video by James Lileks
The morning of September 11th I TiVo’d what I could – I was changing back and forth between the channels, not really thinking of posterity. Over the next week I edited the footage for the monthly family movie, then laid down some music. (It’s the closing title music for “Crimson Tide,” a movie I’d recently seen.) The duration of the music clip matched the length of the piece almost exactly, with a few tweaks necessary at the end. The result captured the horror, sorrow and fury I felt then, and felt for quite a long time afterwards. Time dilutes the emotions, eventually – but I can’t watch this without feeling what I felt on that day. I’ve watched it on the anniversary dates ever since. |