitter?) that the ambulance and police helicopter just happened to be there the day of shooting... so depressing. so beautiful.
posted by raihan_ at 7:37 PM on September 30, 2012

J DILLA CHANGED MY LIFE.

Word.
posted by Evstar at 7:39 PM on September 30, 2012 [2 favorites]

Direct link to the HQ YT video
posted by filthy light thief at 8:00 PM on September 30, 2012 [1 favorite]

flt, the encoding should be better.
posted by coolxcool=rad at 8:14 PM on September 30, 2012

The main link is to an embedded video, with HQ pre-set. I couldn't get the video to play without unblocking various sites, and then when I did see it, I realized it was just an embedded YouTube video. You can change the quality up to 1080p on the video if you like.
posted by filthy light thief at 8:33 PM on September 30, 2012

Also, the album by FlyLo is very inspired by Dilla. Lovely video, wonderful album, from what I've heard.
posted by filthy light thief at 9:02 PM on September 30, 2012

The album is streaming here, and it is excellent.
posted by kaspen at 10:16 PM on September 30, 2012

OH!, and also, on the upcoming album launch this Tuesday he'll be performing it all on live webcast with many (all) of the guests from the album:

BOILER ROOM LOS ANGELES 008: LOW END THEORY/ FLYING LOTUS, DJ LO DOWN LORETTA BROWN AKA ERYKAH BADU, DADDY KEV, NOBODY, THE GASLAMP KILLER, D-STYLES & NOCANDO

Boiler Room requires registration to view but it is free and simple to obtain.
posted by kaspen at 10:20 PM on September 30, 2012 [1 favorite]

The film is beautiful by the way, and I think a testament to what 'music videos' or film with music can be and are becoming.
posted by kaspen at 10:22 PM on September 30, 2012