Fanvid: Falcon & Winter Soldier/Civil War - Zemo - Heavy Stone

[sholio]

I've been working on several Falcon & Winter Soldier vids this year, and wanted to get at least one of them done before the end of the year!

Vimeo's embed style has changed and I had to fight with this a bit to get it to display, so let me know if you have any trouble.

Song: Heavy Stone by Kyla La Grange
Footage from: Falcon & Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Age of Ultron

Password: zemo

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Download: 108 Mb MP4 (zipped)
Lyrics: here
Tumblr: here
AO3: here

Comments

[rachelmanija]

Ahhh! I like that so much. That shot of him closing the doors, and of him walking away with the Dora Milaje were so perfectly timed. "I am carrying my cold heart home," indeed.

[sholio]

Thank you!! It's such a fitting song for him.

[sovay]

I've been working on several Falcon & Winter Soldier vids this year, and wanted to get at least one of them done before the end of the year!

Mazel tov!

I love the recurring image of the rising, falling city. Is at least one clip of this footage from a deleted scene?

[sholio]

Mazel tov!

Thank you!

I love the recurring image of the rising, falling city. Is at least one clip of this footage from a deleted scene?

The flying city clips are all from Age of Ultron, which was the movie in which Sokovia was partly destroyed. (Which, by the way, I now have far more feelings about than I did when I originally watched the movie! Rewatching enough of those scenes to get the clips was actually pretty heartbreaking.)

[sovay]

The flying city clips are all from Age of Ultron, which was the movie in which Sokovia was partly destroyed.

Sorry, that was a totally unclear use of deixis! I recognized the destruction of Novi Grad from Age of Ultron (which I think it is entirely reasonable to have feelings about: at the time of seeing the movie, I remember it as a big action set-piece; now it's just devastating). There was a shot early on of Zemo in a gas mask which I did not recognize from Civil War.

[sholio]

Oh, I see! Yes, I did misunderstand, and you are right! The gas mask clip is an alternate version of Zemo getting the red book that was filmed for Civil War but not used. (They went with the scene where he attacks and tortures the Soviet colonel for the book instead.)

Here's the full alternate scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUIrAZZ88rk

It's really interesting to me how the choice of alternate scene implies two different versions of his characterization - unrepentant mass murder in the unused scene, versus killing one person and indicating that he would like the destruction to stop there and only continues because he sees no other way through to his goal.

[sovay]

It's really interesting to me how the choice of alternate scene implies two different versions of his characterization - unrepentant mass murder in the unused scene, versus killing one person and indicating that he would like the destruction to stop there and only continues because he sees no other way through to his goal.

I am just as glad they went with Option B. I don't think any of the most interesting stuff in TFATWS would have been available after establishing an unrepentant mass murderer.

[sholio]

Totally agreed; I'm much happier with the version they chose, and its implications for his characterization overall.

Also, re: your above comment, I'm glad I'm not the only one who has extremely strong feelings about the destruction of Sokovia now. It's actually a very interesting demonstration of how narrative sympathy is seeded, because in the movie as it originally stood, obviously it was supposed to be sad, but it didn't matter, it's not upsetting on a visceral level. Which it really should be! But it's not. Whereas after watching Zemo's later arc, it becomes abruptly, unutterably tragic without changing a thing about the original movie.

[sheron]

The destruction of the city was one of the few things in the AoU I actually did have feelings about -- I think because I associated it with a WW2 kind of destruction in the Eastern European region which comes with pre-built sympathy from me. Which is probably one of the reasons that I actually did notice Zemo as "interesting" in CA:CW, even despite him opposing my faves at the time (Steve & Tony).

I think it's very true that we're biased by prior events to see certain things in a particular light. It's also why I think certain shows hit us harder depending on when we watch them. I'm 100% sure that the fandoms I'm into now would not be the fandoms I'd have been into 10 years ago, because the issues and things that I find imminently relatable in them now are a by-product of the context I currently live in. It's fascinating to me, tbh, because I can almost see the "oh it's THAT that's hooking me" thread running through it all. XD

[dariaw]

This is great!!

[sholio]

Thank you!! <3

[skeddy_kat]

This was beautifully done. The interplay of the music and the scenes you chose opened up a whole new perspective on Zemo's character. Thank you for sharing it.

[sholio]

Thank you so much; I'm delighted you liked it!