if Nope was a japanese y2k found footage movie

[@Littlestraincloud]

Glad the algorithm sent this my way. Nope is my favourite Peele film because it's so... vibes based? Like, you've done a lot of articulating what I've struggled to say the movie is about. I thought your descriptions about understanding and moving past versus the horror of the unknown to be a really insightful lens. I'm gonna check out your other videos, and Occult. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@avarisclari]

On the point about capturing it on film in order to subjugate it: When you said that line, it reminded me heavily of the 2022 movie "Something in the Dirt" which I probably should re-watch before I can even think to recommend it to anyone, but two guys in an apartment discover something weird and attempt to document it which, as you stated, is them trying to make sense of something that can't be part of our natural world.

[@maxteeth]

that premise sounds interesting enough for me to take this as a recommendation anyway lol. i hadn't heard of this one but just looked it up and i really enjoyed the directors' earlier film The Endless (which also feels like a "bad miracle" movie), so i'll have to check it out!

[@nonsequitor]

I think applying "gaze" and control to a thing that you literally don't control is an interesting way to show the limits of that (and any) ideology. You can *say* that taking a picture of a tiger means you've "taken control over it" but the tiger might not agree, and good luck using that control to make it stand on two legs and deliver a stand up comedy routine. Thanks for the heads up tho. Great video 🙏

[@crizmeow8394]

Omg, when I watched NOPE for the first time I immediately thought of the works of Koji Shiraishi, it’s wonderful to find out I wasn’t the only one

[@jamesdelisio]

Love love love this video. Your work always manages to feel like it's really *saying* something, actual rigorous thinking-through of an idea, while still being fun and digestible!

[@theweirdestdog]

Love this movie, so happy to see you talk about it ♥️ Edit: I wouldn’t have thought of these two films pairing so well together, but now I totally see it! This put a lot of seemingly disconnected ideas in Nope into perspective for me, really great analysis!!!

[@UndeadGirlCyber]

I enjoyed nope but it felt like there were some angles I hadn't discovered yet. Your points about subjugating the (un-)natural world through the act of viewing and tacking on a narrative has given me food for thought - thank you :)

[@brassen]

Yay! I f*cking love this film! Koji's Occult and Noroi (2005) are both really disturbing. Highly recommend them. Just don't get tricked by the B-movie vibe. Thank you for the video

[@crouchingidiot]

I love that people are still bringing up Nope, it’s my favorite Peele film

[@RedMeansRecording]

Great video 💯

[@avamoynihan686]

max teeth ur videos are so awesome and you make me laugh!!

[@that5thpuddle]

Awesome vid, always happy to see more nope + found footage discussions ^-^

[@tophtopherson8920]

Yaya more max teeth!!

[@rbccafrg]

I LOVE OCCULT 2009 I LOVE KOJI SHIRAISHI'S WORKS (WHUEIOHESWRFGHJTWS(E$OIF THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

[@Sosqartxa]

A new double-feature favourite. Reading Shiraishi and Ino's relationship in Occult as one fueled by the perverse incentives of mediatisation is a new and welcomed angle for me. I always thought of Shiraishi's character as more self-obsessed and superstitious-In the end, he alone falls into Ino's rabbit hole (as all found footage movies go) By the time that TV camera ends its eldritch journey, all pretext of doing a documentary is long gone.

[@AssistedTwister]

I had no idea Rugrats had a Passover episode lmao. Anyway I'll have to check out Occult soon, it looks fun

[@infinite_array]

It was a staple of my childhood Christmas rotation.

[@sabretoo]

Brilliant vid like always! The Rugrats motif made me laugh! Maybe this is a silly question, but do you have a Letterboxd?

[@maxteeth]

thanks! i do have a letterboxd, my handle on there is @dadmax (though i am not a dad). occasionally my reviews end up being unintended sneak peeks of future videos, so potential spoiler alert?

[@henrybehrens2149]

Love your t shirt, plus you know the whole video ha

[@maldo239.2]

So interesting!!

[@naiknaik8812]

i watched this movies when supereyepatchwolf recommended it in his disturbing movies video and it was pretty good

[@Glitterblossom]

I did not know I’d be interested in this

[@infinite_array]

Someone else who knows about this movie!

[@maxteeth]

half the reason i made this video was to get more people to watch Occult haha. need more eyes on Shiraishi!

[@oculttheexegaming2509]

I also remember hearing about this movie from SuperEyepatchWolf.

[@sophie7780]

reminds me of a mushroom

[@moth56]

commentin', thanks for the video

[@maxteeth]

thanks for commentin!