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Beyond the Battle: Historical, Religio-Philosophical, and Literary Depths of Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
Published in Quarterly Review of Film and Video (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
May 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
YouTube themselves acknowledging video essays (even discursively, like the article above), seems quite significant to me. The associated playlist might then be seen as a sort of canon of the (current) video essay landscape on YouTube itself. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis....
Proving the point - YouTube
Meet the video essayists who are transforming how we think about movies, music, and more
www.youtube.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Autofictional Authenticity: Bo Burnham’s Inside, Netflix Comedy and YouTube Aesthetics by James MacDowell and Tom Hemingway

A comprehensive analysis of Burnham’s Netflix special and its (and his) metamodern quirky new sincere post-ironic autofictional authenticity.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0_C...
Bo Burnham's INSIDE: Autofictional Authenticity, Netflix & YouTube Aesthetics [Video Essay]
YouTube video by The Lesser Feat
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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What Would Billy Wilder Do? by Every Frame a Painting (Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou)

Yes, it’s EFaP again (Zhou’s return feels like reuniting with a long not seen friend).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_aY...
What Would Billy Wilder Do?
YouTube video by Every Frame a Painting
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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The Sustained Two-Shot by Every Frame a Painting (Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou)

Hi, his name is Tony… and after seven years of absence, he brought back Every Frame a Painting from its long hibernation.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn2D...
The Sustained Two-Shot
YouTube video by Every Frame a Painting
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Congrats!
December 20, 2024 at 11:06 AM