Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945 3D Animation 

pretty epic

this is pretty neato mosquito

Something that all humans share is a skeleton with a brain snug in a skull under their superfacial appearance.

Supposedly, Jeff wrote most of this album after hanging out in Seattle for a year (mostly Capitol Hill). A lot of the songs were based half on reality, and half on the dreams he had during that time. The first half of this song takes a very linear approach, following the Life of Anne Frank, but then kind of ascends into a dream (beginning with the line "Now she's a little boy in Spain, playing piano's filled with flames) The song then follows random dreamlike trajectories before coming back and finding resolution with her death. (It's so sad the world to see, the world agree, they'd rather see their faces filled with flies) NOTE: Anne Frank did -not- die weeks before the guns (as once thought) her and sister Margot died at about 2 months earlier than previously thought, probably of Typhus... READ THE BOOK if you haven't already...

this seems official, like if the internet age was around 1996, they would make and release this as a music video for this song

I freakin' love you guys. It's so nice to see positive feedback on something I love to do so much. Stay tuned for a new experimental piece that is coming out May 9 . :D

Man, the first half....most chills I've ever felt in my life. What an album, what a song, and an amazing video here.

I never imagined closeups of bacteria or a school filled with skeletons while listening to this song before, but this is an interesting take.

Incredible video. It is so haunting. Having family that that was deported to Auschwitz, some survived and others did not, I really feel a lot watching this. And nothing can beat this album.

I thought I couldn't get any more emotional than I already do when listening to this song. Guess I was wrong.

this is just so beautiful. What a work of art. probably the 15th time i've watched this. It's just mesmerizing

@everyone Thanks everyone - I appreciate the kind words :D

Can't believe I've only just found this. Brilliant.

The earth looks better from a star

Fantastic. Completely brilliant, genius in fact. The animation really goes with the sound that Neutral Milk Hotel have, everything is completely perfect. It also has some of randomness that the song itself has. Great job, definitely going to show this to loads more people!

You wouldn't believe me if I said how impressed I am right now

Jesus Christ this should have millions of views. This is amazing!

God I love this song. It’s the only song that’s made me cry ever and every time man. It’s full on tears. I love this

You deserve to be paid a fortune and for this to be made the official video

THIS GOES ALONG PERFECTLY WITH THE SONG OH MY GOD I LOVE IT

Thank you. That was such a beautiful vision of a beautiful song.

So glad I clicked on this

@uohaloran From left to right --> Edward Scissorhands, Labryrinth, The Goonies and A.I. - My favorite movies from childhood for sure. Good eye too!

Almost make me cry. Thank you, great job!

someone could use this to review for their AP European History and AP Bio tests...

This is so fucking good. Chills, man. Chills.

This is great! One of my favorite albums of the last 25 years. Nicely done!!!

This is truly an amazing video, I'd absolutely love to see more like this dude

there's a kind of dream logic to this video that fits perfectly to this song

Surreal and beautiful, my friend.

This... this is amazing, great job!

Thank you so much for this. That made my day.

This is so well done. I like the blend of concrete images along with psychedelia-- much like Mangum's lyrics. I expected the animation to just literalize the lyrics, but you added a lot of original ideas in a way that pairs well with the aesthetic of the song. You put heart into this, I can tell. It was moving.

whoa! whoa! this is so well done! manages to capture so much without feeling trite or banal. so fscking amazing!!

Wow. This piece sent shivers running down my spine. Bravo! This was an excellent experience - all three minutes and fourteen seconds of it.

this is so amazing this deserves so much more views and love!!

I love this so much and watch it all the time. An amazing song and an amazing video. I showed it to a friend who is an artist and she actually stated to cry at the baby. Anyway I love your work.

I love every step to this video

the zoom out into (what i imagine to be) the cosmos during “the world just screams and falls apart” is one of the best depictions of how that line makes me feel. beautiful video.

Incredible animation, you can tell a lot of work has gone into it. Fits the music incredibly well and almost exactly how I would've imagined a music video for the song.

This is so interesting, because when I listen to this album I can often vividly visualize what I am hearing, and the initial shots you have of the camera rolling over a tubelike landscape is EXACTLY what I tend to envision. Except, it’s usually what I envision when I listen to Untitled versus Holland 1945. Super interesting that we have similar takes, felt cathartic somehow

This is the best video I have ever seen. Magnificent ! !

This is so amazing. I've viewed it 1000 times myself. Bravo.

This was absolutely fantastic and I love you!

i just saw this for the first time and am sharing with everyone i know who loves NMH and who will love your work. amazing!!!

brilliantly done

11 years later this video still fucks

This is so cool and especially impressive given it was uploaded in 2011. Really ahead of its time, and great work!

this went from surreal to surreal to surreal to even more surreal 10/10

Wow. This is so fantastic, I'm speechless. You've done something amazing here, brother.

this is super good but i dont want to watch it because i will only think of your animation when i hear this song. thats how good it is. I like to visualise things when I listen to music

so gorgeous and inspired...chills

A video of brilliant creativity, vision, and inventiveness. NMH should adopt this as the official video for the song. Stupendous, and moving.

Beautifully done

Wow, coolest thing I've seen on RU-vid. Amazing song, amazing album.

This is a brilliant interpretation of a magnificent song! Hoping to see more in future (I'll definitely be spreading the word about this one...:)

Wow that was so hypnotizing! Nice work!

great work!!!

Amazing!!! Very well done mate! x

Dude. amazing. breathtaking. Beautiful.

can't even begin to think where to start to make something this good. for sure this should be the actual music video, just amazing

This is the best thing I've ever seen.

How can anyone let alone two people dislike this? It's a great song which deserves a great video and you've done it justice.

This is absolutely beautiful! I've always been inspired by this song and have wanted to make a flipbook video but don't have the means to! Thankyou for this! It's awesome!

This is heartbreakingly beautiful. I'm just blown away. Who knew there was a way for this song to be even better?

Fantastic! Great visuals that match the song perfectly. Wow!

Agh! This was so good!

Pretty cool, great job! (and great song)

Just... Thank You.

That was faaan-fuckin-tastic. I always dreamt about doing something like this, with this song and all, but I'm very glad you did it first. Mine wouldn't have been nearly this good.

Great song, and some pretty stellar animation for a fan piece.

Love the song. Love the video. Love it!

Simply incredible!!

This is amazing.

I love the song, and you know how people just like play the song and don't watch the video. This is amazing. This is a work of art, you have made, I can't believe this doesn't have more views. Wow. I have a youtube account, but I don't usually log in. I logged in just to leave this comment. Bravo this is amazing. wow

omg at first i was syked my holland 1945 cover had 18,000 but then i see this and feel like shit. Absolutely amazing

Brilliant creation. Bravo!

I wish to create work as brilliant as yours one day

Very cool, got pretty motion sick though

Genius. Genius. Genius.

Thank you much Nori. I hope to visit your beautiful country one day :D

I loved this so much it made me cry. Thank you!

this is pretty dope

Wonderful!

Outstanding, very impressive !

The Tree of Life via Neutral Milk Hotel

oh my god this is so beautiful

This was incredible.

@tgcpark Yeah, it is. That album was written supposedly while living in his friend's closet shortly after reading the Diary of Anne Frank. Aeroplane, that is.

ive watched this so many times i swear ive memorized it

chills

Beautiful. This is just beautiful.

I was thinking of making a video like this. Then I came on RU-vid to see if anyone had done one yet. Then I saw this and knew that I could never hope to better it. Fucking amazing job, must have taken so much effort!

Thanks dude - much appreciated!

I've yet to see a more underrated video on youtube. Speechless. One thing though, why's the Earth a cylinder?:P

Still loving this song even from today

This deserves more views

This is gorgeous and disturbing at the same time. Brilliant work!!!

nice

Fabulous, just fabulous.