This video seemed almost too good for RU-vid. The pacing, the storytelling, the way the video resonates with Bryan telling the story. Just beautiful. This is, hands down, one of my favorite few RU-vid videos.
Bryan Cranston's story makes me think of destiny. Not to belittle the incredible journey and hard work he put in, but the circumstances and results feel so close knit. A son of actors accidentally falling in love with acting. A father who left accidentally teaching him to love the journey. That same father that played as inspiration for one of the greatest performances we've ever seen. It just feels like all these trials and tribulations were set up for him and he took every right decision to get to where he is. Bryan was the one who was truly destined for his father's dream, and we're all lucky for that. I'm sure we're all destined for greatness too. Even if it's not fame and fortune, we all have our parts to play, it's just about finding what you love and loving what you do, but most importantly, enjoying the journey above the destination.
You have an incredible style of storytelling, that incorporates the subjects interviews and media they are most known for and it's such a captivating and personal way of telling someones story. It shines especially in this video.
This channel is criminally under rated. Theres a ton of channels that do "documentary" style videos, but all follow the same formula. Dodford takes that formula, extracts the great, and adds the greatest bit of his own flair. Dodford's style is easy to watch, entertaining, and extremely informational. Everyone who enjoys youtube documentary should be subbed to this channel.
I don't know where you would begin to find clips from 2 entire tv shows that perfectly fit in with the story telling not to mention various commercials and archive footage, this is an incredible feat, thank you.
Man your effort to collect SO much footage must have been a lot of work and we only see brief glimpses of each one, this was really well done. The family footage in the side mirror of the car at the end was a nice touch👌
Dude, I've been looking forward to this since the poll was posted. Can't wait to dig into the video on my lunch break, but here's a like and a comment for the algorithm in the meantime, and thanks for giving me something quality to watch in a couple hours.
Music choice was 100% on point my boy I was jamming the entire time. When Mr. Cranston was speaking on his father it made me bawl like a child, excellent work as usual sir.
I thought that I was going to like the Quentin Tarantino video more than this one, but I was wrong. There are far more life lessons in this video, but that’s not to take away from what you did for both. I will be seeing them more than once without a doubt.
Great edit! Very inspiring. I will say tho as a plumber, if everyone did what they love, there wouldn't be many people call to get your septic tank serviced.
This is fucking incredible, I'm so happy I found your channel, thank you algorithm for once you actually delivered. Can only hope you get rewarded for the enormous effort and care you can see went in to this documentary.
"You've got to find what you love to do and focus on that. You have to have talent. You have to have perseverance and you have to have patience - and the last component is the most fickle of all and that's luck." Those are the words of an experienced and knowledgeable man. This is deep, even as it still feels obvious.
Firstly I wanted to say how much I enjoyed this! Truly fantastic and nuanced storytelling of an actor I admired but didn’t really know much about. In only 17 mins I learned not just the actor but the man Bryan Cranston and now have a crazy amount of respect. He’s one of the greats in my books! Thank you so much for this 🙏
I waited to comment until I finished the video. Brilliant job. I like that each video has a theme of the subject's life rather than being a complete documentary. It makes it simple to enjoy.
Dodford videos give films students, a deep intellectual, masterful understanding on how heroic content needs ro be told, the purity of his crafftmanship to pay homage to cinemaphiles is unmatched....
Holy shit this might be the best video on RU-vid that I have ever seen, the pacing, music, and editing really just took me away. I almost forgot that this was a RU-vid video that is how great this video is.
The storytelling in this video is top tier, just incredible work, with wonderful editing choices especially as you bring the story home. Felt like one big Rorschach test about a mans journey, amazing work as always!
I feel bad for Breaking Bad fans because now a days it's seen as a meme machine instead of a serious drama. I don't mind it because newer fans will discover the show, but every time I think of a serious time I think of a funny meme I seen 😂
Finished his book yesterday and I must admit Bryan Cranston is such an inspiring person and so relatable. "[...] a shift in perspective can change a life. Hope can create possibility. Options are always available to us if we stand back and look at things differently". Not expect the outcome of your chosen path but the joy you'll feel when go through it. As he said he became famous by the time he 40 as Hal and 50 as Walt.
yet again another banger from you dodford, been following you since a year and a half and love to see you getting better and better each video with storytelling and just editing in general. no one doing docs quite like you rn.. content like this is something that shouldnt be free, keep going u got a future in cinema.
The quality of these is always impeccable. Have watched you since your interview on the Editing Podcast (fellow editor). I could happily echo all the positive feedback you've received on these, but instead I'll offer a point of critique: these videos are so dense. Maybe I just need more beats to digest? Not sure, but as entertaining and documentary-level as these are, they feel like a chore to watch. But a chore I greatly enjoy! Looking forward to more. Specifically Bo. 😌
This videos and the Channel are so great. I didn't know the background of the carrier of Bryan and i think you perfect edited a tell it... Keep Going please, I love your videos.
Great work as always, thank you. Would you ever consider doing a Q&A? I'm curious to know of the people you've researched , whose story has had the most profound impact on you?
That car freak-out from Malcolm in The Middle caught me so off guard my first time watching it, since I watched Breaking Bad first. That was like a top 3 Walter White freak-outs and it wasn't even on the right TV show.
I heard that Vince Gilligan cast Cranston as Walter in part because of his excellent performance on X-files S06 E02! He really carries the episode & it's a great watch
