As a Hadestown obsessive, I saw the title and ran to click this immediately.
@annahks4 ай бұрын
Same
@JoseMariaLuna4 ай бұрын
Hey everyone! I hate doing this but I'm fighting for my life in the copyright disputes for this video, which means I'm currently not able to monetize it. I was counting on it to help me deal with a few additional expenses of late, so I'd appreciate some support if you have the means to! If not, just watching the work I put so much effort into means the world. But if you can, my Venmo is @JoseMLuna, my PayPal link is in the description, and my super comments are I think enabled. I appreciate it so much! Thank you for watching!
@caIicomoon4 ай бұрын
Honestly teared up towards the end there. What a beautiful and moving video essay. I never thought that Titanic and Portrait of a lady on fire are stories inspired by orpheus’ tragedy! I’ve learned so much from this pls keep making these amazing works of art
@JoseMariaLuna4 ай бұрын
This means so much, thank you!
@EmlynBryn4 ай бұрын
This was wonderful! I always felt that the turn in Portrait of a Lady on Fire, was as Maiane left and Heloise asks her to turn. Taking her earlier insistence of Eurydice's agency into her own life. And to do this whilst in her wedding dress, the symbol of her "death", echoing the apparition Mariane earlier saw in the hallway and turned from. The fleeting misses, the ways Heloise later seeks out Mariane in the illustrated ovid and vivialdi, are just Eurudice's way of reminding herself she loved and was loved. Much the same way that the frame narrative of Mariane's art class, the titular portrait and her painting of Orpheus's farewell is hers. It is their life after death
@JoseMariaLuna4 ай бұрын
Ugh, YES
@Liliocelote4 ай бұрын
I had never seen a video of yours but I saw Hadestown and Portrait on the thumbnail and I had to click and just... wow. This is one of the most mesmerizing video essays I've seen. The way you weaved every piece of media together to tell the many facets of this myth was amazing. Also don't feel bad about the catholic references they were very on point lol Anyway I hope this video gets more views because this is seriously the cream of the crop
@JoseMariaLuna4 ай бұрын
This is so beautiful, thank you!
@marsbie4 ай бұрын
I hate that I've never seen Hadestown but I'm here for the Moulin Rouge reading
@ash-fr5hy4 ай бұрын
wow, im barely halfway in and this is a masterpiece. i usually listen to video essays in the background, but i need to watch this one through! great work.
@queerlyvictorian4 ай бұрын
The sheer drama on display here gets an immediate subscribe from me ❤
@ValerieEnriquez4 ай бұрын
This was such a beautiful exploration, not just of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, but of love in general. We love despite knowing we could very easily lose our love for any number of different reasons. We listen to sad songs over and over again to feel that sadness, but know that the sadness eventually ends; perhaps not when the song ends, but just at some point in the future.
@KB-rj3jn3 ай бұрын
This is so good i love finding channels before they blow up but also sad that i managed to binge every video in two days
@BotheredBoy4 ай бұрын
Big "Hero with a Thousand Faces" energy. I'm here for it.
@BacklogReviewer3 ай бұрын
I’ve just rewatched this and good lord, it’s just superb. It’s good all the way through but that ending is really tremendous, insightful and moving and true. Gorgeous video
@JoseMariaLuna3 ай бұрын
This means so much to me, thank you!!!
@seafridge4 ай бұрын
I clicked on this video because I found its premise compelling. Not only was I rewarded with your truly astute analysis, but I found the artistry of it mesmerising. Thank you for this enlightening and entertaining piece.
@JoseMariaLuna4 ай бұрын
So sweet! Thank YOU!
@betinababbles2494 ай бұрын
Whoa! This was such a great and insightful video with an amazing production value but still lighthearted 🥰🥰! Honestly anyone talking about Moulin Rouge (by absolute favorite movie of all time!) is automatically top tier in my book. 😂
@dimitra_k3 ай бұрын
God this is so so beautiful. Truly a work of art made specifically for ME and my life-long obsession with the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and its devastating balance of hope and devastation. Amazing video, I'll be thinking about it forever I think.
@TheLeftistCooks4 ай бұрын
You are an artist and an inspiration! You have two faces for us to try and see, stepping around you curiously, just on the verge of eye contact, desperately trying to figure out how on earth you came up with yourself. And yet... your neck is so much slimmer than the humans the titans made. - N
@JoseMariaLuna4 ай бұрын
This means so much to me and thank you for being so generous with your words! Also! It’s because my neck came out twice as long instead of wide. Divine mistake 😔
@okaykatieokay4 ай бұрын
Hedwig has been one of my favourite shows for coming on ten years, and this reading is utterly brilliant. Can't wait to rewatch the film with this framing in mind
@ZackPaslay4 ай бұрын
Lunatics, we won again!!!!!
@charlottehollingsworth91254 ай бұрын
Did you make this video for me specifically?? Or am I just unknowingly obsessed with Orpheus stories and I didn't even know
@irismakesart60024 ай бұрын
can’t believe this doesn’t have more views leaving a comment 4 the algorithm
@lenawalters18664 ай бұрын
I just watched Hadestown and now this? Oh the gods are good, the fates are kind! There is a Titanic resurgence rn and I love it. Ps. There is no such thing as too many twinks
@JustJen13862 ай бұрын
I love Hadestown and this video absolutely does it justice 🥰
@manicpixie70244 ай бұрын
As always a masterpiece,! how lucky I have been to find your channel and share in the joy that is your creations
@JoseMariaLuna4 ай бұрын
🥺🥺🥺 Thank you so much!
@aydauniverse6624 ай бұрын
Woah. Only 3 minutes into this and already absolutely in awe. I can tell this is gonna be one of those video essays that alter my brain chemistry. Hell yeah
@en_fairytopiaАй бұрын
Pleeeease keep talking about Moulin Rouge 🙌💗💗
@soulbunni4 ай бұрын
Ooo you dropped!!!!!!!
@moonshotb4 ай бұрын
This is my first video of yours and I was totally blown away! Your words and the content and your humor flowed so well. I was tearing up a bit at the end and thought of the Arrival film as another Orpheus story as you talked about your love and inevitability. Thanks for creating and sharing!!
@JoseMariaLuna4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this! You're so kind!
@johanabi4 ай бұрын
Holy moly, how do you have less that 6,000 followers??? Hopefully this showing up on my recommended feed means the algorithm is about to give you your flowers.
@annaluizab.3654 ай бұрын
congratulations maria luna you had me sobbing on a saturday night
@literature4lovers9654 ай бұрын
I’m only a minute into the monologue of this video and I LOVE this so much!!! 💜♥️💗💖🩵🫶
@woodmoonwolf4 ай бұрын
thank you
@Mosstrades4 ай бұрын
salivating at the thought of getting to sit down at the end of today and enjoy this movie, i cant wait
@derekkrumel14074 ай бұрын
incredible work.
@laralang76174 ай бұрын
This was really beautiful, and has helped me process some of my thoughts on lost love. Thank you for making this.
@JoseMariaLuna4 ай бұрын
That means so much, thank YOU for sharing
@kenno66954 ай бұрын
I LOVE THIS AND I HOPE MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO BEAR WITNESS TO YOUR ARTISTRY
@amandamarinovich61643 ай бұрын
Have you seen Black Orpheus? It's, um, complicated in a modern cultural context. But I believe there's value in watching it anyway. On my 1st watch, I absolutely loved it. Rewatching a few years later, I was disappointed. I think I need a tiebreaker soon.
@lenkac64802 ай бұрын
After learning about the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice from watching Portrait of a Lady on Fire (which was an instrumental film to me in my process of accepting my queerness) I became so fascinated with it. Hozier has a song that references it as well! So when I saw this video I got so excited. It was fantastic, thank you. It meant so much to me.
@brickyy31062 ай бұрын
i haven’t watched the whole video yet, and this comment probably doesn’t have anything to do with it, but i watched your queer misery video some time back and couldn’t stop thinking about it. i checked out your channel and saw this. and then i thought about how my straight crush dressed up as orpheus for a school thing. it’s been almost a year and i am still lovesick over him, even though i know nothing could happen.
@dimitra_k3 ай бұрын
This video is so so good I can't believe your transitions and cinematography wow
@KWilliamWhite4 ай бұрын
Awww! José! That ending was so sweet! Genuinely, something I needed right now.
@JoseMariaLuna4 ай бұрын
Do you have any idea how much this means coming from you? It makes me so happy
@gjtgnwph4 ай бұрын
Hedwig is my favourite musical, and I always love people who talk about and analyse it ❤
@tonydelamancha55134 ай бұрын
you can’t take the trauma out of the catholic kid, agreed.
@sassylittleprophet4 ай бұрын
I'm not Catholic (raised in the Independent Fundamental Baptist cult), but I relate. Religious trauma runs deep.
@TheRJB04 ай бұрын
This was an absolutely beautiful piece. Thank you.
@allielabr4 ай бұрын
incredible video, i'm so happy i found your channel!!
@l0_0l4 ай бұрын
portrait of a lady on fire and thematic languishing desire…?! 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 also, now i’m wondering if stephen sondheim’s passion-a fave and the pro shot is available on youtube-is an orpheus and eurydice story…
@UndercoverAkatsuki3 ай бұрын
im halfway through rn and its so good its really good!! also living for the small loving vincent bits
@dozingdaisy20834 ай бұрын
This is ridiculously genius. Thank you so much to contributing!
@Furore23234 ай бұрын
I don't know about the world but you've made my life better.
@UndercoverAkatsuki3 ай бұрын
finished it, that was extremely good im glad i waited until i had proper time to set aside to watch this
@Firegen14 ай бұрын
Ahhh he's back! Bookmarks for later cos you are my favourite new video essayist since I discovered Kaz Rowe a year back. Cannot wait!
@tvestal1004 ай бұрын
Damn this was so good to watch, I needed this today
@johnnzboy4 ай бұрын
Bravo José María, this truly is a work of art.
@lucianaadami75052 ай бұрын
Amazing work! Thank you!
@bindi30244 ай бұрын
Your videos are always so genuinely and creatively thoughtful I am so jealous of your mind I would NEVER have considered Titanic or Portrait of a Lady on Fire as retellings of this myth let alone Hedwig and all the biblical stories you mentioned (you can take the girl outta catholic school buuuuut….) ugh this was so well done go off king we stan
@JoseMariaLuna4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Catholic school solidarity
@crowspirit51544 ай бұрын
Unbelievably happy to see this video. One of the most well researched videos ive ever seen!! How refreshing not to get frustrated over things left out relating to greek mythology, and actually to learn quite a few things!! The muses have clearly blessed you. Honestly you could submit this as a master's thesis. What a mind you have 🌷
@JoseMariaLuna4 ай бұрын
This makes me so happy! Thank you so much!
@Furore23234 ай бұрын
I can't believe I never realised that Hadestown was a version of Orpheus & Eurydice.
@chaiky65563 ай бұрын
This video needs more views
@kerishaw89914 ай бұрын
okay I am crying
@sopranophantomista4 ай бұрын
This was such a cool essay to listen to this morning. I'm really glad that this came about my recommended videos. It's so fascinating as a Catholic to Agnostic how many of these stories, these concepts, these tales of humanity are wrapped in one another, the threads of regions pulling them away in pieces and reforging them in a different image. This is why I've always enjoyed mytholgies and the faiths that bloom from them. But I have to say, I love the ending the most, because you bear your heart in such a beautiful way. I'm always so happy to see others happy, and you're right. While it could be defined as madness to be vulnerable in an uncaring world, it also provides a light like nothing else these days. Cheers, and thanks again for such a thoughtful essay.
@JoseMariaLuna4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this! It means a lot
@starlesscitiess4 ай бұрын
saw hadestown last week and im SO ready to cry my eyes out over this
@starlesscitiess4 ай бұрын
update: i am crying my eyes out
@eurydice.4 ай бұрын
Its me
@louimmature3 ай бұрын
real
@onetitwndr3 ай бұрын
WHERE did you get those earrings for the first outfit