Women That Kick Montage – Ophelia by Natalie Merchant

Posted on September 11th, 2009 by admin

The video contains footage from the following films and television shows:

Joan of Arc
V for Vendetta
Marie Antoinette
300
Bound
Chicago
The Matrix
The Fountain
Kenneth Brahnah’s Hamlet
Pride and Prejudice
Vanity Fair
Brokedown Palace
Hard Candy
Red Eye
Mulholland Drive
Girl, Interrupted
Underworld
Bend It Like Beckham
Amelie
The Village
Firefly
Thelma and Louise
28 Days Later
Law and Order: SVU
Aeon Flux
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Domino
White Oleander
Saved

Duration : 0:5:3


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25 Responses

  1. MagentaStraberry Says:

    such a beautiful …
    such a beautiful song. i loved the imagery

  2. Prue126 Says:

    Great message! …
    Great message! Where did you get all the clips?

  3. Agneshka Says:

    Really well-done! I …
    Really well-done! I too thought the part from Chicago fit the music perfectly! Thank you!

  4. Ahnkitomi Says:

    I really love this …
    I really love this song and video; it’s beautiful and evocative and full of grace. Incredible job!

    And a woman doesn’t need to be constantly victorious to be ‘kick ‘. She can suffer and still be strong.

  5. CancerousPiesRTasty Says:

    its the movie …
    its the movie version of the musical.

  6. Aashalittleone Says:

    THANK YOU SO MUCH …
    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!
    I feel so much emotions looking at it.
    The song ( which I love i) and the choice f your images make it spectacular and deep.
    Love and Light
    aasha

  7. PKMNnerdfighter Says:

    Beautiful song, …
    Beautiful song, innit? You did a great job of putting the clips together, I gotta watch these films now.

  8. HogwartsHonorRoll Says:

    I haven’t seen any …
    I haven’t seen any of the films or television shows pictured here – only Marie Antionette – and I have to agree that this showed the true essence of the song more clearly than anything else could have.

    I particularly found the image of the woman in the ballet coustume and the interchanged clips of her being hung to be haunting and beautiful.

    Terrific job in capturing the poignancy of this song so well.

  9. blackbuddah11 Says:

    i also agree that …
    i also agree that this was not a women kicking video but you nailed this song visually! you nailed the essence of this song! fantastic job!

  10. RobertMcCrazy Says:

    most of the video …
    most of the video didn’t show women kicking . They were shown being killed, used sexually, and emotionally vulnerable. I realize that in their movies, in their entirity, they probably had stronger parts, but that message was not conveyed in this video. I’d see some of these movies, and would have picked stonger clips.

  11. getofftheinternet28 Says:

    I really …
    I really appreciated your video. It really brought out the strong, deep, complex aspects of women which are often overlooked. What movie is it with the women with short hair in a straightjacket?
    Thank You for your efforts

  12. iithematchesii Says:

    wow you have domino …
    wow you have domino in there!

  13. Ophelobacterium Says:

    You have done an …
    You have done an amazing job!
    Great video!!

  14. sarizalite Says:

    Amelie
    Amelie

  15. GeoChandlerAz Says:

    Who is the girl …
    Who is the girl with the spoon @ 4:09, and what movie is that? Please tell me it’s driving me CRAZY! URGENT URGENT!

  16. ericamt Says:

    Absolutely amazing …
    Absolutely amazing and tear-inducingly powerful. Fantastic work. Thank you. :)

  17. jesbet1 Says:

    I believe it was ” …
    I believe it was “Hamlet,” the one with Kenneth Branagh.

  18. WickedLttleTown Says:

    Wow, that gave me …
    Wow, that gave me chills. Great job!!

  19. kerrangutang666 Says:

    damn lesbefriends
    lesbefriends

  20. ServentofNyx Says:

    Awesome…i knuw …
    Awesome…i knuw that women are better then those worthless men…all hail the goddess

  21. clellina Says:

    what’s the name of …
    what’s the name of the movie where I saw kate winslet??? thanks..

    good video and good music!

  22. boborobo31 Says:

    PeelTower, no one …
    PeelTower, no one cares what you think of it, Oh, and you obviously don’t know what a dirge is. You’ve posted bizarre, whack job comments on almost every Natalie Merchant video on youtube. What are you, a stalker?

  23. PeelTower Says:

    This song doesn’t …
    This song doesn’t kick my . Whoever entitled this ‘kiss ‘ is strange indeed. This is a ing dirge. Women or no women, it is absolute e.

  24. BerriesBaby Says:

    You really did an …
    You really did an amazing job matching each character to the lines in the song. Amazing work

  25. lollipopfop Says:

    Most of these women …
    Most of these women were real women portrayed by actors. Marie Antoinette and Joan of Arc did exist, and “Girl Interrupted” was a film based on real events. The other images are also artistic representations of real events. for example, the picture of Evvie being shaven in “V” is evocative of the women killed in the Holocaust. All very tragic, very real. So I think if you don’t see this as being “real’ enough maybe you are being a bit too literal. Just a thought.

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