It was an instant hit, becoming what some call the first modern music video. Shot in black and white in the alley behind London’s Savoy hotel (and featuring a confusing cameo by Beat poet Allen Ginsberg) Dylan silently shuffles through a stack of large cards with words or phrases from his song “ Subterranean Homesick Blues” while the music plays in the audio track. To open the movie, Pennebaker and Dylan cooked up an idea. Pennebaker was making a documentary of singer Bob Dylan’s tour through England.

We quickly learn that her parents’ divorce has left her lonely, that her grandmother didn’t think she was “2 good”, and that she says she has been abused “physically and emotionally.” With each new card she tells us something very personal about her life, all while the singer in the background croons “ I’m wearin’ my heart on my sleeve, ’cause girl I need you desperately…” Three minutes and forty seconds later her cards are gone, her secrets laid bare, and NatashaMarrie smiles and waves a sweet goodbye. “I’m truly a happy person…” reads one as she nods, “even with all the hardships I’ve been through…” reads the next, her sad expression suggesting what’s to come. Take, for instance, NatashaMarrie‘s video titled “a confession.” Seated in what looks like her bedroom, she smiles shyly, waves at the camera, and begins turning over cards one after the other. One by one they flip their cards down, each with a sentence, an idea or just a few words and a sketch, all while staring soulfully into the camera. Music plays in the background: maybe a pensive solo guitar, or a bittersweet song about love and loss. A young person sits silently in front of their computer webcam, cards in hand. They go by titles like “ Secrets and Confessions.” “ If You Really Knew Me.” “ Notecard Confessions.” Why Are So Many Teens Spilling Their Secrets on YouTube? Middle East / North Africa فارسی ir. كوردی Kurdi Türkçe.Africa Afaan Oromoo አማርኛ Français Hausa Kinyarwanda Kirundi Ndebele Português Shona Soomaaliga Kiswahili ትግርኛ Zimbabwe.East & Southeast Asia Burmese 粵語中文 Bahasa Indonesia ខ្មែរ Khmer 한국어 ລາວ ไทย བོད་ཡིག Tibetan Tiếng Việt.English Worldwide English Learning English.

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