Lost, Then Found!

March 9, 2011 6:16 PM

Update on this post: Todd Bieber (no relation to Justin) found the owner of the mystery film he found in Brooklyn's Prospect Park during a winter snowstorm.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero (16 comments total)

If you un-embed the video, you'll see that it's listed as Part 3 of the "Found: Lost Pictures of New York Blizzard" adventure. Here is Part 2. It's clips of interviews Todd has had since posting the first clip, and wild guesses about the people in the film.
posted by filthy light thief at 6:31 PM on March 9, 2011

That is pretty surprisingly great.
posted by mhoye at 6:35 PM on March 9, 2011

And of course, I have to watch it instead of reading the summary. The entire time the Rules of Attraction montage kept playing in my head. In fact this was such a polar opposite of the montage, that if the two ever meet there'd be some sort of This American Life narrated black hole.
posted by geoff. at 6:42 PM on March 9, 2011

I thought the bit about the photographer not being as into it as all the people who'd previously contacted him and whom he met up with around Europe was interesting. The people who volunteered to help him would probably have been more social people by nature or they wouldn't have put themselves out there like that, whereas the woman whose film it was wasn't necessarily all that keen to push herself into the middle of a crazy internet thing.
posted by jacquilynne at 6:57 PM on March 9, 2011

I see he has kept up the annoying, faux-off-the-cuff RadioLab voice going, but still a really nice story. And a good, unintentional plug for the joys of CouchSurfing.
posted by Corduroy at 7:38 PM on March 9, 2011

It felt awkward to watch the two of them talk in that cafe. He was probably thinking, I HAVE BROUGHT THE INTERNET TO YOU, DO NOT MAKE THIS AWKWARD and she was probably thinking, "you are doing that RadioLab thing again, did you know that"
posted by circular at 8:18 PM on March 9, 2011 [3 favorites]

He wants so badly to be seen as sweet and humble and Ira Glassy, but everything about him screams 'LOOK WHAT I DID!!!" He enjoyed the attention more than anything.
posted by davebush at 8:58 PM on March 9, 2011 [1 favorite]

I disagree. I found this very sweet and genuine.
posted by Blogwardo at 10:03 PM on March 9, 2011

So women in europe seem hella hot...just sayin...
posted by Jibuzaemon at 11:33 PM on March 9, 2011

OH MAN I FOUND SOME FILM EVERYBODY

REMEMBER FILM? THIS IS THE GREATEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO THE INTERNET

THIS IS IN CAPS SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR ME ALL THE WAY OVER IN EUROPE, WHICH IS LOVELY AND JUST LIKE HERE EXCEPT PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT BEING INTERNET FAMOUS OVER THERE AS MUCH
posted by Eideteker at 4:16 AM on March 10, 2011

i make movies in lowercase letters because am just such a sweet little wide eyed boy in bewilderment at the wonder of living!!!!
posted by nathancaswell at 5:58 AM on March 10, 2011

I sincerely thought that the way this resolved (hey they actually were european, look i'm a lightweight american drinker keeping up with teh euros, boy some of this really is awkward) would offset some of the snark around the first video and the guy's original motives. Guess I was wrong.
Still, a nice story imo.
posted by OHenryPacey at 7:59 AM on March 10, 2011

Nothing can offset mefi's snark. If its energy could only be harnessed we could power the planet.
posted by nathancaswell at 8:24 AM on March 10, 2011 [1 favorite]

*facepalm* for all the snark and cynicism on here.

A sad, pathetic bunch you are.
posted by kuanes at 9:01 AM on March 10, 2011 [1 favorite]

It's all very Catfishy.
posted by davebush at 11:25 AM on March 10, 2011

I don't know about the RadioLab voice, but I do have to say that calling him 'The Boy Amelie' is genius.
posted by yellowcandy at 12:48 PM on March 10, 2011