The ‘Lost Generation’
Fate has a funny way of reminding me that someday I will have to figure out what I want to be when I grow up (right now, I’m thinking that I want to be a sage). It was impossible for me to ignore the coincidence that the winner of this month’s Best Web Video was sent to me on the day after I stepped just within two years of qualifying for membership in AARP.
It only took 1:44 for me to realize that I’d found January’s Best Web Video winner. ‘The Lost Generation’ was created by Jonathan Reed (a twenty-something film studies major at Georgia State University). It won second place in the AARP U@50 video competition last year – in which filmmakers under 30 were to describe their life at 50 (the age when you’re eligable for membership in AARP). I checked out the other entries – none are worth even mentioning. ‘The Lost Generation’ is so creative… I had to play it twice just to be sure I understood what was happening. And then I just kept playing it… Enjoy.
WOW. That really blew me away. I was scratching my head as it ran through the first half then grinning from ear to ear on the second half. Great find.
That is brilliant !!
Thanks for sharing.
Happy Friday
Ana
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Syl,
It is fantastic and inspiring! I will have to share it with my family and students.
Arpad
Very cool! I had to watch it twice as well and cried! Geeze…I’m a sap! I came across your website through Twitter via CameraDojo! Just wanted to say hello!
Wasnt this the original though? [an argentinian political campaign ad which won a bunch of awards a while ago] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShDoxve85jI
Another political ad blatantly ripped it off in Lebanon about a month or so ago as well…
I’m really disheartened by the fact that the two copycats are receiving so much praise and airplay while they’re simply lazy thefts which don’t deserve and whose creators should be heckled and shamed for stealing someone elses creative idea and passing it off as their own.