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As a note the Navidsons and their experience are semi autobiographical to MZD his father was a film maker and photographer, his mother a model/actress, he has a sister who is a singer. From what I've been able to find the internal story also might be Mark reflecting on his dad's career change to be more of an academic/critic in order to spend more time with him and his sister. He also doesn't talk much at all about his mother in interviews so there might be something going on there or possibly just a desire to keep his mother's private life private.

I am still working on the book. Its very hard to get clear idea because I feel formatting here is crucial key to solving this puzzle. I have not been able to get hold of hardcover book. Mostly been listening to audiobook and playing myhouse.wad. Doom mod. lol I still feel the keynotes at the end of the book are crucial. I think by analysing them in detail you could get even better handle what is true and made up since some of the quotes and stuff are totally made up. Would love to watch your another video on this topic if you ever made one.

Thank you .

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Dont have earpods with me at the moment but I turned my laptop speaker 100% and video volumn to 100% still cant hear anything :( shame I am pretty sure THIS is the video I must watch, maybe I should get a new pair of pods!

House of Leaves is one of my favorite reads in recent memory.

Sure you already know this - there's a companion album to HoL by MZD's sister, who records under the name 'Poe'. When Johnny hears a song coming from a bar with lyrics about a 'five and a half minute hallway' - th-cam.com/video/2_Q-dmsQTao/w-d-xo.htmlsi=W362JMPADP1OfbOa

I think him attacking kyrie afterwards was all in his mind because at one point in the book I remember him basically admitting that, that in the end kyrie just ran away and all the violence was, again, all in his head. Personally I think that what's real and what is not is left intentionally vague and there is no real answer..which on one side is cheap, but it works well with the themes of the book being dishorientation, both spacial and about your own feelings and your place in life. It's a shame for me that the most interesting part of the book, the navidson report, is clearly fiction and doesn't even attempt to explain its lore...which on one side makes it scarier, on the other, at least for my tastes, cheapens it a bit, because if the author can put whatever he wants in the story without that neededing to make sense, then nothing actually matters. the rest is just a clear descent into schizophrenia..I think zampano really existed since we get photos of the snippets he left behind...but it's also true that nothing "strange" surrounding zampano ever gets explained...the dead cats, the claw marks near his body, the strange snippets that appear burned in seemingly random spots...zampano could be real and those could have mundane explanations that we will never know, or zampano could be made up, and thus the explanations don't really matter.

Does anyone else think the entire thing is written by johnnys mom? She mentions numerous times "when the government kills me". I think she killed johnny when he was 7 and is institutionalized/ on a death row type situation. I think shes telling the story through multiple personalities. The way her letters deteriorate are very similar to the rest of the book. Karen being sexually abused could be her own trauma?

Awesome video man! This was a real treat. I'm in my second readthrough now. Definitely feels like new game plus. Probably going to read it once every Summer now. 😂❤ I Love your video, thank you for making this for us!!!!!

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Brilliant analysis. I’ve read a lot of commentaries on HOL. This was refreshing in its insights. I feel like I finally understand what the book was about. Anxious to read the book for a third time after listening to the way you’ve framed your analysis. Nice going!

I really enjoyed this. It was a great way to revisit the book without having to read it again. That formatting, interesting & creative as it was, could be a little grueling to get through.

I liked your interpretation a lot! I think your point about the importance of sitting with something yourself is very valid. You definitely had some interesting insights that I hadn’t noticed. I particularly liked your thoughts on how certain characters in the film portrayed different aspects of Johnnys life!

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I forget, do we have anyone's word other than Johnny that be became famous? Did that band even exist?

This is my favorite HOL analysis.

It would be awesome if you would continue your examination on house of leaves. Maybe go into fan theories or different interpretations you have? Great content btw!

Thank you! I gave up on the book and thanks to your video I need to revisit it I think. And the music fit the ambiance of the story well.

This was an amazing video. Thank you so much for the work you put into making it

Thank you for your insight. All of your essay was well thought out and eloquent.

Fantastic video, you brought so much clarity and thoughtful analysis to a Seemingly impenetrable piece of art. Thank you.

I was honestly absentmindedly clicking on summary links for House of Leaves and thought it said something around 500k views on your video and was honestly shocked it was only 6K views. While I usually have video essays on as background noise, I was completely absorbing everything you said throughout the entire time. Not only was this a really good and straight to the point summary about the plot and themes of the book but I would absolutely listen to you talk about other books in a similar way too. This video was really well-organized and kept my attention the entire way through. I've owned this book for years and was never able to crack it and you put it all out there really well. I watched another video that said you're just doing this as a hobby but I would absolutely love a series of you talking about quite literally any book like this.

Fantastic review and interpretation; truly deep and insightful! I really hope you do more reviews of this kind!

Does no one else find an analysis of this book...ironic?

This is great - I'd love to hear your thoughts on Mother Horse Eye's Flesh Interface Series.

I finished the book and I really liked your analysis. I hope you continue this sortve thing. I thought your recap was really well done!

Minotaur could be johnnys trauma / fangs personified (?)

Thank you for your analysis. It was very good and helped me have a deeper understanding 😊

I like how you did this. Your voice, the music and your articulation are appreciated. Thank you.

Highly recommend checking out the album "Haunted", by Poe (Anne Decatur Danielewski), this is Mark's sister's 2nd album and is seen as a companion piece to the book, each reference one another and were created around the same time. Both deal with similar themes, as they were both dealing with some level of trauma relating to their parents, if memory serves. It's all echoes of one another.

This is a great analysis! I read House of Leaves probably 5 or 6 years and a friend recently picked it up - your video helped jog my memory and frames the information in a way that doesn't feel snobbish or unapproachable.

Karen saving Will by going back into the house is the most pivotal moment of the book. No amount of logical analysis or knowledge could stop the trauma and emotional pain from growing inside of the house. The book postulates that only someone loving you in spite of all the pain and trauma can make it go away/ or allow you to move on from it and live fully. To me this embodies what it means to truly experience love. No matter where you and the other person have been. You both walk into the other person’s emotional mess and say i’m here to stay and love you even tho its overwhelming and a mess. Only then will the mental gaps recede and two can live a full life in spite of the trauma.

I enjoyed your post very much, thanks for posting!

Wow you reviewed it in under an hour. World Record!

Thank you for doing this. I just wanted to object to calling some of the characters "losers" just because they don't have a great career, family and perhaps make questionable choices. It is unnecessarily judgemental. Some people have difficult lives and it doesn't matter how hard they try they are not as perfect as others` for many reasons. For me it almost feels like calling someone in a book that is challenged mentally a "retard". In particular, I really have no idea why you would consider Tom to be a "looser".

Great analysis and up to the point. You brought up the most important things. And like you I loved Johnny’s mom letters. They were beautiful and disturbing . Johnny probably got his talent for writing from her.

He did a really good job on the video, my attention span is pretty poor, so much so that I can’t even do audiobooks sometimes but I managed to track everything u said so that’s awesome, I wouldn’t have been able to absorb any of the story at all if it weren’t for you so thanks

I appreciate YOUR time.

I feel like the house itself is a book. Books contains worlds, or in this case a house, but when you close it its just a book, it never changes, it always look the same. And the labyrinth reminds me of greek mythology with the labyrith that changes size and form, and in the middle the minotaur resides.

I’ve owned this book since I was 16 years old… simply because I love circa survive. Without knowing what it’s about… I was very intimidated by the format. So much so I still have never read it.

This is so relaxing 😌

Great vid! Btw I don’t think Johnny actually killed Kyrie and Gandks man. He says later in the book he let them go

One thing about the hallways is that the closet space between the rooms only appears after the rift of going to a wedding. The kids no doubt asked their parents why they weren't married, furthering the emotional rift.

Just finished the book and this brought it all together wonderfully! Thanks so much! Great job!

i think what i really liked about this book is the way the formatting enhanced the content. there’s a lot of content that appears to serve no purpose other than to change your reading speed. some passages are formatted such that it mirrors the claustrophobia that the characters experience, or conversely, the wide spaces that they find themselves in. i don’t know if every detail has a deeper meaning or intention, but the book utilizes a lot of rules of composition very effectively, and overall is a great example of how content and form talk to each other. i really like it for that alone, even though it’s a complex mammoth of a text that spirals and dead-ends and meanders. certainly unconventional but it works so well for what it is.

Love the music in the background

Good video man. I agree the book is about johnnys descent it no schizophrenia. It’s a schizophrenia stimulator

I enjoyed your video from start to end , and for your first longer format video it was very well put together. If you decide to continue this as hobby then I look forward to what you do next

Fantastic video. Well done