Fave Fan Theories: Brit Marling on "The OA"
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- While backstage at The Tonight Show, Brit Marling reveals her favorite fan theories about "The OA," including hidden messages in the show's imagery and eerie similarities to Russian paintings and philosophy.
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Fave Fan Theories: Brit Marling on "The OA"
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she writes, she act
she have more talent than almost all of Hollywood
great woman, great actress
and shes beautiful
dimitreze i dont think she realizes it but her spirit is powerfully emanating in this world affecting people deeply with her contributions to her art
Most importantly, she atacc
Is Incredible that she has written all the 5 season already
@@1pape0 5 seasons ? Aren't there only 2 ?
OMG SHE'S TALKING ABOUT MEEEE!!! I found the red hut and the Russian painter!!
Sorry, I'm geeking out a little right now....
wooow jajaja!!!! how about fee time jajajaja
did you post it on Reddit?
Do you have the painter's name? I'm not sure how to spell it based on what she said, and I totally want to look him up!
The painter's name is Kasimir Malevich (the painting is called the Red House)! And his friend, the man who wrote The Fourth Way, is George Gurdjieff.
I sure did! Right here!
www.reddit.com/r/TheOA/comments/5khffx/minor_spoilers_the_red_house_and_the_fourth_way/
I love this woman's work, outstanding actress!
I saw your name and I though that it was the amount of likes your comment has.
YES I am the 100th liker!!
Jstn 8156 in some scenes I swear she could portray Barbra Streisand a young Barbra, if they ever make a movie of her life?! They'd obviously have to dub in Barbra's singing no matter who plays her anyway! I want to read that mans book now 😳
Awesome writer especially, she wrote or co wrote all the projects with the director
What of Outstanding Actress is what OA stands for :O
I weirdly feel like this show changed my life and how I see and feel it, everything feels so much more then it did, sort of magical and beautiful when before I was hated this world and felt trapped and depressed and now I feel a little enlightened because of The OA and the fact that this happened to so many others after watching the show is incredibly beautiful.
yes - the beginning of the intuitive awakening.
Right. I felt eviscerated by it. So haunting. I felt awful,sad and restless
That sounds transcendent. Honestly, a lot of it could trace back to the origin of BBA in the series. She admitted later on in season 2 that OA had shown her how closed off she had become. That she couldn’t handle the weight of the world anymore, that it was simply to much to bare.
I think we ourselves can often come to that conclusion in life. We go through enough pain, our skin becomes withered, and we figure that vulnerability is a weakness; it isn’t. To be vulnerable is to allow yourself to feel and to be one with the world rather than separate from it. I too hid myself, wrapping myself in the depths of a cocoon in where I thought the outside world could no longer harm or faze me.
This series, among many others, remind us that “the hurt is good”. It means that we’re alive and that we’re no longer in that cave we placed ourselves in. The world is so very vast and full of beautiful and horrific things. To experience life truly is to know how to navigate through the channels without hiding from the uncertainty of what may come next. Be open. Be honest and sincere. Be gentle and loving to the external world. In turn you may find freedom from the traps you set for yourself before coming here. Perhaps then when the light calls, you’ll drift into that invisible river. To begin anew in a dimension waiting to host you. To another world of bright colors and infinite possibility
me too.
I finished the last episode yesterday - ever since I started watching it, the show has taken root in my mind. Things look and feel different. Idk why it's just a show! I hope and pray that we one day will see the end to OA.
The way she speaks is exactly like how she speaks in the OA, wow! All the motions, to the way her lashes flutter- lol
I adore her, too, but this doesn't really speak FOR her as an actress, don't you think?
Because she is bad actor ..lol
She is literally the same ethereal beauty that she is in the show. Bring back more seasons!!
This woman is absolutely incredible! Every role she has ever performed in, written and/or produced has been absolutely breathtaking. Her creative vision, as well as Sal and Mike have truly been a breath of fresh air in this age of boring, non-inventive and repetitive Hollywood dribble. They all bring forth the much needed inspiration, creative imagination, and intellectual dexterity that so many of us crave. I hang on to every word like a sponge, every avenue of every role in film and in real life Brit Marling expresses. She is an absolute joy to listen to and watch and I truly cannot wait to see more from her. What a strong but also delicate beauty with a beautiful mind!
Those last seven minutes of the show gave me major goosebumps!! So powerful
I cried like a little girl lol
i held back tears and I literally don't understand why it was tear/cry worthy. it must be working....
Same, I watched it about 20 times and was in tears every single time
Me too. It felt so real. The way we got there in the story made it feel like we were a part of it.
wait, i laughed so hard when i saw them flash mob... am i the only one??
Watched the 2 seasons in 3 days. I am so impressed with this story. It's so funny and smart to give the actors their real names. This show just blows me away. I feel so inspired!! thank you to the creators!!! I will treasure it forever
Give to Brit Marling the necessary support for The OA. This series needs to conclude with their five seasons. Come on guys! #SaveTheOa
I SCREAMED WHEN SHE GOT SHOT AND THEN THERE WAS NO MORE EPISODES AFTER THAT SO I SCREAMED AGAIN
*two years of screaming*
Did you see the new episodes!!
I remember when I first season came out... and it wasn’t so popular yet. This show and Brit deserve all the attention. It’s a brilliant brilliant piece of work
OA is an acronym of Original Angel. She says "I am the original angel" multiple times.
Who else is here after season 2?
...we neeeEEEEeeeed season 3
Hi.
me..
😭
😔
mama panda I’ve been watching it for the fifth time now.
OA, please take me to another earth.
I see what you did there. Another earth is an amazing movie and the atmosphere is much like The OA.. natural I guess, being by the same Brit - Zal duo
Angel... take me with you
omg I love the OA
She is so lovely :D Such a good show, so ready for the next season :(
Veroicone and it's still not out yet 😔
March 22nd 2019.. Season 2 trailer is out..
Amazing woman, love all her work. The OA is a personal top favourite. 10/10
I like the theory that it is all exactly as we see it: the flashbacks to "Prairie"'s Russian childhood, Hap's prison/lab, the NDE visions of a goddess or entity of fate, the movements that unlock interdimensional travel, the purpose of the OA fulfilled when the shooter is obstructed from his intended mass murder, and so on. It's all real, it all happens, none of it is symbolic.
Yeah, I know some theories which might be true, but I'm betting on everything being right there in front of us. It's fun to speculate, but sometimes you need to take things at face value
You couldn't have stopped it. There's so many dimensions to explore and so many things that could happen. Can't understand why you guys stopped.
It's a great serie!!
I found season one to be quite refreshing, in terms of creative and visual direction. Also, the violin piece that's played throughout the season is so beautiful; I get goosebumps anytime I hear it.
Thank you for posting this video. Thank you Brit and Zal for the OA TV series. Please, continue season 3, we love this series, and want to know how it ends.
Did she say 5 boys? Why is she forgetting about my favourite character Betty! :C
right? hearing her say that made me cringe shes one of the shows main creators and yet she couldnt get that detail ?
Yes. He totally forgot about the adult woman.
Dylan Ng she's into young boys
Dylan Ng I know!! I thought the same thing!
I don't think she forgot. There's more to BBA than we realize at this point. Her male twin whom she broke twin bonds with will come into play next season, for sure.
I've just recently discovered the OA and I am totally blown away both metaphorically and literally. Totally. Brit is the flipping OA... no boudaries to immagination.
i dont know how i didnt realise before until she mentioned steve chasing the ambulance that its mirrored in the last episode of season 2. ive easily seen the show 6+ times but the writing is so good there are still things i miss
We all want part 3 asap
Just gonna put this out there. The books from the last episode are not the OA's books. They are brand-new and not in braille. As a child, she learned to read in Russian. Her adoptive parents also taught her braille, but not english reading. There is no way she learned to read english in the timeframe of the first season. Maybe the FBI agent who was also in the house planted them there? OA didn't trust him from the beginning. I bet she had a reason to.
I always thought that it was strange they showed us a scene of the OA in Walmart holding closely a sweater that reminded her of Homer. I believe that she went through a phase in her recovery where she bought items that reminded her of her past, as a way to solidify her memories... But you're right!!! The FBI councilor was in the house when he found the books and, truly, unless she learned to read certain words during her imprisonment?
Heather H
It’s insane how you actually guessed what the books were and you were totally 100% correct before even finding out from the now released 2nd season. I must say, that is very impressive!
I'm so excited, love this show!
Now this is a unique video! Thank you so much! 🌹
I love this show! It deserves more recognition.
I say each sign is a lesson learned in past lifes brought forward to deal with the finale..like unity, unconditional love, bravery, nonviolence, open heart, selflessness which praire showed them as well.....thru these lessons they were able to nonviolently shift the course of the shooting event.
I love that she always says hours instead of episodes. I wonder if she views this as a long movie more than a show.
MY FAVORITE SHOW EVER!!! 💖💖
She is amazing, fell in love with her instantly. Show is so well made that it's really hard not to keep watching all episodes in a row
She's beautiful so much talent..The OA was a top notch.Best Netflix series.Season 3 needed desperately
Another insterestic think about the last theory it's that in fourth way talk about the WILL and how the man as a machine need to increase his will to be capable to "do" beacuse all his actions are guided by external situations. And in the last episode of the OA homer ask the old lady how they can escape and she say (i don't remember exacly) "All you need it's will, it's always a matter of will." And OA after being shoot she says "don't you see it, I have the will". Excuse my mistakes English it's not my native language.
i love brit marling and the directors! You guys have to watch "sound of my voice" directed by the same guy
Brit is also in it
I wish there was more of the OA show it was amazing
Prairie went for our dimension and lives here as Brit Marling.
Are u in the production team? haha You spoiled the ending of part 2, a year ago. :))))))
Ohh myyyyyy !!! I can watch her face all day and night. Such an beauty and talent
Can't believe they fucking cancelled the show! It was unique and brilliant.
OK - the wife and I just crashed coursed The OA series 1. We both thought it was original and outstanding and gripping TV.
Here is our Theory :
When Prairie (OA) jumps from bridge she dies and goes to another dimension = Home (now no viewers thinking this) they thinking literally - NO.
She jumped to die and go to try and find the other 5 which took her to what seems her home town, present day but its not its another dimension. A one were the other 5 have been taken by Hap and they no longer know who they are or were.
So its a case of who is who ??? And OA being shot at end means she is going back to her real life (she chose to live) but now she knows where Hap has went and hidden her friends - she can go back.
Plus by teaching them the movements its helping/making them remember who they are. I think BBA is August, French is Homer, Stevie is Scotty, singer is the singer, fat kid is guitarist woman and Hap is the FBI councillor.
That OA will come back to life from jumping off bridge through being shot in other dimension. Then she has to die again to go back.
GOTDAMN!! YES!!
I find your theory very interesting, but how would you explain that August is one of them ? She was already dead when Prairie arrived, and that should mean that she made the choice not to come back, right ?
As they need five of them to travel, so the five ( four boys + the teacher ) have to represent the five in the cage ; like maybe just as a symbol to open the gate ; French would be Homer ( sports, popular, needs to take care -homer is son - French, his mother and brothers ) Jesse would be Scott ( plants, drugs ), Steve would be Renata ( feisty personality, sex-drive kinda ), and BBA could be Rachel ( brother plays an important part ) and Buck would be Prairie ( transitioning + the fact that their parents don’t see them as their true self and are very protective )
I also feel like Buck and Alfonso have a connection, like Prairie and Homer do ( romantical or platonic, doesn’t matter )
I completely agree with you that the FBI agent represents Hap, that is almost certain ( like the way Prairie trust him, but she totally should not )
- im gonna stop, elsewhise it would be too long + sorry for the mistakes, english is not my birth langage
Wow kudos to the one who found out all about the painter and his friend!! Now I want to read that book!!!
Great series!!!
'That takes OA away' 😂😂
i am hearing impaired and all the background noise and music make it really hard to make sense of what she is saying. captions are a joke, so not an option. seems like every tv show these days has background sounds way too loud for me to participate. please, think of the hearing impaired, sound people
Susan B, I am not hearing impaired & the background noises bother me too. I can only BEGIN to imagine how hard it is for you. Ugh.
Oh, that sucks, sorry for that. But the captions are getting better and better everyday since Google has been spending a lot into the software lately so hopefully, soon, it won't be a problem for you anymore
Susan B I offer to make a transcript of what she said here if you couldnt hear her well ☺
Susan B Wow you should try youtube captions nowdays.
youtube captions are laughably poor
Love her so much! Can't wait for more and Season 2 of the OA!
wow it was really cool to look up that incredibly strange and striking painting. i will be looking into the book as well
Few times I saw a very similar hut in the middle of nowhere while taking a "past life regresion", which I call parallel life trip (as it often brings me to "future").
Omg more please!!
She is a great story teller
Please! "The OA" come back! Come back!
Wow that's such an amazimg story about the painting..
It's been years since I've seen it, so I could be wrong, but did she play the main girl in the movie Another Earth? Could also have the title wrong lol but it also dealt with alternate realities/universes etc and the ending still haunts me to this day
punxie89 yes she did act in that movie
she co-wrote another earth also which is why it has some of the same influences
That was her yes, but "the other earth" was only to be used as symbolizing the possibility of true redemption. So, the story had nothing to do with what life was like on earth 2, but was more like a "what-if" if we made a huge mistake and had a real chance to redeem ourselves. It would involve sacrifice on a whole new level. She could of gone to the other earth to have a new life for herself, but sacrificed her own need to let the mans life she destroyed go to the other earth where his family was still alive. Talk about true redemption! Another Earth was one of the best movies I have ever seen!
Chris Foskin Same! I remember being really moved by it, I need to watch it again
punxie89 yes she was amazing in that film and OA reminded of that film
She is a national treasure. Protect her at all costs. I think she’s a real angel lol
the way she talks, body gestures looks exactly like her acting in OA
I still think about this show...what an impact.
she's my waiffu since another earth
Wait, was she the girl in that movie??
@@barbaro267 yessss
barbaro267 she WROTE that movie, blud
Mind blown again! The fourth way is next on my book wishlist
Please bring the OA back! I keep re watching seasons 1 and 2 but we need more!
That philosopher she talks about is Gurdjieff, born in Armenia in the mid 1800, and his movements are in fact all about transcending the physical experience, being in total awareness... Gurdjieff was the man that continuously "remembered about himself". The "I AM" of Gurdjieff was always present in his life... kind of that affirmation "I AM THE OA"
No one has said anything about the cell phone that starts and ends with the show. Kid records O.A. plummeting to her death and than French puts his cell phone to record the cafeteria because it seems to be the last day of school. French records the OA being shot and the whole dance unintentionally.
I want season 2!!!!!!
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SINCE I BINGED THE OA REDDIT THREAD.
fav netflix original!
To the enlightened: Catch the subliminal programming in the background??😹
I just think she was actually with the 5 other prisoners and actually trying to save them and the movement didn't stop the shooter, but they caused the shooter to shoot OA so that she could have another NDE and travel to the other dimension and save homer and the others. like when you see the show, it was a precise shot, so I think that was directed by the movements. another theory that's probably not true is that she's just somebody who is depressed/has some kind of mental disorder and goes to commit suicide and when she jumped off the bridge in ep 1, when she hits the water, that's when the NDE starts and she's imagining everything after that and to us what seems like days or weeks is actually a matter of seconds while she's underwater.
It's the best Show I've ever seen. Congratulation.
A big fan from Germany
She’s awesome and the oa is so good
Best show I’ve seen in many yrs maybe ever ! I’m very interested in finding out where the movements come from .. Are they original to the show created by a choreographer? Or are they actual moves learned from somewhere or something else ?
That philosopher she's talking about is called George Gurdjieff. Lovely
I really really liked the first Interpretation!
If you really liked Brit Marling in the oa, you might like another movie she stared in called "another Earth" it's quite sad yet beautiful and thought inducing movie just like The Oa
It doesn't even sound like she's talking about fan theories haha. Just sounds like she is straight up telling us that they're accurate 😂
Wow, these theories are awesome! !
Here is my theory. It is 100% REAL it's only a tv show in this dimension.
Still waiting for Netflix to bring back the show 🙌
The philosopher she's referring to on 3:10 is George Gurdjieff.
Wow Brit is a real genius look at all the thought provoking things shes been into.
I could listen to her speak for hours
....Homer?
I sincerely look forward to season 2...
YASSSSS THX FOR THIS
Aw, Brit Marling seems so sweet!
She is indeed an angel 😀
*say “OA away” really fast repeatedly*
Neither confirm nor deny Brit Marling is beautiful but she is also so mean
A segment of The Tonight Show featuring Jimmy Fallon without Jimmy Fallon?
I can dig that!
The movements are the Gerjiff movements
It's easy to imagine a secret scientific effort happening exactly like the OA show.
oooooh gave me goosebumps! the Russian painter
Ok, so I am betting all of them have some musical talent. This is about the Law of Seven, its a law of vibrations. Musicians know the octaves. To raise an octave, you must increase the energy or vibration. These people already know how to manipulate the physical world by increasing vibrations. That is what music does. The Dr. does not let them have their guitars or anything else. They are learning to use their bodies as their musical instrument. They are learning to increase energy to create a quantum jump. There are ways to step outside yourself so that your true self is present, like during an NDE or dancing. She is in the process of becoming who she really is. Remembering one's true nature is very powerful. The clue about the Russian painting that led to Gurdjieff's 4 th way explains alot. There is an Ennagram that Gurdjieff made. I am going to research the 4th way for more clues.
I mean, the music thing takes it in a different direction than what the show intended. The idea of 5 separate but equally powerful "movements" is paralleled to the sensation of a stream of water. OA said that being transported through the portal opened up by the 5 movements felt like being pulled along a powerful stream of water. And OA desired being "surrounded by something that isn't darkness" when she said to Scott, Rachel, and Homer that she wanted to swim in water one day. And lastly, the OA "felt" the memories of the others when she washed in bathwater at home. So, the connections of the 5 individuals, each with a separate movement, have more to do with water than music.
Thelete Sophia damn you smart. you watch season 2?
barbaro267
Yeah, but you’re taking this too literally. The water is a metaphor for vibration and reality. If you understand anything about Quantum Physics, then you know reality is mostly made of vibration and light. When the person posted this comment, I think they meant vibration in the terms of Quantum Physics, so by raising one’s vibration, they can manipulate the environment around them because it’s all made of sound waves. Check it out!
she's precious
Its the...
*Spoiler*
Original Angel!
Such a good show :D
Keyboard kitten dude delete this... please
I gave a spoiler unlike the other people in the comments :(
La mejor serie del mundo!
Actually, I concur with both theories, though I didn't realize the shot glass fractured in 5 parts. Although the series is very open to personal interpretation, something that wasn't totally clear is what actually happened to Prairie during those 7 years. My guess is she was actually kidnapped (somehow) and, in order to assimilate what was happening around her, she imagined her situation as the books she heard from her adoptive mother.
i love her and I LOVE THIS SHOW
Mother, bring back The OA
I hope they decide to make Season 2
OA stands for Omega & Alpha - The End...and the Beginning. Life after Death.
Escape from life's misery with music and cats my theory too death leads to life
Original Angel