Brit Marling of Netflix's 'The OA' had a Near Death Experience at Goldman Sachs
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- Brit Marling was on the path to a safe and secure life with a steady job at Goldman Sachs promising an enviable salary and a predictable future, but there was one problem. She felt like she was dying inside.
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Brit Marling is one of the few living writers in our generation who is actually a storyteller. She is an artist and a poet. I love her.
Ya all her movies have original, interesting ideas. Exactly what is lacking in Hollywood today...
@Roger Edgerton You must be one of the "dumb masses" I bet you saw the new Avengers movie and loved it....
@@Scorch428 lolololol llo lolol....👏
@@Scorch428 Hollywood never had much creativity.
They look to make money.
Super man one was nice, then they go and make five Superman movies, Ten shitty batman movies, never realy taking risks on making a movie about real life.
Hbo and Netfix take risks and created great Tv shows.
Well if you love her..Then why dont you go marry her
Brit, you are an amazing woman. Netflix, we need the full five parts as the story was intended to have.
why? are they cancelling it?
Such a clever brain this lady has. Hurry up think season 3
zurzak ne-etra yes, they canceled it.
🙏👏👏👏
@@zurzakne-etra7069 They're just canceling it
Man this dude is beyond an interviewer, he's a therapist. Never have I heard such questions where even the actors are taken back at the profundity of the things he inquires about them. How does this guy not have more subs. I hope his actual website is doing well.
He's fantastic!
Right on! He's great. I wish there were more like him. Someone I'd put in the same league is Cheryl Waters of KEXP. Goes to such great lengths to put all of her guests at ease and asks insightful questions.
@@paulcassidy4559 Wow thanks for that recommendation, just now watching some of her interviews with a couple of my favorite music artists, and she's a delight. Asks all the right questions and makes her guests feel comfortable.
I actually find the opposite.
@@turion2319 your mother.
Shes probably my new favorite person I’ll never meet...
I met her when she was filming the OA in my small NorCal town a year ago. I hadn't seen the show, but I LOVED the movie "Another Earth", and I told her so...she was warm and gracious, and her complexion is flawless. I pretty much fan-girled all over her and she couldn't have been nicer...
PenelopeDinkledong S 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
like you too . .):
Right? Mine too
If not this reality, you will in another 👀
5 parts of The OA or riot.
We riot
Riot time 😈
HELL YES
Let’s riot
Yes who do we have to kidnap to make this happen??
"I was heartbroken. When does a kid lose their imagination, when do they let go of that wild unbridled thing and become the broken-in horse?" How beautifully put. To toil the precious hours of your life away in a fluorescent-lit cubicle, you HAVE to confine your urge to be fully alive and free, and it hurts. It hurts real bad. What deeper, more painful betrayal can there be? That's what the drugs, the therapy, the distractions, the bonuses, the status and the perks are for. To numb the pain of allowing yourself to be domesticated, and your life to be used for other people's purposes.
She said everything that kids who wanted to do something else in life but was told to do what our parents wanted or considered a 'safe' route in life.
I feel this so much.
syzygy10 damn that stings
syzygy 10, Her words on "losing their imagination" immediately caught my attention as did your comment. I believe it is not lost, more like tamped down or even beaten out of us by our culture and others.
Yea, so true. heres the ting, a lot of people dont hae a choice, they have to work. as a creative person myself, its been a struggle to act day in and day out...to get the job done. Doing my best not to make a mistake and also fit in fashion wise...while still be an individual..with a lot of vintage clothes :-)
Season 2 was mind blowing.
She's awesome. 👏👏
I am trying so hard to love Season 2. I really, really am.
@@fullofstars977 I was worried when I first saw the trailer but when I watched it I loved it
Ana Hendricks ,start with season 1 again and binge through season 2. This will make much better sense for you. Also the first two episodes of season 2 will essentially start this new chapter so you may feel what I and others felt (a little off) and wonder where they’re going. It does all pull together at the end of season 2 and that is just how Brit has written the elements of the show so you can understand the tiers of dimensional travel. Unfortunately as it’s written it takes building up through several episodes to get you those answers. Season 2 is more or less building on season 1 for season 3 which I am sure is going to get really intense. The writing is genius and I wish I could say more but I am avoiding spoilers.
Deanith ,that’s just it you have to watch and not miss anything, it is your full undivided attention.
@@glennedward2201 I liked season 2 even more than season 1
It’s so fascinating to watch her think while she’s speaking. She’s an inspiration to me.
She’s great, but if you’re someone who doesn’t think whilst speaking you got an issue haha
@@ghozter1 People are conscious when they speak (usually), but thinking before and while one speaks is not as common as you seem to believe.
Such a great comment section here. It's like a breath of fresh air.
And such a wonderful profile picture
I was thinking the same as I read, totally refreshing. As much a I do like to feel others opinions, today is such a dangerous and toxic experience.
The elevating power of Brit.
GAAAY
This show seems to attract a good crowd.
Brit is awesome. The OA changed me and the way I think about film. I think it takes a special type of person to really see it for what it is. She is a creative and imaginative genius, who presents strong emotion and feeling based writing. I think there are a lot of people out there looking for the perfect "formula" so to say, for a good film/television show. I think she understands the importance of feeling out your story, writing it because you love it, and understanding that if you tell the emotions that you know, the ones that have been so impactful to you, you are able to tell those with coherence and relateability. Its the utmost example of "telling what you know." Brit, let me PA on your sets! lol.....but for real though.
I originally watched OA because of 'Sound of My Voice' and was delighted to encounter again the same themes of longing for a tribe, mixed with faith and doubt, and never being quite sure knowing what to believe, but yearning for it to be true. OA2 probably goes a bit too far in answering the questions but I can't deny I was delighted to discover it on Netflix today and I just binged the entire series in one sitting...
CalviNNation Her job at Goldman sacs made her realize this story she can tell
CalviNNation I would like to know what you changed after seeing OA ...🤔
@@dariopetroni1819 I'm an aspiring filmmaker so it gave me such a different idea of storytelling. I see so many filmmakers trying to develop stories that will sell rather than trying to tell really personal stories. Likewise with in that personality I witnessed a story of feeling and emotion I've never quite seen before. Specifically in the scene where the revive scott it just made me realize the power of human sympathy and connection.
Watch I-Origins! Or Another Earth! I feel all of her films are connected in some way..
I am not able to articulate just how incredible The OA is. Part 1 and then Part 2 just realized---I watched Part 2 in about 24 hours--and I'm a mom with a fulltime job. That's how compelling and captivating it is. Just complete genius and terrifying and beautiful and intriguing!
Dont forget to feed your kid...
Completely terrifying and brilliant. And im so glad you liked it. You’re one of us! Keep having an open mind. The world needs more people like this
Brit is such a visionary, the OA proves that. I'm sure there was some sort of agenda to holding back the 3 other seasons. Whether it be someone was threatened by Brits ideas or something totally different. There will never be another show like the OA. It was THE best and will be the best show I'll ever see ever again. Nothing will ever top it
Its because people werent watching it. Wasnt bringing in new viewers.
The only show as trippy as The OA I can think of , is Twin Peaks. Its from the 90s. If you haven't watched and love the OA, watch Twin Peaks. I've been obsessing over it for the past decade. ❤ both of these series are niche. Not for everyone, but for those who are within thay niche, it's a rare treat.
Money
Mr. Robot is the only other show that I can compare The OA to in regards to a complete visionary. That may not make sense unless you've watched all 4 seasons of Mr. Robot.
And for the record, it's no conspiracy why OA was canceled. It got canceled because it didn't bring in new subscribers. That's how Netflix works. Doesn't matter how many people watch it. It's how many new people it brings in.
@@Magdalena8008s Well, they lost me as a subscriber because I cannot watch the next seasons and their subscription is now too expensive anyway. But I would subscribe again if they made the other seasons.
When she tells a story I feel like the OA is telling me a story..
Maybe she is she just doesn't remember
We been blessed
Same
@@lilkris3008 she does but she doesn't believe it
I spent decades sucking it up, doing what I was supposed to do. And it worked. I got to the top of the hill.
And then I had that moment. I had money - lots of it. But I was profoundly unhappy. I hated my job. I hated the people I worked for... the city I lived in... all of it. So I jumped off the cliff. It's 8 years later now and I'm poorer, happier and more fulfilled than I could have imagined.
Brit, props to you for figuring it out when you were still young. And props for The OA. It's a glittering example of what happens when you're true to your muse.
Love this. Pioneer. ♡ I'm sure you've inspired others.
I'm dealing with this right now. Hoping to take the best decisions
@@daviddv3459 you can do anything, if you have the right support from the right people its easy
@Will Hale You'll make your own luck, but I wish it to you all the same. :)
I'm heading down the path you were. I make enough money and have a good job, but it doesn't bring happiness. I need to learn to take that leap.
This woman is the embodiment of brilliance and creativeness... plus she is drop dead gorgeous.
period
Exuded from the inside and then reflected on the outside!
She's beguiling to look at
"A lived life". That's a great description. I am a huge fan of Brit Marling. I hope she NEVER STOPS CREATING.
Roger Nehring right when she said “A lived life” there was your comment staring at me.
When I clicked on “Brit Marlings NDE experience”, I never dreamed she would speak of feelings of sorrow and death at the corporate hands of the _”American dream”._
I’m _SO_ grateful to have seen this 😭
Don't go with what she says. Some people do like what they are working on in corporate and then some don't have other options like family money or whatever. Chose the path that works for you.
The climax of season one makes you question our reality. It's so beautifully written and acted, one can not simply watch OA without feeling a connection to OA herself inside them. Brit is an outstanding actor in that regard. You genuinely feel it's her own story and you are witnessing it
Really enjoy the idea that a job at Goldman Sachs is like a NDE
Blaise Arwyn "great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money."-Griftopia, Matt Taibbi
I would fn love working at GS
Blaise, would you think me shallow if I said that moment gave me chills?
Somebody took her Red Stapler, so she [metaphorically] burned the building down -- the building of her boring-ass cubicle career. \o/
Kristopher Gifford I worked in investment banking in a major city in the financial district. It sounds glamorous when you apply. When you get there on day one it all goes away. You don’t feel special or glamorous at all. You sit at your cubicle and just get fed repetitive, mind numbing work for 80 hours a week that really doesn’t require any sort of intelligence at all. You make financial models and marketing materials in PowerPoint all day long. Your tasks never change. Oh and if your model doesn’t look right from the perspective of making your clients growth projections look good, you just tweak a number to make it look good for the public or for potential buyers if you’re in m&a. So much for “financial analysis”. There’s a culture in place where it’s hard to get a job there and they make it seem that you have to be really smart to work there. But the repetitive soul crushing work can really be done by anyone with a basic understanding of finance and a basic calculator by your side. Oh and after you get your nice paycheck you only have 1/3rd of it left after all your expenses of living in a big city. Oh and when you divide the hours you work by your pay, you realize you’re only making minimum wage to begin with. And also forget having a girlfriend, friends, or any social life. They will all hate you for canceling every single even you had planned because you’re on call 24/7. Even if you have no work to do they’ll get pissed if you leave the office because the culture is fucked. Lol sorry man, just had to let that out. It was a really fucking depressing atmosphere.
This is a new level of a real interview. I really admire her on many different levels.
This second season is phenomenal. Everything was done amazingly. Gonna do another round of binge tomorrow. Brit is awesome.
I’ve never related to something so closely as this
me tooo! im a lawyer that its should to be starting his career but I want to be an actress
Maccarena Perez Do you think that it's because you accomplished a difficult feat ? Studying long hours, getting a degree & that serves a proof that you can accomplish anything... Many people opt not to go into their chosen field of study.
Totally agree.
After dropping out of university because I was depressed every day and just two days ago getting accepted into my dream school this video feels like a sign that i’m doing the right thing :)
Wow....you are really brave
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favour all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.
- William Hutchison Murray
OA getting out of the matrix. This is gold.
kimmykimko spot on
Yes
I wish I was brave enough to really live the life I always wanted. Good for her.
SolarEXtract You are stronger than you yourself know. You just need to accept your reality, let it absorb into your soul and you’ll be free.
@@anyssamychelle730 It's just really hard to do when I don't have the support I need around me. I feel so alone when it comes to my dreams.
SolarEXtract i feel you
SolarEXtract i understand, especially when i dont have goldman sachs job money prior haha
I know how you feel stranger but you should remember that no one’s support and belief is as dire as your own. Be your own best friend. You only have a short amount of time to do it all and you’re definitely going to do some failing but you might as well try to do it the way you dream of doing it.
Wow. This is such a genuine conversation. Such an eye-opener. Such an inspiration. I can relate to this on a cellular level.
I love her voice... I wish the OA could last forever. The BEST show on Netflix hands down! I tell everyone about it.... I do not get how more people are not obsessed with this show!
Not just the best show on netflix, the best show ANYWHERE! It cannot even be compared to other shows, it's from another dimension.
I don't know how I never even heard of The OA until late 2022. Maybe that's why it wasn't as popular? People just didn't know about it? I just discovered it and binged both seasons and can't believe there's not more!
She's so thoughtful. I love listening to her.
“The college I’ll bribe...”. I died!!
I loved the OA.
And reading about how Brit had this promising future in Goldman Sachs but threw it away to go into acting/directing... Kudos, you have my utmost respect and I wish more people had the courage to have that strength of character and chase their own happiness, rather than be that broken-in horse.
Just amazing.
I love how she clarifies she doesn't judge the robotic system. We need more of that in this world. Compassionate🌷
If you have not seen Another Earth, or The OA stop what you are doing and watch both of them. If you have less time watch AE, if you have time watch the OA. Both reveal actual details about our reality as narratives often do.
Konrad Santos ive seen the oa season 1 but where can i watch ae?
Sound of My Voice is amazing, too.
@@juliestewart1005 yes, "The Sound of My Voice" is an awesome story.. just mentioned it in MY OP, currently posted above, in the main comments thread. 🙂
Another Earth affected me in a way I could not comprehend and had no concepts or words for to describe at the time... So good! I really want to rewatch it now.
Watch The East too! It's seriously amazing and really makes you think (just like all her stuff does).
I first watched Brit in another earth years ago and knew there was something really special about her. When she came out with the oa I knew it was going to be my favorite! She has so much authenticity and creativity that I’ve never seen in film and tv. I feel like the OA is so underrated and unknown so I really hope it gets the recognition it deserves and is nominated for the big award shows this year
Whenever I need to be reminded of my purpose, I watch this. Brit has a way of speaking directly from her heart to yours, bypassing superficiality entirely. She's ethereal and so incredibly insightful.
OMG I also had a previous life in corporate banking and felt so empty inside. When I started hyperventilating every morning while driving to work, I knew I had to get out.
How did I miss that a second season came out??? Especially when Netflix is so in my face about everything that’s added.
Also, she is very well spoken and likable.
Sabrina Nelson they’re not giving the OA the promotion it sorely deserves.
SEASON 2 is INSANNNNEEEEE I loved it. Brit is the Original Angel.
What show is she in?
@@AoibheannDoyle-SoulTherapistThe OA she created it.
This was and is the best series I have ever seen in my life, no other movie or series can reach it's potential! I enjoyed every second of it and can never stop thinking about it!! ❤️❤️❤️
I agree! I never connected to a series the way I do with this one!
Sad they canceled
If you've not watched "Another Earth" or "The Sound of my Voice' which she was in and/or involved in the making off and in, then definitely do so. Watch "Another Earth" when you are in the mood for something tingly and emotionally intense. I re-watched it recently and was just toasted by the end. Some people just couldn't get around trying to judge it as hard sci-fi when it's fantasy sci-fi really. Watch it in that light and it makes perfect sense.
Oh, and on that note, though not Brit Marling oriented, if you like "Another Earth" and want to see a movie that will change your view of life, watch "Perfect Sense", which is just one of the most amazing movies ever. If the movie Contagion is the hard sci-fi version of a particular story line, "Perfect Sense" is the incredibly intense fantasy sci-fi version of it and it will flatten you emotionally.
lightofexistence.com/another-earth-forgiveness-as-a-gravitational-field/
Seriously my experience the past 2 years with the hustle and bustle. Craziness. Literally just a spiritual awakening which she brought to life in the OA. 👏👏👏 absolutely breathtaking.
The face being an actor's chief method of expression, Ms. Marling first and lasting impression is not of the object of sexual desire that so many actresses present, but from the first scene of the story a vision of mystery and wary self-knowledge and later of intelligence, her beauty is that of a magnetic attractiveness that enhances but does not overwhelm the story she is telling.
I worked at a bank, I cried my way to there almost everyday and I quit. I can relate so much!
Cancellation of the OA was heartbreaking and a crime.
Wow, this really spoke to me.
Brit Marling has such a brilliant mind. I just finished watching The OA, Part II finale and it was mind blowing! Please Netflix, greenlight Part III!
Such a shame it was cancelled.
Woah. I keep watching this video because that's exactly the situation I'm in at the moment. I feel everything she's talking about... the heartbreak, the existential crisis and everything else. I feel like crying. I hope I find my path like Brit did. Thank you for this interview.
This is the real deal everyday struggle inside so many of us artists not working in our heart’s desired professions. Thank you, Brit for sharing your personal journey & moment of crystallization to change your path.
I had this realization about my safe job just two weeks ago. I can't believe I got across this video and listen to her put into words exactly what I have been feeling these days, without even looking for it. I quit my job last week to try and discover that imagination I lost and now I feel I'm not alone, thanks Brit Marling. I have never seen the OA, but I guess that is what I'll be doing tonight.
What a profound interview! I wish I have seen this before. Her journey gives me hope. She's quite interesting. I must remark about the interviewer allowing for space for her to unpack her logic and intuitions and for being comfortable with pauses. Outstanding work both!
She’s incredible (and so is Sam). I’ve never heard an actress talk so openly, respectfully and honestly about this subject.
She’s not sugar coating it, or being a snob about having a regular “normal” job, or even depression.
She is incredible. I began watching the series but I felt very confronted by the second season and stopped watching it. During quarantine I started watching it again and I love it so much! It has inspired me to take the leap into writing my middle grade series. She is so incredible!!!
I was really impressed with this interview, obviously brit’s diction and grace is so remarkable but I will also note the interview was well conducted and it’s rare a woman is interviewed by a man and truly allowed to speak, isn’t undermined, the conversation is truly engaging and there is respect.
The OA is everything, the physical interpretation of this subject is mindblowing and so familiar at the same time...
i’m tearing up because shes so inspiring and i feel like her before she switched careers. i always wanted to be an actor but I gave it up because it didn’t seem realistic but i can’t help but come back to it again and again, when she said its the high wire but a better lived life, i really felt that
She is absolutely one of my favorite newer actors...she's really the bomb, such a TALENTED writer, and I cannot wait to see where her career goes!
Damn I wish more people watched the OA, damn Netflix and the stranger things music they use for comparing the two....the OA is a much more intense show.
Season 2 started out as if it was going to disappoint me, but actually pulled it off. I gotta see season 3 now!
Ndow Roccus if only there was season 3 :”)
I LOVED this show deeply. Bring it back!!!!!!!!!
Wow I never knew she studied economics and I also did not imagine that I would relate so hard to her feelings at her job when she felt like she was fading away. I felt that way when I was pushed into studying economics because it's a sensible subject and my grandpa, mum, dad and big sis all majored in social sciences so it made more sense for me to follow into their footsteps. I also started school feeling lost, not knowing what I wanted to do other than art( I was dissuaded from a following a career in that heavily) and having people around me always telling me what to do next. That's how I grew up and I could never think properly when I was harming myself. I thought I was going to kill myself and my physical health also started breaking down from how depressed and anxious I was. After a little more than 2 years of misery and a year of planning ways to kill myself I started to major in a subject I have always been genuinely interested in but never thought of pursuing it before and despite the hurdles I never felt as bad as before. I still go through waves of depression every year but I have had this problem since I was a kid and it has been more manageable nowadays. Still don't have a solution to that yet. I don't know if this is it for me or if this is another mistake but I am in a much better place than I was almost 2 years ago.
You’ll find it! :) i find your experience such as hers super inspiring.
I binge watched both seasons when they came out. I love the OA and Brit Marling is a genius! Although, that sucker punch ending in the first season kinda killed me :/
I still can remember when I watched her speech at Georgetown Uni and completely blow away with her enthusiastic, inspirational spirit, the way she talk in an interview about any subject like it in another dimension that urge you to explore more about it. She is getting more and more recognize for her work now. With this 7 minutes clip, I hope you can see how amazing she is and look out for more of her work, and Zal, Mike too.
The OA is one of my all time favorite "shows" .. there's so much depth to it .. wish Netflix would bring it back ..
Just finished the OA, it was so amazing it felt like it was tricking my mind in a way so many twist’s,
I really hope there is a season 3 because that ending was crazy and amazing.
I still can’t get over that ending I’m officially mind blown.
Such an amazing interview. Brit is a phenomenal and genius actress and storyteller. I hope she gets more recognition
Can't wait for this pod! Cannot wait for Season 2 of the OA 👼Wish this convo was double the usual time. Thanks Off Camera 🌟
Its mind blowing
This OA from Netflix is amazing! Every episode has me transfixed to the screen. Must watch stories, characters are great!
Embarrassed that I only recently discovered the series, but am so inexplicably grateful that I did. Thank you for creating the PHENOMENAL experience that is the OA!
She has beautiful teeth. And brain ❤
Lenka Pavlásková lmaoooo
SO TRUE!! I LOVE HER TEETH. LOL
The dot killed me 😂
@@grace-lw6lm why? 😀
She is so inspiring and her words seem to really come from deep inside her soul. Such a creative writer!! LOVE HER
it's staggering how common her just-take-this-pill story is and most people act like it's totally fine and think of doctors as gods. what a topsy turvy world
I felt a little.... like i need medication, it made me feel bad how she put it like that. But I can't just, turn away from my life as a mother and wife either. Its pills or insanity.
@@briannawest136 check out somatic therapies. Irene Lyon and Peter Levine might be helpful to you. Pills or insanity are not the only options.
Yep. Here’s my interaction:
Me: I’m pretty depressed.
Psych: Take these pills.
Me: For the rest of my life?!? I *really* don’t want to do that.
Psych: Well, I’ll tell you what. You keep up with the literature on clinical depression, and when they come up with a non-pharmaceutical treatment for it, I promise to give that a try.
Me: Thanks a lot Doc, you condescending P.O.S. (Takes the 2 pills anyway, mind you, because they mask symptoms.)
I sobbed watching this. This is exactly what I’ve been going through. There is no one more inspiring to me than Brit Marling
I think I just had a therapy session after watching this. ❤️. Wonderful interview, and have even more respect and awe for Brit after watching this. (I too was in banking for many, many years, and I should have left after the first year. It does make u sad)
Fell in love with Brit Marling when I first saw her in Another Earth ages ago, easily one of my favourite films. Her emotion and story telling can really captivate you.
My first degree was a business degree. I sat behind a desk and I hated it and was bored making money for the man! I went back to school and got a degree in Nursing. I have never been happier. This is my mission since I love all human beings
Most series don't have a promising pilot ep... but The Homecoming ep( 1st ep) was so intriguing that one can just dive in the sea of emotions it delivered. I was so calm and at peace and i thought to myself " that's how you tell a story"
I almost feel bad for privileged people having to find out so late in life how disappointing the system really is... underprivileged people get to learn pretty early ... Appreciate her sharing great interview
The system we have is the best in the world even with its flaws. Could it be better? Yes. Everything can be improved. However the problem is getting people to agree on how to improve it.
@@jimjam2024 i think we agree but it does seem to me most people/organizations don't care to improve it bc they're fine with it simply being the "best system"...
Wow I am so glad i stumbled upon this interview. She is describing the situation I find myself exactly in at this moment. I am depressed, have been working for a soul-crushing tech giant for 6 years, and feel like all my creative talents have been buried under a pile of rubble. I used to act, dance, paint, create visual graphic arts. What happened? I've been having the hardest time trying to explain to people what I feel, but she put it into word perfectly. It's heartbreak. Heartbreak for my creativity and imagination that I used to have. Mourning for the artistic freedom I am not allowed for most of my every day. I need to make a change.
Brilliant. Along with Laurie Taylor, the best interviewer out there, period.
I found myself related so much to the OA. I found myself somewhere in there, struggling to find who am I, who I wanna become. It’s difficult sometimes to know who you are, what you want to do to live a happy meaningful life and to be brave enough to live up with your true self. Thank you Brit for making the OA. You’re so an inspiring person to me
Season 2 Genius, pure genius, I binged and re binged with the season 1 gap (2yrs) so I like many had started over and to say the writing is solid is an understatement it is pure and divine. I cannot wait for season 3 with 5 seasons in the works to complete this brilliant and enticing story.
Edit: I just realized season 2 was released Friday March 22nd. I feel like a nerd knowing I’ve watched it already including starting over with season 1. 😂 I will admit I was up at all hours of the night with headphones on I couldn’t shut my tv or brain off.
There is so much to say about The OA that it will certainly take several screenings to decrypt the richness of a work on the edge of a new genre. Zal Batmanglij, Brit Marling and those who worked on this ambitious project accomplished a brilliant, stunning TV show!
We are all trapped in an NDA.
The trick is getting out.... completely out. The puzzle.
NDA is non-disclosure agreement dude. You mean NDE?
I didn't know the name of the person playing OA is Brit Marling itself. Now seeing all those roles in the starting credits scene blows my mind. She did everything.
Exactly what I teach my clients! Do what you love. Follow your passions and believe you are going to be ok no matter what!!!
Brit...
I AM so so grateful you made the leap to go join your friends at the film festival!
We all absolutely enjoy you and your tremendous work your do! 👌👏
Season 2 was awesome. Can't wait for rest of the story!
I’ve never felt this way about a SYFY show before. It was amazing. Especially season 2 the way she told that story it was so captivating. I didn’t think I was going to like the show let alone season 2 but I’m so glad I took a chance on it.
I love the OA. I binged watch season two, it was fantastic. Brit is an amazing actress.
she is amazing.. words cant describe how amazing she is.. her voice.. her words.. her spirit.. everything..
Sam is an excellent interviewer.
robert davis Always
I REALLY needed this... Thank you.
"When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse,
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what an amazing woman! Another Earth changed my life, and I find she's sooo SMART. If you come to think of it, the OA is a collage of the best bits in 'Another Earth', 'The Voice Within' and 'The East', you get the duplicate world from the former , the cult stuff and time travel from 'Voice Within', and the detective undercover Karim Washington from the latter. She's the poet of a new generation, amazing creator and a personable girl, too. Love her!
I'm actually at the same life moment as her on goldman sachs wtf
Yeah, it’s not that easy to quit but there’s a free 2 months cinema course in my city and I’m taking it
same :(
I had a similar experience where I couldn't bring myself to take medication in a depression. I refused to believe that it could be more than a stop-gap solution, because really my sadness was coming from dissatisfaction with life and emotional exhaustion. The only real solution was to change my habits, a little at a time, and be patient with the process, celebrating the tiny victories and steps, until I had changed for the better (ruminating less, learning more, taking care of my health with proper sleep, food, and exercise, putting effort toward those big intimidating projects I'd been putting off). Then subsequently my circumstances improved, because circumstances are a lagging indicator of who you are (plus or minus whims of fortune).
We're all depressed because there's no meaning to what we're doing. We are humans, creative, intelligent creatures, and what we do on a daily basis suppresses everything that we are, all of our greatness.
I almost gave up on the work I really wanted to do. In the creative field as well but after a failure and thought I died, I went to work in another industry. After a 4 month stint of actually doing good in the new job, I still decided to claw myself out of that grave and realize how much I wanted to go back to creative work because there I truly lived even with all the failures that came with it. So I'd say I had that NDE, too! Brit Marling, you're a goddess. And this dude. You also rock. (Note: I paused this video to write this comment and continued the video and her words in the end of the video. Damn. Just echoed thru my heart.)
I died 3 Times, I had 3 NDE's, I had 1 Out of Body, in my current life time and i'm 27 now, I have connected to the multiverse and different versions of myself, So whoever made the OA is trying to tell the truth! You all better Listen! The only thing the OA has not touched upon is that movement through time is when your consciousness shifts between infinite parallel realities as to give the illusion of progression and continuation.
That's interesting. I've often thought that we change realities every time we make a choice. Are you saying your NDE showed you that we change realities every moment, moment to moment, and that's why we perceive time as linear?
I’ve personally died 4 times, and fully and completely understand and connect myself to the possibilities and realities of every choice I make. It’s refreshing to see somebody else out there that has experienced the same profound and terrifying truths that I have
Fascinating. Can you explain what you mean? I can't get my head around the idea of shifting between parallel realities in a way that gives illusion of continuation. It seems like that would be jarring. I never died but I experienced simultaneous existence in two realities when I "asked" during mediation how that could be possible after reading a Seth book years ago. Both experiences were linear in time but simultaneously experienced.
Brit!!! This speaks to me on such a deep level. I’m at that same crossroads right now, and it all resonates with me. Not only have I loved The OA, but this dialogue you just shared with us...yes. I’m filled with a sense of synchronicity to hear you say those things. ✨🙌🏾
She just seems so GENUINE and real. I love her. I love OA.
Making her show the OA was an act of service to the collective of humanity, even if she doesn’t recognize it as such; it’s made such a big impact in the lives of others and all the other OAs in the world.