Simply put, 50 Londoners were asked a simple question. I have to say it’s an amazing video, I cannot belive I missed it till now. Had to share it.
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Simply put, 50 Londoners were asked a simple question. I have to say it’s an amazing video, I cannot belive I missed it till now. Had to share it.
really interesting video! mainly its atmosphere.
I am really drawn to this video. Any chance you can tell me where you received the first song for this clip?
chinatown by do make say think
its such a simple but profound question, actually its pretty difficult to answer it well for me. Nice video, the music creates an awesome atmosphere.
I would wake up in a sailboat on a sunny day in the Caribbean, with the girl of my dreams next to me.
Cool idea – I’m trying to think of that other website now that had all the inspirational questions – forgot to bookmark it on delicious
I would wake up on a yacht in a port in Santorini in Greece with nothing to do all day.
the web site is fiftypeopleonequestion.com
The first answer was great…so simple but so many emotions, you could write a novel about that kid from his answer.
I completely agree
that first guys answer was great
so simple but lovely
In the arms of Christ.
……your lame
well…. obviously we’d all like to be there… but that’s too obvious. what’s your second choice?
it’s ‘you’re’ not ‘your’ you fucking imbecile.
Hey, let’s play ‘Spot the Douchebag’.
527918347
There he is.
To be fair steve, in America it is spelled your. “you’re” is abbreviated for “you are”.
Making “What’s you are second choice” just awkward sounding.
He’s referring to the “your lame” comment. You’re lame would make perfect sense… but using your would be like saying the person owns lame… or something
id like to own some lame.
I’d like to wake up ten years from now successful with a beautiful family.
hey douchebag. it’s YOUR. mole
that would be the most amazing place to wake up. there or the kingdom of heaven surrounded by the angels. no worries no cares in the world just peace and tranquility.
In the arms of a fictional character… interesting… never would have thought that one.
As for me I’d like to wake up in a ship of my own drifting to other colonized planets in space. That would be perfect.
Oh give me a fucking break! Wake up! Stop forcing your closed-minded old way, bullshit believes on people. Jesus does not exist! God does not exist. And the religion you dish out 10% or more of your paycheck to, is in place to make you conform. WAKE UP!
HEY god-is-dead guy SHUT UP its scientificly proven that jesus was real. I dont believe in god either but i dont go around cursing people off about it … two words anger manegement
it is not a scientific fact that christ was a real person. Stop being ridiculous
In the arms of Christ?
I’m not a child, and he’s not my daddy. If I woke up in his arms I’ll assume he drugged me with rohypnol and raped me, so I’ll beat the living crap out of him…
Seriously, you all need to die. Except the “Your lame…” guy. And maybe the Jesus the rapist guy. And if anyone tells me that I can’t start a sentence with “And”, screw you. I just did. Twice.
he just answered the question honestly like everyone else…he wasn’t pushing his beliefs on anyone. you guys are saying he’s not real
marimo, yes..they have proven that a man named Jesus was real. He is specifically named in at least 4 Roman censi and was formally executed according to the doctrine of Roman law..maybe you should do some of your own research before deciding what you really want to believe.
wow this is a really lovely video, almost brought me to tears…not sure why, but it was beautiful and gave me chills to see so many people so happy : )
I feel the exact same.
a very emotional..film.. i think because of the simplicity of the question.. the answers …the atmosphere .. the music.. the people themselves..Everything came together to make this not *just* an
emotional film…it is a beautiful one as well .
You have anymore little gems like this one ?
nice very nice
I cried, I don’t know why. I guess since I have no really answer of my own, but if I had to give an answer it would be my bed.
I’m not completely happy with my life, but if I am to achive anything in this world I must press forward from where I am to go where I want to be. Which will be the real answer to that questtion. For know however, I don’t know.
Wonderful film.
Nicely Put
I feel completely the same way, the incredible amount of honesty in those answers is awe inspiring. That question stirs up so many different emotions because it has so many different levels. Great film just beautiful.
T Brown
Your reply, made me tear up. I’ve been feeling very lost, very content, but not happy.
But it feels nice to know there’s someone else who feels the same way, and is pushing through it.
this is beautiful, really beautiful.
I would wake up with peace of mind in a nice firm bed with crisp clean sheets and with the one I love who loves me.
i do not know why either but i got rather emotional as well.
the atmosphere was beautiful and the people so real i think this is great, well done.
Beautiful film. It made me very emotional on two levels though. First the film as a whole and its raw human thought. You can see the thought process happening in the way there faces look. And secondly because of the accents.
If i could wake up anywhere it would be with the one person i love who lives in England.
really good film. loved it.
If i could wake up anywhere it would be with the girl i love. it wouldn’t matter where i was then.
what a sweet caring glimpse of humankind.
beautiful music, what is this song?
The music is by Do Make Say Think. It is off the album “& Yet & Yet”
this band is fantastic, one of my favorites. they have a wide variety of moods, so its not all this slow and atmospheric. However, most of this album is a lot like that.
in the next dimension
i like the idea!! Slow and lovely
PLEASE oh please tell me the name and artist of that song, It brought tears to my eyes and I need to have it to listen to please!1 ~ Love
next to you…
Simple, brilliant, powerful, true, moving
I wish I could wake up with all the people I love around me.
http://beemp3.com/index.php?q=chaz+knapp&st=artist
here i douwnload
good video with great music. The music really makes this video, if you replace it with say, Harvey Danger’s Flagpole Sitta, it has a completely different mood.
if you notice all these people just want to be ….. well happy
it doesnt matter where they say. it just means that to them the place of their choice makes them the happiest.
good video
i would wake up in the mountains on a cool spring day in a small cabin
cool… very cool…
Overdone. The filmmaker tried to hard to make this seem important. The question isn’t that poignant, it’s not that emotional but that didn’t stop the filmmaker from treating it like it would change the world.
And what was with the pixelization that occurs when the camera sits still for a few seconds. Weird.
thank you! im glad im not the only one thinking this.
Completely agreed, put some sappy music on a video and people think it’s great
Least interesting question ever asked.
In my bed four years ago armed with the knowledge that I have today.
Interesting video. Not really that special a question but the reactions of people are.
I would wake up in my time machine -_-.
um the last woman who spoke looked EXACTLY like demi moore. in a few years. is anyone else with me?
This was fascinating. Not just the video itself, but the comments too. I can agree with the people who feel that it was a poorly done video, and then I can’t, because I really liked it.
I believe that the shoddy camera work was part of the mood they where trying to create. It seems to have worked for those it didn’t put off of the whole thing.
As for the answers to the questions, there’s a serious, and an idealistic answer I came up with.
In all seriousness, I’d like to wake up where I went to sleep. I think most of us would.
However, if we’re talking about the ideal place to BE, I’ll take a cabin on the side of a snowy mountain. Nice fireplace, plenty of wood and hot coco, and a large supply of new good books. (I’ll take a girl while I’m at it)
Good video.
Wonderful, simply moving.
2000 miles away in the hammock on the beach at the lake house I grew up in.
I’d wake up with a headache from the ‘trendy’ camera work. meh
Amazing concept. I love it.
BO-RING…..
I wanna wake up on the day that I first met my love
Very nice video! Filmed amazingly!
i would wake up 3000 years in the future…or at mankind’s end, whichever comes first…i was surprised at home many said their own beds
Amazing ambiance.
My answer: In Alaska, following the footsteps of christopher mccandless… except staying away from the poisonous plants.
I my ex girlfriends bed.
Lovely video, but I would have chose a rather different question, I would rather be asked “how would you like to wake up” instead of where. I’d like to wake up in peace, at peace, because on this planet there no peace. I would like to be at peace from war, racism, hate, violence, jealousy, and maybe bad neighbors.
Just my 2 cents I suppose, lovely vid none the less, made me want to comment after all.
I would like to wake up in a time after the United States has finally rid us of all the miserable scum on this earth. When Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan are finally wiped out, then the world would be a much better place. Oh, and Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea and France should be gone too.
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quite lovely
All London people are this friendly and happy. We have these indepth chats all the time on the tube etc.
Tomorrow we discuss the pleasures of going to work.
It’s not auto focus, it’s manual, and I think that the picture going in and out of focus is like the answer to the question going in and out of focus as the people try to grasp what really matters to them.
For me, I’d wake up in my bed on a Friday to the smell of bacon and toast with this anthropology paper already written, so I could work on something that really mattered. The girl I love would be my wife.
well simply amazing to perplex the mind of a stranger to get them to think deeply kudos to the filmer
Jesus wept. What a load of pretentious toss. I couldn’t even watch 4 minutes of this drivel. The music made me want to stick Biros in my ears and the camera work gave me an aneurysm.
I’ve found better content in the Council Dog Waste bin.
This vdo is f**king gay
GREAT VIDEO!!! I wouldn’t wake up in the future because life is amazing and I wouldn’t want to pass any of it up. I would wake up in the passed, probably high school because I would do so much differently that would help be where I wanna be today.
I too liked the first young mans answer. It was raw and honest. I would have searched for some profound thing to say, but anything would have paled by comparison. Happiness most often presents itself in simple things, and we miss out on it if we fail to recognize and appreciate it when it wanders into our lives. Thank you who ever you are for giving me cause to reflect on whats important!
Hey robin, I liked your post.
you’re right I did think of the little things that I missed out on or didn’t realize I missed.
My two answers were: At my house from where I grew up on a sunday with my golden retreiver “goldie” still sleeping at the foot of my bed with the smell of breakfast wafting through the door.
My other would be Valentines Day 5th grade, I asked out a girl for the very first time and It was such a rush, I was so nervous when I asked her, she just gave me a kiss on the cheek and said yes. Believe me that whole day I felt like I could defy gravity. I have had many more girlfriends since then but that first time, was pretty special.
cheers,
Meanwhile the violinist in the background is probably homeless.
I’m not sure why I liked this so much. I mean, it was put together really well, but I’m not sure why I thought it was so emotional. Maybe the music? Or maybe I want to answer the question myself… which I’m not really sure of.
What a beautiful video. Love the music, I think that’s why this piece moved me. Thanks for sharing!
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Really emotive got a link from Stumbleupon glad I found it I would wake up in my bed with a view of the sea x
I don’t get it.
I think I could get the same effect if I asked 50 people what they had for breakfast that morning as long as I played slow music with piano and some stringed instruments. I guess I would also have to constantly focus on some random guy playing a violin as well.
Hmmm. Kinda sketchy camera work. Either they left auto-focus on or they are way too happy with mid-shot refocusing.
this first guys answer seemed the most genuine. by far
Quite nice; a reminder that we’re not such a bad species after all. Pretty decent, all things considered. Peace, love and understanding, fellow wakers!
Id like to wake 2 months ago up in canada where my dad was when he died on august the 18th 2009. I’d like to go to the golf course with him where he died and save his life, I’m trained to do CPR and noone performed it on him until 20-30 mins later. I just want my Dad back.
My thought was to be with my father one more time.
Stu
I have never posted anything before. Reading along all of these post about the video skipping the hate filled ones. I am called to tell you it won’t hurt this bad forever and I’m sure your Dad wants you to be happy. Talk to him whenever you like. It helps heal the loss. Be who you are suppose to be. Hope you heal!
I really love these videos. They’re so simple yet so exceptional. I hope to be stopped and asked one question some day.
Well. This is really dazzling! I love the sentimental answers. That first kid’s, though… it’s so raw, filled with emotion… I was to the point of tears. I als love how some of the adults answered such a childish answer, like the question revoked memories from a happier, simpler time…
~Batty
Someplace that I don’t have to think about tommorow. That would be my paradise.
Incredible music. That was a really well made video
I would want to wake up as a 5 year old again with all the knowledge that I know now. Then I’d go back to sleep without a care in the world =D
wake up again at birth, with no memory of what i know.
I would like to wake up to a world where big doesn’t bully small and strong doesn’t force weak. World where well being of many comes before few. At time, when people have realized that if we had the will, there would not be people dying for hunger, for any diseases or wars. At place where no one is left outside, without care and without food. We have the technology and we have the resources. I’d Love to wake up one day and know that the world doesn’t go around credit, but work. And that my children will never be forced to acknowledge things they do not agree with.
What a beautiful comment and vision. You must be a very special person.
this is the best remark on the list!!!
i’m going to ccp and keep this one around for a long time… thank you!
sounds perfect.. but also a bit like the communist manifesto.
For what it is it is a testimony to the human condition, universely what makes one many.
Lovely.
Well done.
Simply… Great!
Being from London myself I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of people that we’re content with being there.
London is special.
This is an amazing video, it’s moving to know that so many people given no limits would simply want to live their own lives, it’s beautiful to know there are so many happy content people in the world.
it made me cry just a little. 
Holy shit that focusing thing with the camera was fucking annoying.
How lame are those people who want to stay where they are. Wake up during jesus’ alleged crucifixion, wake up 600 years in the future, wake up in Sienfeld. Wake up in an alternate universe where having sex is like shaking hands. C’mon – stay where you are, in london? Lame.
I’d wake up in a warm, uncharted island in the middle of an ocean, a few thousand years ago. Never bothered by anyone, or any of these bullshit camera focuses to make videos seem more artistic
A Motorhead concert with 2 hot females.
wow i cant believe i read every comment for this video, so i felt like i should say something just because this is the first time i have actually taken the time to write on a comment i found on stumble upon. first off, this was an incredible movie, i did cry, and not just a little. i agree with all the nice things people said about it. not the ignorant assholes who bitch about it because it went out of focus. why are you only seeing the cloud for the silver lining. i hope this guy above me does wake up on some other island so he doesn’t bother the rest of all the loving happy people that decided to give their own answer and not be a pretentious douchbag who correct people when they use a incorrectly spell a word. jeeze people sit back and look at the wonderful beauty of this video. sure simple, but that’s the beauty of it. it doesn’t need holly wood writers and special effects. it brings people to tears just to ask one simple question.
secondly,
if i were to wake up anywhere it would be next to my grandmother. i have fallen asleep next to her for my whole life and i’m 19 years old. there isn’t a place that compares waking up and watching law and order with my grandma.
love peace and chicken greese
Your beautiful moving comments brought tears to my eyes. Only a few days ago I was discussing with my sister how perfect Christmas was when we lived at our Grand parents. This was when I was most happiest. If I could wake up anywhere, it would be at my grand parents house on Christmas morning, and of course they would still be alive.
Happiness is completely worthless. Some electrons moving from one cell to another – nothing more. Good job for finding happiness in this stupid movie, buddy! You’ve either succeeded in being too stupid to realize how worthless your happiness is, or you’ve just fooled yourself into thinking it matters.
To me, this just shows how stupid people are, not just in the video, but in the comments as well. People cried because of this thing?? Ugh. Pathetic.
It’s just stupid people saying their stupid opinions, answering a stupid question so stupid people could make the camera blurry and make stupid people cry about it.
Someone said you could write a novel about this first kid’s answer… you serious? He’s just a typical horny and embarrassed faget. A novel? A noun and three adjectives is more than enough.
I would wake up with my dearly departed love of my life..My Nan. I miss her more than stars in the sky…we will be together agaig soon…
That was lovely.
Wonderful. Simply wonderful.
The best thing I’ve seen on the interweb in ages.
<3
was it just be or did the effects they added to the film bugging anyone else out?
at first peoples faces were fine then all of a sudden everyone grew alien spots on them, wtf was that?
other that that simply awesome, wonder what americans would say to that.
Hermoso!!!
So wonderful!
Yawn… Boring…
WOOW! very impressive I liked that. it looks like
America got some hits!
I would wake up in my old house in my old bed in 1969 and fix the mistakes I’ve made and save some of the people that I love who died and wouldn’t have had to if I had known or recognized the signs of the problems. I would want to know then what I know now. I wish I believed in second chances.
I would wake up where I could have breakfast with my brother and father and grandparents again. I would prevent my father’s stroke and have him back. I would know when I beat Howie in chess that something was wrong with his brain. I could never beat him in Chess. My grandparents lived to be old; I would simply enjoy them and appreciate and hug and kiss them all more.
I’d…well first impulse say a better word. Or maybe someplace separate from this one in at least some way.. Or maybe just someplace with friends and family, without all the nagging responsibilities. Just… Someplace quiet. Maybe in the woods in a cottage, at Christmas time. Yeah, there. With everyone I love.
That was pretty lame. Really. Don’t get me wrong here: I think the IDEA is pretty cool, but the film was poorly executed. But anyways, that’s just my opinion.
Pretty good video. It’s a great concept, and well executed. My only problem is that goddamn spastic focus they’ve got going on there. What’s up with that? It’s like it’s trying to be artsy, but just comes off as obnoxious… Other than that though, good little movie.
Well, first off, this video is the first thing that has made me cry in awhile now. I’m not exactly sure, perhaps it is just the music and the atmosphere, or perhaps it is the question itself. I don’t see how some say this isn’t a profound question, because it truly is. For instance, there are limitless possibilities for an answer. Some could just be plain simple, and straightforward, like a location, but obviously, it would only mean something to that specific person, but then you could have the person who wishes to go back in time and wake up before what they consider their biggest mistake, in theory, this would have an enormous effect, by changing just one thing, there would be endless repercussions. But, that’s besides the point, the real beauty of this was the spontaneity of it, just capturing that thought process; unguarded and raw with the human emotion and mind. It’s a wonderful thing. And also, the first mans answer was by far my favorite. It was the best representation of the human, one who knows that there should be an answer more profound but cannot find it, or could, but just didn’t admit it to their-self. Everything about this first answer was captured beautifully. And as to the quality of filming, I understand that most have seen the few things that weren’t up to par, but I disagree with those who said that these harmed the video overall. Actually I believe that it added to it, made it more real, instead of some elaborate plan that just wouldn’t seem as…normal. But yeah, this hit me and I’m still not sure why, so, great job.
I feel the same way. Watching this really does give me a lot to think about. I surprised myself by crying because it really is hard to make me tear up even a little bit. I seriously can’t remember the last time I cried before watching this. Everything about this was excellent-the people, the music, the location.
I think it would be interesting to ask this question in several other countries to see how the answers varied. I can imagine the answers Americans would give considering that I want to be anywhere but where I currently am lol.
Anyhow, it was pretty refreshing to see some faces who were genuinely happy with where they were in life. I enjoyed the film, mostly the first person they asked because his answer was so raw with emotion, yet his answer so simple. Great video…
nice, I loved the music, and I adore British people!
Where are all the answers? All this talk of atmosphere and tears…Are you really that susceptible to syrupy piano and violin music? Man, put a little bit of that on top of anything, and you’ll have ‘em eating out of your etc. First bit was pretty interesting, though.
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great video… its such simple question but can be taken very deeply and emotionally. If it were me.. i would have to say in a warm bed in small cabin on the top of a mountain during the winter. With my girl.
the point is that everyone who is happy and content and loving life, choose to wake up in their own beds. its beautifully done. bravo!
I am really drawn to this video. Any chance you can tell me where you received the first song for this clip? Good job!
What’s with the autofocus?
WHAT THE FUCK does it mean?
For all the people who said they’d want to wake up in America – I’m an American and I would want to wake up in London! Greener grass on the other side and all that…
lol I agree. I’m American, too (Mississippi, in fact), and I’ve always dreamed of visiting London. There’s just something about that British accent *sigh*…
Good video. Asking a group of people an open question that breaks up the monotony of the day is a win-win for all. I think you should edit it done though. No need for any more than 5 mins. Seems like the ending was just stretched aimlessly. Nice work over all. Good music and nice image composition helped to add to the beauty of the project.
That was so lovely. The first answer was the absolute sweetest. Who doesn’t want to spend all day in bed with their love?
Truly heart warming.
Well for me the answer is simple,”I don’t know.”
The truth is, I don’t want to know. The fun about life is not knowing
what comes next. A journey unseen by the eyes so blinded. Tragedies or
romance, a life willing to explore all possibilities is the mindset I
wish to think I live by.
~See not what lays before you,Yet live the life you wish to live.
Embrace the beauty that exists around, Accept much things your life shall give.
Do not be the stone of the forgotten cave, Embrace your life, the life you shall save~Zach~
absolutely brilliant…guys come down to Delhi, wait…how about i co-ordinate something with you guys? what do ya think?
That was a beautiful video. And I just adored those British accents (I have a weakness for those accents. lol) Watching this video has kind of inspired me to do something like this. It’s a great idea. :^)
1st guy’s reply was d bst…
I have to say I found it very anticlimactic, I was anticipating a message or something, like ‘X statistic of people don’t even have a bed to wake up in’ or ‘most people choose to wake up in their own bed’, but perhaps it’s better left with an open ending.
The first answer was intriguing, it went downhill after that, maybe if they’d kept the question a mystery till the end ? or if the people who answered, “In their own bed at home” were hooked up to a polygraph test, because that is easily a ‘trained’ answer, I can hear them thinking, “I MUST seem content with my life with an answer like that!” or “This question must have a purpose, what are they testing for?” I dunno.
I became upset when I realised (firstly, what the question was, and secondly) what my first real thought for an answer was… I would like to be woken up in the bed of the girl I loved, by the soft kiss she would plant on my cheek. my second answer was in the past/future/alternate reality/happy/content/never in this reality bullshit etc etc
A little too Sigur Ros for my tastes – Felt a bit lifted from Heima. The filter on the camera and the focus was so not called for. Otherwise intriguing idea with some draggy editing.
With the baby boy I lost.
Somewhere hot with chips.
With someone who loves me.
I love people
how did they find so many happy people??
I wonder how this same question would go over in New York or Los Angeles. People seem so distant and no where near as content as these folk.
Completely enchanting soundtrack.
This video could’ve been a bit less shitty had they not spoken in such unbareable accents…. disgusting. Last time I saw something this disguting and worthless was probably either meatspin, lemon party, or goatsie. Regardless not worth even being on the internet. Die now, then render you’re body subject to gorfings of massive, almost unheard of, proportions.
Thanks for reading!
You my friend are a xenophobic blight on the world. All you Aussies have to remember where you came from. A nation of imigrants that have managed to screw up a once beautiful country. Shame
wow i would bone that last girl looking to wake up with some one
This was absolutely genius. I loved it!!!!!!!!
I’d wake up in my Dad’s arms. When I was 4. That was a year before he died of cancer.
I feel bad, but I really didn’t get it. The entire video just seemed kind of stupid to me. I loved the first guy and his answer, but after that it just got ridiculous. It’s a good video. I guess the emotion was just lost on me.
Cool idea and great video… there are a couple more at the original website, fiftypeopleonequestion.com – and it has the song titles on there too, the opening one for this video is apparently “Chinatown” by Do Make Say Think.
I think the first was the most beautiful of them all.
“My lover’s bed.”
It was what I thought too.
Chinatown by Do Make Say Think was an excellent choice for the music. The ping pong pink bubble guy was my favorite.
anyone has any idea on where i can find the music from this video its fucking beautiful.
This is a very boring video. I’m never getting that time back. I would want to wake up sometime before I watched this video and hope I never stumbled it.
I don’t want to wake up.
Right here, every morning, i love my life
Wow… aside from all the people freaking out over minor grammar points and religious fine points, I’d say this is a great post with some good comments to follow. I’m not from London, but go there often and I know that tunnel. It runs from Belvedere Road to Waterloo Station. And 8 times out of 10, someone is there playing music for money. A small but well chosen place for something contemplative.
Where would I wake up? I could imagine a lot of places… in the better part of past relationships, in cool and quiet future spaces, in moments before a bad decision, in moments after anticipated resolution… but quite frankly, I’d love most to wake up in the morning on a Saturday, in the bed we have now, with our two children — ages five and three — having just crawled in to wake us.
A cliché? Perhaps.
But I wouldn’t want to miss a minute of them or trade away all the benefit and consequence, surprises or challenges, and even disappointments, that I have coming due over the rest of my lifetime. Not for anything
P.S. To someone who said “in the arms of Christ”… religious disputes aside, wouldn’t the Christ the majority purport to believe in want you to be out there doing something, making something, loving someone… rather than sinking prematurely and by choice into some kind of eternal indulgent refuge of bliss and safety? I don’t mean to say you can’t or shouldn’t believe. Just that to believe that a great being has given you the gift to “be” yourself… and then not to treat that gift as a verb… it seems tragic rather than beautiful.
Its an interesting question. What it means to me, and what it looks like it means to some others: where do you want to be, and why aren’t you there right now?
A lot of the people give an answer that is achievable, and it makes me wonder why they aren’t there, and why I’m not exactly where I want to be. Just makes me want to go out and find exactly what I want in life.
holding my dad. i miss him so much now that he’s gone.
God I hate watching things that make me sad
. I don’t get why people like this.
I would like to wake up in a world where the United States is not constantly threatening military action against whatever country is not subservient to its wishes.
… for me, I imagine my answer would be, next to someone who truly loves me…. for someone else, my 2nd answer would be September 1st 1992 to prevent my sister from dying in a car accident, providing I could go back in time……
Grassy knoll, Dealey Plaza, Texas. November 22nd 1963 (with a digi cam) to see who framed me
Hmm… I guess if I want to make a “wonderful film” I simply have to add in “touching” music and nauseating, grainy effects to the picture. All of you have been duped.
And what the hell kind of retarded answer is that ‘A Dreamer?’ I can see that you’re a man of action, spending your time watching crappy online videos and making hopeless comments to a board only a handful a people will see. Bravo. I’d like to wake up in a world where people ‘do’
rather than dream. Make something happen. Maybe you could find a way to fix all of the other countries of the world, so the US doesn’t have to do everything for everyone that’s not “subservient to it.” Give me a break.
Why make it in SE1? we all know that SE1 has the most amount of malinconic ppl in london !
This is probably one of the most boring videos I’ve ever seen. Really, just totally pointless.
That’s kinda sad
this is beautiful. the boy’s description of paradise, the first guy, the girl who said her parents house brought tears to my eyes. I love it.
truly amazing and surprisingly touching. only in london would this happen
Boring. Why is this so amazing? Yeah, New York. Space. With you. Oooh how touching. Who gives a fuck?
I think I would hesitate like the first guy. It’s kinda funny. I’m not sure I want to wake up anywhere
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I’d like to wake up in a world where I would have the ability to punch people in the throat over standard TCP/IP. Some people here would really need this.
If I could wake up anywhere, I wouldn’t wake at all. I would stay asleep and continue to dream.
In a day where I don’t live with regret.
I’d wake up in my own bed on May 6th, 2009 and call my cousin and tell him I love him. Maybe if I had done that more often, he’d still be alive.
These things are always bullshit, I bet they asked 300 people but only 50 gave these responses.
i’d wake up next to my ex boyfriend whom i still love very dearly.
thanks for your answer, i would’ve answered the same
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i stopped watching about a minute in because of how annoying this was.
did anyone else notice the little spots (like big freckles) coming and going on the images?
it was interesting- but i’m very happy to wake up in my own bed every morning. i suppose it’s a gift of having found peace of mind and being pleased with my life as it is. i hope everyone can find their way to this kind of happiness.
as far as the film goes, i believe it the choice of a more open location would have helped a great deal- also, better camera work and editing… this film is a good first attempt- it should have been put in the shelf and redone with an eye towards cleaner presentation- but that’s just my view of things.
I was amazed how quick I had and answer. Only one person answered as I did.. No riches,no tropical island etc………. PARADISE………. as God intended us to live………….NEW SYSTEM.
So what’s the fucking question and why do I care?
Screw you and your artistic focusing. You ruined the effect by doing it every 5 seconds.
And 2 minutes until you hit content? Stop trying to show off your editing and b-roll and just get to it.
Thumbs down.
I’d wake up on October 12, 2009 and call my mom at work and tell her not to do what she ended up doing so we wouldn’t be where we are now.
I want to take it all back.
this movie was shit… just thought I share that with you.
comeplete waste of my precious 5 minutes.
Yeah, a lot of the editing sucked, and the shaky, indie look on the cam was stupid, just put the damn thing on a tripod and let your framing and the people make the shots.
Or, the guy was a total amateur and didn’t take off auto focus.
Either way, the first guy had it right.
whats the song in the beginning?…i looked up chinatown by do make say think and thats not it
it’s such a shame that people always have to spout their bullshit on message boards like these. i wish everyone would just actually respond to the video instead of trying to get attention by starting a fight!!
i’m having a hard time deciding where i’d want to wake up too… at first i thought of so many places, but none of them seem just right. i think i’d want it to be a surprise. I’d want to wake up somewhere and possibly somewhen i’ve never been before. something completely new.
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Id wake up as far into the future as i could comprehend with my current experience and knowledge. I fear however, that it would not be long seeing the pace of change the world is in. The nice thing about the first person isn’t the simple answer, its the fact that he realizes its a shit answer.
Be careful with that. Apes rule the free world in the future.
I’m not sure that I would like to at all.
does anyone know the name of the first song with the piano? yes i know the second song is chinatown by do make say think, but its the first song i love.
It is 2am, and I’m struggling to finish an essay for tomorrow… this was worth the hundred words I could have written.
awesome video!
Woodstock
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Incredibly beautiful…sharing this with everyone I know…thank-you so much for an all too rare moment of pure joy.
After reading some of the comments I thought I would be bored, but quite the contrary. I quite enjoyed this, very interesting responses. And I can’t believe all the angry posts people left for this. Whilst the video may not be life changing it was in no way horrible and its that sort of angry attitude of whats wrong with people today. Lovely video.
at my mom’s house with my family, i miss them…
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Some maudlin-ass music and a bunch of goddamn brits… who the fuck puts this on stumbleupon?
some asswipe.
I liked it, was too long, but I liked it.
I’d want to wake up, right after my last child was born, knowing what I know now. I wouldn’t mind having a another go at it.
What’s with the negativity of some people?
English people nod alot!
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FOCUS!!!!!!!
The song is not Chinatown by Do Make Say Think.
Interetsing that people would say they would like to wake up in their own beds, without limits why would you want to go back to the norm?
Whats the question?
Left or right?
Black or white?
Is this dumb?
yes or no?
YES!
“Where would you like to wake up tomorrow if you could wake up anywhere?”
Well, it’s an interesting question…
I’d have to say… My dreams.
In dreams you can do anything you want with no limitations, even if it sort of goes against the question.
this video sucked. i cant believe i wasted 8 minutes of my life waiting on something to be significant………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..unbelievably boring. GOOD JOB.
Nice using Do Make Say Think!
In my mothers arms on the day i was born.
i’d wake up 18 years ago, so i could spend more time with my dad…
“CHINATOWN” by do make say think WAS NOT THE FIRST SONG. WHAT IS THE SONG PLAYING WHEN THE FIRST GUY (the one who wants to wake up in his girlfriends bed) SPEAKS ?!?!?!!?!?!?!??!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?
Great question to ponder. If there is anyone who knows the name of the music that is playing, please let me know. It is simply beautiful.
I thought it was lame art house tosh.
I would love to wake up in my own bed but in a place which belongs to me.
Watching this made me feel so connected to the human race.
I loved it, thought it was brilliant
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I’d wake up the morning of February 17th, 2007, when my mom passed away. I would have told her that morning that she had no choice and we were taking to her the hospital. She was always stubborn when she was sick… but this time I’d tell her it wasn’t up to her.
I’d like to wake up to the girl at 1.40, 3.16 and 6.45. I’m in love with her. What a cute face she has! I must have played this video over and over again to see her again and again. WOW she is beautiful!
i love this video its very simple but the way they made it is so beautiful..
seriosuly, where i went to sleep last night, anyplace else would just freak me out.
just saw my typo, it has been noted, don’t flame it.
I wanted to like this really but I found it disappointing – as someone else noted it was anticlimatic. “Where the Hell is Matt” is far more uplifting. I did love the shot of the toddler with the flashing shoes though.
In the TARDIS, with the Doctor, hopefully with more clothes on since I have crappy PJs.
dude. fucking aliens. 4:10, reptilians
dude, aliens. 4:10 reptilian
Loved this video.
If I could wake up anywhere.
It would be next to the one I loved.
A => In Love.
I am Hugo I am from Portugal is rad. He plays the harmonica.
This legit made me cry. It’s just amazing.
i think i just coughed up some vomit.
what a pretentious piece of crap.
Where I would want to wake up doesn’t really exist… is that sad?
I feel like if there was no limits, and even if it could be anywhere, i would just like to wake up next to my girl, my love.
I’d wake up with my granddaughter at my side smiling at me.
I’d also like to wake up with Dolores’s granddaughter smiling at me ;o)
I personally think it would be enough just to wake up in my own bed, what could be better than that? expected, safe, warm, secure…if I don’t have a home then I would want to wake up in a home. If I am abroad from my home, then I’d like to wake up in the most serene way possible
Wow…that is beautiful.
Susan
is it me or do there faces seem to start to get stuff on them or am i seeing shit
Heaven. Who wouldn’t?
Towards the ending was my favorite. When the camera got close to the person playing the violin and then they went and harmonized the piano with it. that was beautiful
I think, I’d wake up in arms of the person I love.
Very nice!
A simple question，but teaches me a lot .
In a sad way, I would wake up in my bed next to my exboyfriend. It would mean things were back to the way they were…
I got teary eyed watching this. Not sure why. But I would love to wake up in the middle of a meadow up in a mountain near a forest during a thunderstorm. And I would be alone. That is my paradise.
I don’t know why I like this video. The people being interviewed seemed to enjoy thinking about their answer.
I would love to wake up on a futuristic island floating in the sky, of which I was captain and leader, next to a beautiful girlfriend, on a warm day, to a gorgeous view of the Earth below.
Its from one question 50 people
they also have similar videos in nyc and other citys
google it.
the furthest place on earth from any other human