Valley View: Too Violent For YouTube?!? Hey folks, Yesterday, we here at DTR had the unfortunate experience of waking up to this: After an amazing

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Valley View: Too Violent For YouTube?!?

Hey folks,

Yesterday, we here at DTR had the unfortunate experience of waking up to this:

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After an amazing first two weeks (over 15,000 views), either YouTube's watchdogs or a few sensitive viewers flagged the VALLEY VIEW video as containing overly violent imagery - enough to be deemed a violation of YouTube's terms of service - and the video was removed in the wink of an eye.

I'll spare you my personal thoughts on censorship and instead let the video's director give you his (see below). I'd simply like to let everyone know that despite DTR's longstanding partnership with them, we all know that YouTube is not the only show in town, so VALLEY VIEW can now be exclusively seen on VIMEO.

We here at DTR would ask that you support us in our stand for creative freedom and watch the "music visual" again, share it again, comment again... and hey, if you didn't catch it the first time around, take a peak and let us know if you think it's really offensively violent. We think its artistically awesome.

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Valley View Director, Dominic Luongo:

"Recently, producer Harvey Weinstein has vowed not to back excessively violent movies, a statement timed almost perfectly with Valley View being flagged for violent content.

Movies like Pulp Fiction, which was criticized at the time for its violent imagery, had mostly implied violence that happened off screen or out of frame (see: The Gold Watch). The real culprit here is Persistence of Vision. Rob Legato has a great TED Talk about The Art of Creating Awe, which touches upon what we see and what we remember. He states that, "...when we're sort of infused with either enthusiasm or awe or fondness or whatever, it changes and alters our perception of things.

I'm not going to back down from what we were trying to do with the video, we wanted it to be violent - the song is about the "Valley of Ashes," which is supposed to represent the social and moral decay of the American landscape. Therefore, I will admit, there was specific real-life imagery that we were trying to invoke with the hoodies, and the ski masks, and the men being on their knees, and them dropping dead (not to mention all the blood).

Despite Valley View being pulled from YouTube, we have uploaded it to Vimeo, so you can check for yourself to see exactly how violent the video truly was.

And by the way, despite the climate of our society being a bunch of softies, I'm really looking forward to the hyper-violent sequel to The Raid"

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Thank you for your continued support,
Tony Caferro, DTR
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