A Lesson from The Driller Killer: video essay

[@cheapthrillsproductions]

It's been a while since the one on Zabriskie Point - so great to see the return of your video essays! Best, Matt

[@BenWoodiwiss]

Thank you so much Matt 🙌

[@BenWoodiwiss]

Oh wow, so nice to hear from you! And thank you so much Matt! 🙌

[@miaouew]

2 mins 30 seconds in and I have already liked and subscribed. You are going to go far, my friend. Keep up the content.

[@BenWoodiwiss]

Oh wow 🔥 Thank you so much 🙌

[@shortminute]

Thanks for sharing and creating a video essay that perfectly frames what it was like coming of age with VHS. So much of this is true for me as well. Right down to being looked after by the local punk rockers. Captain Sensible!

[@BenWoodiwiss]

Aw man, thank you so much, and really nice to hear it took you down that VHS/punk memory lane 🙌

[@shortminute]

Quick question, as it's rare that I find someone who shares aspects of my upbringing. I was struck by the memories you had of Driller Killer. You remember the gore and yet because the outer lifestyle matched your own at the time you don't recall it's extremity. Perhaps we mostly remember the extremes? As I share the same interpretation of the film. I saw it when I was 12 and I recall the gore. Which brings me to the larger question. If you grow up in chaos do you seek order? Does order become an extreme? This order seems to be a theme in your other video essay on DE. I have a pet theory that if you grow up in chaos you seek order and if you grow up in order you'll seek chaos. It's a binary assumption I'll admit. Yet I see it in education where I work. The "at risk youth" often join the military or go to jail. While the "privileged" kids go to post secondary and take to post structuralist theories. Thanks for the standout work on these essays.

[@BenWoodiwiss]

@@shortminute So I 100% believe we remember the extremes, whatever they might be. A lot of my very very earliest memories are what you would definitely call extreme moments. And I do lean towards the idea that we seek/embody the opposite of whatever it was we grew up in. It's definitely not as binary as that, like you say - because lord knows, even though I'm bound up in order I can still chaos like a boss - but in general I do go along with that. Thank you so much too, I really appreciate this🕯🙌

[@shortminute]

@@BenWoodiwiss Thanks for the confirmation. I teach in post secondary and have also taught in the extremes of the prison systems. It seems to bear out. It's great that you're out there making quality work. I'll share your content. Especially with students.

[@BenWoodiwiss]

@@shortminute Oh wow, thank you so much, I really do appreciate that 🙌🔥