Daniel and Laurie

Daniel and Laurie

[@dnttalktome9756]

"She inspired a thousand songs... and then I knew I was an artist. "

[@rockhero2274]

Some of us can relate

[@Be_Bop]

Daniel was such a sweet soul.. I wish the world would have known more about mental illness back in 80s/90s imagine how different things could have played out for Daniel if he would have been born in a more modern time.. He was such an inspiration to me and helped me get my own mental illnesses in check and sorted. Rest In Power Daniel.

[@IWillSmurfYou]

"Modern time" The stigma is still unrelenting.

[@therealtonydutch]

We don't live in modernity. We live in post-post-modernity.

[@joshuapittman4663]

Things wouldn’t have changed. There’s actually more of a stigma placed on mental illnesses due to the school shootings that had happened in the past 20 years. It’s placed a stigma on mental illnesses and on gun owners. I have issues with mood swings and depression, but I’m terrified to get help because I’m afraid that people will think of me as some psychopath.

[@az4455]

It was known..just in a way, not everyone was so willing to be identified by it compared to now. Just wanted to be seen as "normal" like everybody else. Also numbers of those affected by mental health issues have risen in society over the years. This has brought more awareness proportionately.

[@joshuapittman4663]

@Evan Hodge 30 years ago isn’t modern. Laws were different, ideals were different, and events that have forever changed the world have occurred within that time. Example: it was illegal until 2003 for those of the same sex to have sexual relationships or for anyone to have anal and oral sex. Back when this was happening we still had insane asylums, now Daniels only issue would be people thinking that he’s a school shooter for his illness which would likely cause worse issues. Things have changed, even 10 years ago isn’t modern especially 30 years.

[@2bin]

I always get a strong Brian Wilson vibe from Daniel. You can hear the tortured genius in both of their music yet feel the genuine warmth of their personalities in interviews.

[@MitchellMaichak-ze7mr]

You and me BOTH !!!

[@Adam-kn3tv]

I was just saying this to somebody earlier this week. Yes.

[@chriss8792]

Yes totally I’m suprised people don’t compare them more often

[@ChEkAlOtIcH3]

She just seems like a genuinely nice and warm person, hope she is doing ok. Daniel really needed this

[@Wizardhandz]

Unfortunatley he died about 4-5 years ago

[@im4everskilled]

@@WizardhandzDaniel yea, not Laurie

[@RachelHaze]

That ending.. When he's saying "I won't let you go" breaks my heart. I can notice she's being nice and warm for real. It's just that she can't correspond him that way..

[@samsonmcgloughlin]

The green eggs and ham are sentient

[@sheriffvader6908]

I wish the man I met and fell for, who inspired me to go back to making art again was that kind. It was a great betrayal when he became cruel to me

[@thomasdupont7186]

same for me, and Daniel being Daniel ( I don't know him personally but followed him for a long time now), it's just too hard to resist, he has to try to kiss her and asking her to marry her etc.... I mean people would laugh at it as if it was a joke , but I'm not sure he's actually joking....

[@zippymufo9765]

​@@thomasdupont7186From what I read she was creeped out by the meeting and broke off contact with him, but at least she made the effort to reach out. It's not like there was anything in it for her.

[@thomasdupont7186]

@@zippymufo9765 " (...) she was creeped out by the meeting and broke off contact ..." She was ? ... Oh man... 😓 I'm not that surprised though..... But It seems like she was touched by the documentary in the first place right ? ( I didn't understood everything she said). It's such a terrible situation (my brother was schyzophrenic as well, so I see a little bit of him thru Daniel). Plus I'm debating the "love" life of a dead man anyway... I wish Daniel Johnston could have had a girlfriend or even a wife though....He wrote so much about love.... It is silly, but I enjoy son oeuvre so much, and I want to defend the guy. Even if I realize he wasn't very good regarding his attitude towards her..... ps: sorry for my broken English I'm French.

[@billhailey266]

It's walking down the street feeling lonely but don't be sad be glad you're only one step closer to the girl you're going to meet

[@G0THS]

@@tom4y5s72 -Do you find love in the end? "- You mean true love? (giggles) Yeah.. Its more like, uhm... If you have some goods times, they seem even better when you just remember them, you know." quote from this vid. Mr debbie downer kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYbHlq2EotmDhrs

[@draft1643]

I needed this

[@uwotm835]

Well done. You wrote down something that we all already heard in the video

[@tonywilthshire308]

@@uwotm835 no need to be rude

[@Itsyrm8]

@@billhailey266 one step closer to something anyway.. if not to happiness or to fulfillment, sure to death sorri for th bad thought y guys.. btw, if some guy would have acted like Dan did towards a random girl nowadays, the outcome would be the girl uploading on social media yet another story of hers, titled : " me and my stalker" or " creepy, obsessed guy with me" or y name it. yes, most people were clueless back then, still there was some innocence left.. for Dan to slowly realise that there is no more, forevermore

[@colinr5435]

His entire life was a love song to this girl … Nothing else needs to be said !

[@cobrallama6236]

There's one thing that the captions missed. I had to slow the video down and turn up the audio to make sure. At the very end after Daniel kisses her and says "I still love you Laurie," she says "Well I still love you too." In the Q & A prior to the screening of the film, Laurie said: "He never did anything that was upsetting to me. It was more flattering. He always made me feel good about myself. He never did anything but draw on my notebooks, follow me around and sing. And tell me he was going to be famous someday, so I saved everything that he ever drew on or gave to me." I like to think that this is a big reason why Daniel loved her. She didn't feel threatened by him or creeped out by him, or even if she did sometimes, she still saw him as a human being, and she cared about him and didn't ridicule or criminalize him for it. She must have seen him as innocent, like a child. And yet, she still took him seriously when he said he was going to be famous. She still treated him like an equal. So for anyone that says this is cringe or creepy, remember that you're not Laurie. And Daniel Johnston never would have written songs about you.

[@losethos1734]

Anyone try that stuff in 2021 would be metoo'd immediately

[@EyeMixMusic]

Well said.

[@joyrooj2050]

@@losethos1734 but again daniel Johnston isn't just anyone he's fucking daniel Johnston truest human the planet couldn't suppy

[@losethos1734]

@@joyrooj2050 humans are s*hit, this planet is s*hit

[@Sprtschk]

@@losethos1734 /woosh

[@NolaVibes]

Daniel knew how to pick em. Laurie is an absolute angel

[@wyatt_goodwin]

Seeing Daniel meet Laurie again is touching. You can almost see dan wake up almost.

[@Derek_Wyld]

I cried when she was sweet enough to hug him multiple times. He said it was the best day of his life. I don’t think he was exaggerating and after everything his music helped me through I realized how precious it was to see him happy. His heart was perfect though his mind had battles. God bless her for those hugs. The fact she hugged him multiple times hit me because I felt bad for him thinking he might be upset after she let go the first time, supposedly not to hug him again. She kept hugging him though. I can imagine his heart swelling with joy each time. RIP sweetheart ❤❤❤ Gonna get a tattoo in honor of you and your work

[@JEdwards713]

She is a natural beauty... I totally get it Daniel. We all have our Lauries. Fuck. RIP

[@joshjames582]

I think that if you piece together other documented statements by Daniel, this experience positively affected him. He later comments that "Laurie's taken. You've got to let her go." when speaking to his younger self, and then he says he did find true love in the end, in the fashion of looking back on happy memories being more potent than experiencing them to begin with.

[@zippymufo9765]

Laurie still looked great 26 years later.

[@jonnybarnard8578]

Still a very pretty lady, rest in peace my friend, I hope you're getting the love you deserve now.

[@Born_Free_Die_Happy]

😢

[@moonlightshadow2664]

Awww.....that's sweet. She does seem very nice.

[@wesscott7497]

Umm, what?? She totally used him for the attention and fed off of him and then left him, never having dated him, never having been with him, and actively dating other men while hanging out with him all the time just to soak up his adoration. She was a textbook user, plain and simple.

[@Born_Free_Die_Happy]

I genuinely have tears in my eyes after watching this to the end. I can't believe he's gone, it's so sad. I just discovered who he is recently and started listening to his music, only to learn that he died a year ago at a relatively young age. It's like in high school when I first listened to Tupac only to later learn he's had been dead for 10 years.

[@LosantoBeats]

Same here! Im glad I discovered his legacy though. Such an inspiring soul.

[@JerryTheAfroMan]

I remember watching the devil and Daniel Johnston my sophomore year of highschool, leaving me completely fascinated. I’m in college now and I’ve listened to everything I could get my hands on. Daniel Johnston was a beautiful soul and one of the coolest artists of all time, may he rest in piece

[@trendkill1891]

So touching to see her so warm and compassionate towards Daniel, giving him what his heart was longing for :’)

[@pwallah9666]

His true love found him in the end.

[@Themuffledsirens]

❤️❤️❤️

[@SolvingOurKreation]

I never liked the clip on the DVD where he actually meets her again.. it's way too public, and he seemed so desperate. I recorded a cassette in 2017 explaining that everything would be ok, and that Laurie just wasn't the right girl for him, and sympathized with his desperation and talked to him about it, but I never sent it.. now I regret not sending it.. your birthday is tomorrow Daniel, and I'll always respect you and your music!

[@astroboirap]

shut up snowflake, its entertainment

[@MasteringSilence]

astroboirap Go be a bully somewhere else Captain

[@Louis-nz1od]

@@astroboirap entertainment at the expense of an extremely sensitive man and a situation which meant the world to him

[@joshuapittman4663]

Watch “Hi How are You Daniel Johnston”(2015) He tells himself from the past to find another girl and it really seems like he had gotten over her in the end.

[@andychrist5142]

@@astroboirap bro youre a disgusting creature but i cant help feeling immense respect towards you

[@stevenbrown1225]

Wanting something you can't have. It feels good at the onset if you have a martyrs complex but it eventually leads to tears. Real tears. He was a broken genius in some ways but a good deal of the damage was done by himself. And yeah, I've been there done that folks. Rest in peace Mr. Johnson.

[@velvetmothwings]

This video always makes me bawl my eyes out. Daniel had so much love to give.

[@CS7MR]

we make songs about break up and heart ache.. and sure those are all valid. but this is something different. the worst fear of all of our nightmares was lived in this one person. i'm so happy i get to experience and learn from Daniel, may his soul rest in the eternal paradise. thank you for being here with us as you were.

[@stagehand9002]

Her eyes are as pretty as they were in college.

[@moonagedaydream9786]

True love will find you in the end. Rest peacefully sweet Daniel ❤

[@BrokenGodEnt]

Oh man. Makes me cry. Such a sweet soul.

[@andychrist5142]

it really sickens me that during this whole personal experience, this beautiful reunion, they cant stop shoving a fucking camera in their faces

[@relicman]

Well, Daniel Loved Documenting everything and he was one of the few that loved capturing precise life moments, so I don't think he would've objected to this and plus they were working on a Documentary.

[@FamousOnChains]

Was gonna say this, you can see she feels uncomfortable as hell with the camera, and the let’s get some water was such an obvious fuck off to the cameraman, idk why the hell he followed them

[@Botmoot]

Wow. That brought tears to my eyes. RIP Daniel, you were true

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

I guarantee you that if Daniel was awake when he had his heart attack and he realized he was probably going to die,that she's the last person he thought about.

[@asseater5916]

I’m starting to tear up man

[@jlobiafra]

Nah, it was Mountain Dew 😮

[@soldkingdom]

@@jlobiafrahonestly I was gettin’ misty so I needed that 😂

[@jlobiafra]

@@soldkingdom lol I don't even remember posting that. But he sure did love his mountain dew.

[@KenLieck]

If you really want to know, I heard he was standing around and suddenly *BAM!* he went down like a sack of rocks and it was over just like that. So it was instantaneous.

[@whoopshey826]

We love you Danny.

[@cherylmarie5477]

I know it’s not her fault but I just wish that she would’ve loved him

[@LemonWedgeinc]

"Could you say I love you Danny?"

[@whoopshey826]

we love you danny

[@itemax]

I was already upset reading these comments don't actually make me cry with this one

[@bigbuddha83]

I'm so happy he got to see her again. Rest in Peace Dan.

[@agustinamansur5665]

Imagine meeting the love of your life after 26 years 😱 that must've been a dream come true for our sweet Daniel 💙 And Laurie is still that pretty warm and joyfull soul ❤😚😊 I'm really glad they met again and at least talked about their lives a bit 🙊❤

[@dmitrik5658]

How can such a beautiful love story never have happened?

[@WowShooting]

it was still a love story, just a non conventional one. laurie loved daniel, and daniel lover her too. thats all that mattered in the end.

[@kelechi_77]

@@WowShooting Exactly, I think Daniel was really content with it all, you don't need sex or to live together to truly love someone, this is still a beautiful love story.

[@cactaceous]

Because if you know women at all you know it was never going to happen. A girl like her always go with the guy who doesn’t pine for them like a puppy dog. That turns them off completely.

[@TimothySexton1221]

Damn 5 years in a mental hospital. That's rough man.

[@reginarusso8181]

This is pure love of souls bless this treasure thank you for giving us real pure gold. The best gift ever for humanity.

[@timprescott4634]

Two very special people...

[@awrogers3013]

A lot of writers do this or a variation thereof. Very much more common than acknowledged

[@RoadTripperrr]

This is like forrest gump and jenny

[@chickenmuffin]

"In my desperation all my hope would fly away" Relatable.

[@idkbroidkasdf]

what a rockstar. said everything he wanted

[@lashermayfair0]

This is such a beautiful moment, and I'm glad we all got to share in it, since Daniel had already told us so very much of the story ❤️

[@LosantoBeats]

Im glad I discovered this great soul. Daniel is truly inspiring!

[@jimmyneutron9082]

He looks very nervous

[@vaughnmild4467]

Wouldn't you be? That's his MUSE

[@augart89]

It's like if I met Lily Collins or early 90's Winona Ryder.

[@chunegrolas]

This it’s just so beautifully sad.

[@fritzsmith7148]

Holy fuck, this getting me emotional

[@andrewdyke5561]

I love this so so much

[@hectorarzola7822]

i can’t stop crying, i don’t want to

[@mkartmkart6335]

Its all about love. We dont own anything Our work Its all about love

[@IWillSmurfYou]

MY HEART

[@IWillSmurfYou]

@@SNAFU78 💖

[@conallxd2257]

this made me cry

[@TheFreakingpanda]

This is a reunion between two people that grew up together. Not creepy at all.

[@bmoneyrancidfan91]

Daniel was the inventor of reaction videos as well

[@GarfyProd]

we love you daniel ❤️

[@abbeylutionante2610]

I love you Danny!

[@tomasagustinmarzetti1321]

wow man that was strong! im glad for him...

[@schonerz]

I miss you Danny.

[@moisesrodriguez4114]

Tengo miedo de caer en el juego del amor otra vez, duele mucho y nunca podré olvidar algo que fue tan bello para mí, duele mucho está ilusión llamada amor😢😭😭

[@AirBallers31]

He always had to chase, he could not catch

[@ColeJohnstone]

Can’t believe this happened and definitely can’t believe it was filmed! How did you find this video?

[@joshuapittman4663]

It’s on the dvd copy of The Devil and Daniel Johnston.

[@ColeJohnstone]

@@joshuapittman4663 oh wow. Is there any other extra stuff too?

[@imapatriotihideintrees]

@@ColeJohnstone some audio diaries and deleted scenes. Commentary from the directors as well

[@ColeJohnstone]

@@imapatriotihideintrees I need that! Will order it tonight

[@relicman]

@@ColeJohnstone Yeah man it's so worth having the DVD of this Great documentary. I hope you have it by now!

[@christiangasior4244]

Looks like he is getting a bit handsy there lol and he may have been serious about the marriage thing.

[@UnityAgainstJewishEvil]

Of course he was. Did you think it was a joke, lol?

[@rekocastren923]

Well this made my day.

[@bandazaratustrarock]

And... some things last a life time

[@xmikeborealx]

Unbearably painful.

[@Ayatakii]

Lo más doloroso es que ella al no sentir nada por el tampoco siente nada con respecto a todo el arte que Daniel creo inspirado en ella. Es doloroso pero es ciega a todo lo que él siente. Nosotros te amamos Daniel

[@thebasilisk3504]

Thank you Laurie

[@kadbenson7540]

I'm happy he finally got that kiss.

[@CS7MR]

You and me too. Forceful and creepy, but nonetheless something he spent his life wondering about.

[@louisskulnik7390]

@@CS7MRI think it wasn’t that forceful, or creepy. He made sure that it was a quick peck. Anything more would have crossed the line.

[@sniperslim]

and I had her boots.

[@JohnMainz]

Carajooo, no estaba enterado que se volvieron a encontrar

[@andrewdyke5561]

Laurie is really beatiful i see can see why daniel likes her

[@JRT_Artist]

Imagine how things would have turned out, if Laurie didn’t break his heart? I’m glad she did in a way, we wouldn’t have had the Daniel we all loved

[@ditchlily7361]

“Don’t break her”

[@teddyhose]

Honestly, I’m not sure how to feel about this. I’m a bit cynical that the crew wanted to create a happy ending on camera, foregoing that it’s kind of unfair to do that to someone who’s mentally ill, putting his muse right there where he’s pouring his heart out to someone we all know just cannot meet him there. Maybe it needed to happen at some point, but my gut when seeing this at the end of the documentary was that it felt out of bounds. If it were me, I would consult an expert in the psychological field before setting this scene up. If they did do that then I take everything back.

[@UnityAgainstJewishEvil]

I’m inclined to agree. Maybe the filmmakers thought it was a nice thing to do, or just wanted some footage, but in the end it’s just leading him on.

[@MasteringSilence]

3:45

[@bigraydawg11]

Is she still married to the undertaker? Lol

[@brazilian_orthodox]

On Google, it doesn't say that she was ever married to him.

[@amazingabby25]

They got divorced around thus time

[@CinemaParadiso90]

A freaking undertaker omg 😂

[@sabrinalecrivainmediaTM]

I wonder what Laurie life was like without loving Daniel??

[@barrymellott5545]

I'm from the same town as Daniel, Laurie, and Pete Arner. Daniel is even in my Mom's high school yearbook from Oak Glen High School! Laurie and Pete Arner are very normal and seemingly happy people. Pete still runs the Arner family funeral home with his brother, and they have always seemed like genuinely nice people.

[@relicman]

It must be strange for her to think that she's the subject matter in a lot of if not most of his songs.

[@dachshund_gaming]

Wow she was really not reciprocating his utter love for her. I just discovered this dude so I don’t have a full picture

[@BlackLung1900]

Wait what movie is this from

[@mohdiqbal1405]

From film The Devil and Daniel Johnston

[@TheMisterMonkeyman]

It must be from a re-cut or a directors cut or something because I watched that movie 3 or 4 times over the years and I don't remember the "meeting" part at all. She was being very sweet to him, and didn't seem to want to lead him on. Especially when she saw he was still so infatuated with her. He tried to kiss her a couple of times, and she kissed him in the end, but it looked to me like she was getting a little concerned about the situation. I think she handed it all pretty well, considering it had the potential to go sideways at any minute. I'm glad they got to see each other again before he passed. Peace.

[@pigammon7843]

@@TheMisterMonkeyman It's a DVD extra

[@TheMisterMonkeyman]

pigammon Cool. Thanks. Peace.

[@Kee571]

beautiful

[@telefunkenyou47]

Daniel should have drawn a skinny character with a muscular right arm, sitting on his hand.

[@lefkytheshin]

"Let's get married." No, Daniel! Marriage is a love killer.

[@hayattanhazalmiyorumnickha5455]

i won't let you go..

[@bmoneyrancidfan91]

I wish they didn't film the last part that was too personal ,especially if they didn't want us to see it why put it in deleted scene segment of a dvd

[@alexisga7462]

Where is this from

[@unknowndes1re]

Oh my gosh :(

[@unknowninternetuser4688]

What happened after that?

[@Cognitoman]

They need to make a movie of him …. And Michael cera should play him

[@angelina-wh5dg]

1:55 :(

[@austinzusi9021]

Do you think his life would e been extremely different if he ended up with Lourie ?

[@CS7MR]

More than extremely.

[@gorepunk]

Yep and a lot of the great songs he wrote wouldn’t have been made

[@miriambellas]

So what are you going do next? Lets get married! 😂

[@sabrinapaste5405]

What is the song at 1:42?

[@rainerszahn9651]

02:08 she's such a turn on

[@gagaface26]

This is extremely creepy. He was stalking the poor girl. I understand he is a cult icon but this gave me chills watching it.

[@gagaface26]

Laurie is a sweetheart but you can tell underneath her indulging him she is uncomfortable.

[@gagaface26]

DUDE KISSED HER. FUCK ME

[@delaneykatz9932]

Right like why is no one talking about this

[@CS7MR]

i totally understand where you're coming from, it is creepy. but if you don't try to understand everything then it won't be anything more than what you see in the video.

[@trekswithnick]

I bet if Daniel was extremely good looking and didn't have a mental illness, then you would be singing a different tune

[@idkbroidkasdf]

irl helen of troy folks

[@squeak1987]

happy dan day :)

[@PurpleEmpire123]

It's so sad that no one thinks Daniels love is true love. They just see it as obsession. She obviously married the other guy for money and stability. But watch God is gonna get vengeance. On everyone who made fun of Daniel.

[@StratsRUs]

Get help

[@PurpleEmpire123]

@@StratsRUs I stick by my words. I still believe what I said passionately. I don't need help. People need to know the love of Jesus Christ. (Sarcasm)

[@PurpleEmpire123]

@@StratsRUs Oh....and she and other people should of valued his love. It was a God given love. But cynical people took him as the worst thing. It saddens me. Makes me wanna cry....

[@doobysnacks3110]

@@PurpleEmpire123 i hope you get help my friend, best wishes

[@PurpleEmpire123]

@@doobysnacks3110 I stick by my word on this one. Life treated Daniel unfairly.

[@jakeycake8590]

the 2 dislikes, bruh