Jane Austen's Generation The Idealists

Описание: In this 9-minute video, I attempt to express in images and music and some text what I think and feel about the major achievements and legacies to us today of leading figures of the Idealist Generation (whom Strauss and Howe called the Compromise Generation) born from 1767 to 1791. My aim is to immerse you in a meaningful experience of the greatness of this generation.

I've been aware of this generation for 35 years, but as I worked on this video I found myself amazed far beyond anything I'd felt before by this generation. I hope you will be inspired by them too.

I dedicate this video to my friend Molly Bordonaro, who exhibits every day so many of the fine qualities of Jane Austen's best female characters.

Concept, Curation, Editing:
Mike Goodenow Weber

All images created using OpenAI Art, generated through original prompts by the filmmaker as a contemporary artistic meditation on these three generations.

Music:

Original instrumental composition for all songs was generated using Suno AI -- prompted and curated by Mike Goodenow Weber.
(All music used in accordance with Suno’s creator license)

Portraits and other images that are AI-generated are clearly presented as contemporary interpretive works, not historical representations.