Hi there. I directed the video. I certainly can't fault the american beauty comparisons. That's what I get for filming something that occurs fairly naturally - though we did bring these bottles onto the train ourselves. Don't worry though. We recycled them after the shoot.

Regarding the L train and F train - they certainly weren't vehicles for pretention when I was growing up on the Lower East Side. But I see your point. It is hard to say L train without thinking of the burg and its hipper side. At the time when I shot this, I was living off the Graham Avenue L stop. The L train was just the train at hand. Plus, if you go into Canarsie, you have less chance of hassle from the MTA.

I think it's an amazing NYC phenomenon that these bottles just roll around and no one notices them. I'd say only about half the time that I've ever watched, have people even flinched when the bottle knocked into them. That struck me as a very New Yorker thing and inspired the shoot.

Anyway - thanks to everybody for checking out the video. Thanks cowicide for the link to the band on itunes above.

And super thanks to boingboing for the post. Much appreciated!
- Casimir Nozkowski