Gus Van Sant talking about video games is kind of adorable.

"Here is nothing, now go find something." Jesus.

To me, this is a key bit of BHH.

The Redux, the look back, the re-evaluation. It's an important concept not only for art criticism, but also in every facet of our lives. No one is immune to mistake or misinterpretration, or simply to the way time changes us. It's kind of been key to the BHH thesis, and it should be for everyone every day.
Okay, I'm not being super cogent but I think you will grasp what I'm trying to get at.

PS. Super glad that the 'Gerry March Acappella' survived.

Kyle has a lovely singing voice

Some video games are storytellers like film
Some video games are activities like sport
Some video games are instructional like text books.
And most video games live between these spaces.

Culture expresses itself through media, and video games are one of those media.

So, from what I understand: this movie can be viewed as two guys, playing a multiplayer open world game, getting hopelessly lost and not knowing what they're supposed to do or where they're supposed to go because they haven't got any tutorial or walkthrough. Then one of them kills the other seemingly less out of mercy and more because he's bored and can't think of anything else that could possibly drive the story forward.

It's the tragic tale of two noobs.

We need a Redux Redux, in the light of 1917 taking this video game over the shoulder first person technique/style to the next level.

I hadn't even seen the first Gerry review, but this was brilliant.

Side note: We already knew Kyle had a great voice, but that 5-minute medley? Genius. And hilarious. And awful. And genius.

HE'S PLAYED JOURNEY. I'm not in the least bit surprised, but I LOVE this fact.

"It's a film that tries to create an empty space, allowing the mind to wander. . . the mind begins to add information back in there, focusing on minutiae, tiny gestures, and even rhythm." EXACTLY what Andy Warhol's early films were about! :-)

That speech at the end is moving though. It is poignant to some one who has had games a part of their life since even BEFORE they were born as I have, the dulcet tones of Super Mario World being my Mozart. Video Games are a part of me I can never ignore, and I am glad to live in a world where their legitimacy is acknowledged instead of being seen as  quote un-quote Kid stuff.

I could watch Kyle singing along to those footsteps for hours

Another good "find something to do" game is Shadow of the Colossus. You're given an open field and you have to go find your adventure.

Tomb Raider inspiring Gerry makes a lot of sense in another way as well. A major aspect of Tomb Raider that you only experience when playing it, is ISOLATION. You spend the majority of your time exploring empty ruins completely alone with minimal music. Its a very quiet, introspective, and lonely experience with occasional bursts of danger.

Rewatching this after Kyle's Myst stream.

7:52 The Witness brought me back to this video. you get this vid in the game and I was thinking the whole time, "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"

Here. :D

You instantly won me over with that They Might Be Giants reference

This video was worth it just for the musical interlude.

If we're talking about comparing Gerry with video games in terms of games' use of long, uncut shots while the player travels from place to place, interacting with objects, monsters, and the like, even stopping simply to admire the game's world, then I certainly understand many of the comparisons Kyle raises; Tomb Raider seems a bit iffy, but Journey is a game built around finding enlightenment through a, well, journey, and Skyrim, while not directly focused on traveling, offers a vast game world for the player to explore, exploit, and generally travel through.

But considering that premise, I'm surprised that, in addition to these and the numerous games brought up in the comments, one game seems to have slipped through the cracks so far: Minecraft.

Consider: In Minecraft, the player spawns in a world in which he/she is the only one of their kind; until recently they were the only being in this world humanoid and non-monstrous until the introduction of Testificates/Villagers. Before the player stretches a world that is literally endless, limited only by the capabilities of the player's computer, and unknown to the player, each world being randomly generated as it is explored. In a way, does that not mirror the themes in Gerry? Two men wandering through a seemingly unending desert, seeming like the only two humans on their perception of Earth, never knowing what they will find if they keep walking? And yet in Minecraft, the only time the world doesn't change (apart from the day-night cycle and the movement of nearby animals) is when the player stands still and does nothing; the world does not exist until the player discovers it. And yet, is that strictly true? There are villages, but it is unclear if the Testificates are capable of activities like construction. There are also underground strongholds, often with seemingly no entrance, as well as desert pyramids, jungle temples, and most recently undersea temples. Who built them, and why? There are also rifts and cuts in the ground, many seeming quite unnatural or strange (even setting aside that the laws of gravity only seem to affect gravel and sand). What has happened to this world? What is happening to this world? Why are there zombies and skeletons, the remains of people not unlike yourself risen from the dead, that appear each night in seemingly unending numbers?

Apologies, I think I got a bit off track. But something to think about: Gerry reflects aspects of many games, including Minecraft.

5 years on that pop song medley is still fantastic

Rewatching this because of Daft Punk’s Epilogue