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Peter Jackson's They Shall Not Grow Old, first shown last November, was aired again on BBC2 last night. It is an incredible achievement in movie-making, and for me as moving on the second viewing as on the first.
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Originally posted by ardcarp View PostPeter Jackson's They Shall Not Grow Old, first shown last November, was aired again on BBC2 last night. It is an incredible achievement in movie-making, and for me as moving on the second viewing as on the first.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0brzkzx
Best Wishes,
Tevot
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Originally posted by ardcarp View PostPeter Jackson's They Shall Not Grow Old, first shown last November, was aired again on BBC2 last night. It is an incredible achievement in movie-making, and for me as moving on the second viewing as on the first.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0brzkzx
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostA stupendous achievement - which I watched for the first time last night - and truly humbling, for what we were made to see. Given that humanity seems hell bent on assuming more warlike postures than I have ever known in my lifetime, this should be compulsory viewing as part of our secondary education syllabus. If this is what people think they want or can handle, take a look at this!
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Originally posted by Conchis View PostWhat about the man who commented: 'We wouldn't have missed it for the world!' ?
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... very much enjoying Ride upon the Storm (channel 4 Sundays, and available for binge watching on All 4). By the makers of Borgen, and with the wonderful Lars Mikkelsen as a charismatic, deeply flawed, alcoholic patriarch priest; a tale of family love and hate, peril, moral jeopardy, redemption, warfare, corruption, love, shattered hopes, death, adultery ... all in the improbable setting of the workings of the Danish National Church. But this is not Trollope : it has more than a hint of Tarkovsky - with a dash of Kierkegaard...
Lars Mikkelsen as the head of a family of priests leads a uniformly excellent cast in this new series on Walter Presents
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A Slow Odyssey: The Great Wall of China
'Slow' is relative - 13000 miles in hour and a half...., and no soundtrack(too high up to get anything apart from about 4 or 5 instances, unlike for instance the reindeer herder journeys), so could be an interesting exercise in compiling a playlist. The occasional onscreen bits of text gave the impression of being translated directly and not always happily from the Chinese. Using aerial(must have been a challenge for the drone operators in some cases I would imagine) filming is an excellent way to get an idea of the size and contrasting topography of China, and some sense of the difficulties of trade(Silk Road) in such challenging conditions. Also a reminder that the images of the Wall we are familiar with are only a small part of the whole and are largely the result of tourism(both internal and international) making repair and maintenance worthwhile.
I hadn't intended to watch it all, but got sucked in, and would be happy to watch it again - but preferably with a map to follow progress as the onscreen version wasn't much help, even once I'd realised it was being shown briefly at the top of the screen as the different stages were reached.
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Originally posted by ardcarp View PostPeter Jackson's They Shall Not Grow Old, first shown last November, was aired again on BBC2 last night. It is an incredible achievement in movie-making, and for me as moving on the second viewing as on the first.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0brzkzx
IIRC the makers were reported here to have sent a DVD to every secondary (?) school in the country.
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... fans of Spiral may want to know that series seven is about to start in France, so with any luck it should be with us here before too long :
Dans cette septième saison de l’emblématique série créée en 2005, la mort d’un policier pousse chaque personnage à passer de l’abattement à l’envie de se battre, à l’équipe de se ressouder, bon an mal an, autour de l’enquête.
O, Laure, Guillou, Roban - we've missed you!
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Originally posted by oddoneout View PostA Slow Odyssey: The Great Wall of China
'Slow' is relative - 13000 miles in hour and a half...., and no soundtrack(too high up to get anything apart from about 4 or 5 instances, unlike for instance the reindeer herder journeys), so could be an interesting exercise in compiling a playlist. The occasional onscreen bits of text gave the impression of being translated directly and not always happily from the Chinese. Using aerial(must have been a challenge for the drone operators in some cases I would imagine) filming is an excellent way to get an idea of the size and contrasting topography of China, and some sense of the difficulties of trade(Silk Road) in such challenging conditions. Also a reminder that the images of the Wall we are familiar with are only a small part of the whole and are largely the result of tourism(both internal and international) making repair and maintenance worthwhile.
I hadn't intended to watch it all, but got sucked in, and would be happy to watch it again - but preferably with a map to follow progress as the onscreen version wasn't much help, even once I'd realised it was being shown briefly at the top of the screen as the different stages were reached.
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post.
... fans of Spiral may want to know that series seven is about to start in France, so with any luck it should be with us here before too long :
Dans cette septième saison de l’emblématique série créée en 2005, la mort d’un policier pousse chaque personnage à passer de l’abattement à l’envie de se battre, à l’équipe de se ressouder, bon an mal an, autour de l’enquête.
O, Laure, Guillou, Roban - we've missed you!"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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