Helena Bonham Carter on poetry and her favourite poems.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- Helena Bonham Carter talks to Jolyon Connell, founder of Connell Guides, about poetry. Helena also reads her favourite poems, including 'Warning' by Jenny Joseph (also known by its famous line "When I'm an old woman I shall wear purple").
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I wish she was my mother, or a teacher, or a neighbour, or anyone else, I just want a woman like her in my life
Thought I was the only one who really need someone like her
We'll share her. LOL
GIRL DONT WE ALL PLS
Yes.. I think that. There are certain people you see and you do think, I'd like to know them or for them to be you Freind, some one to hang out with or just chat.. X I miss my kids being babies meeting mums/people at play groups ect.. Life just changes all the time.. X
There's approximately one thousand of us...
I used to have a professor who smiled just like him, and I could never tell if he was heartily agreeing or quietly laughing at me.
I read this while watching exactly at 0:24 AND I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING RN🤣🤣🤣
@@jojo-fj7lw lol thanks for the laugh🤣🤣
We all had professors like that lol
lmaooo
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I could listen to Helena read poetry out loud all day! She is so lovely!
😍 She certainly is lol
@@buskingkarma2503 I think she sounds great when she does a Yorkshire accent. th-cam.com/video/LuDTQ6O2G7M/w-d-xo.html
@Yes Sir! agreed friend 😁
Helena: "when i'm an old woman i shall wear purple"
Helena: *is already wearing purple*
And chipped nail polish, because who cares ! I adore her 🦋
@@briechilli4496 Same, so much, I adore her so much
i love her sm, my fav celeb
She would wear purple, the royal colour because she is a Rothschild
Hahahaha
She should make an audio book for children...
And also me.
And scar them for life? No thanks
@@glipk what?
@@glipk what?
@@glipk what?
I love her messy hair, her messy stuff around her. Zero glamour, very authentic
Zero glamour lmao, that sounds a lot harsher when read out loud. But I guess
@@Steve-si5nq I guess it's meant as the "glitz and glamour" meaning often used to talk about celebrities. She's still beautiful (glamorous) but doesn't see the need for any fakery, posing or an on camara persona, instead just being herself.
Is it weird that I find her total lack of glamour really attractive
There is hope for me yet🤭😜just a woman too
@@stevesmith5883 what a nice guy Steve
She could even read a check list from the grocery store and I would be like: wow. That's beautiful. Her voice just give me a "thing"
If she had an album of poetry readings or just her talking I would buy it.
I believe she does. love poems
Me too if I had any money to my name
my too. she does it beautiful
i would spend all the money in the world
she does have a lot of poetry readings. 'A Poem for Every day of the year'; 'The Book of Hopes' to name some. and she reads some books too, and recorded some plays. My personal favorites are: her reading of 'The Secret Garden', HBC as Rosalind in 'As You Like It', and as Amanda in 'Private Lives' which can be found here in YT. ^_^
When she reads the poem is like she's acting it, lol.
She's lovoely! I like her.
Helena saying "just do things now because this ain't a rehearsal" is my new inspirational quote. ❤️
I love her chipped nail polish
Helena after reading a poem: *Z* *E* *N*
Me after reading a poem: *Visible confusion*
Some poetry is more 'confusing' than others -- i.e. requires more reading into or connecting with than others. But by and large you get better at 'understanding' poetry as your read more of it. Not every one will necessarily click with you, and sometimes you might come across a poem that is completely baffling at one point of time in one mood, but is utterly sublime in another.
HAHAHA WHEN I TELL YOU I WHEEZED THIS IS A WHOLE MOOD!!
every poem should be read at least twice. sometimes a poem will get stuck in your head and you won't be able to forget about it for a long time. but maybe you will experience something similar to whatever it was that inspired the poet to write what they did, and then; aha.
I just want to cuddle up next her. she's just so cute.
Me too
Yesssss
I want her to be a TED speaker, a teacher on University, an Oscar winner, a poet and queen of England. She is everything the humanity needs.
if helena was my english lit teacher in secondary school, i wouldn't of missed a second of the lesson
I love English I just adore it I adore her I feel the exact same 😍😍
“Wouldn’t “have “ missed “ 😂
“The tragedy is not that we are old .. it’s that we are young ..(Oscar Wilde )
Such a stunning woman, stunning in all senses. Physically, mentally. She is stimulating to the mind. There is something she mentions in the video on how good television or poetry eases, brings us calmness. Her energy does the same to me. HBC is so special for this reason.
i agree completely. she’s like.. platonic soulmate quality, if that makes sense?also hi name twin!
@@kiarahiltz2996 I don’t think she have social media
i love how she somewhat gets into character when she starts reading
She is one of my favorite actresses. Very unique actress.
Her voice is perfect for reading poetry, so serene and elegant.
Oh lord I really love her voice, Helena voice is very relaxing to listen and not to mention she's really beautiful lady
Specially for 54 years old
deep for someone so small sized.
5:50 “I can read it much better” how it was already read beautifully the first time ☺️
Dear god I could listen to Helena reading poetry all day.
I MUST WEAR PURPLE NOW. AND ALWAYS.
Already my favourite colour so I'm halfway there, never heard that poem somehow despite studying English Literature at university, do like it very much, even more so when read by Helena.
“Now I Am Six” was my favorite poem as a child. What a joy to hear it read by Helena Bonham Carter!
I really like this poem by Emily Dickinson called "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain". It's not a very happy poem but it definitely takes me somewhere else. Here it is:
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,
And Mourners to and fro
Kept treading - treading - till it seemed
That Sense was breaking through -
And when they all were seated,
A Service, like a Drum -
Kept beating - beating - till I thought
My mind was going numb -
And then I heard them lift a Box
And creak across my Soul
With those same Boots of Lead, again,
Then Space - began to toll,
As all the Heavens were a Bell,
And Being, but an Ear,
And I, and Silence, some strange Race,
Wrecked, solitary, here -
And then a Plank in Reason, broke,
And I dropped down, and down -
And hit a World, at every plunge,
And Finished knowing - then -
what does it mean
You should read Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath
I could listen to her read poetry all day with that beautiful accent.
It's a true tribute to her genius artistry that within the first few words and her quick glance at the camera she was the person in the poem... And I felt it...
I love her more in real life than in movies.
She is absolutely amazing!!
It’s beautiful the fondness with which this man looks at Helena. I loved hearing her read these poems, particularly Milne’s poem, as I have a six year old and love him at this stage! I agree with another comment here, a collection of children’s stories read by hbc would be incredible ❤️
"When I am old .. .." has been one of my favourite poems since even before I'd turned 40. Awesome recitation by Helena Bonham Carter! What a presence!
when i first read harry potter, this was the voice inside my head.
Perfect intonation, tone. Oh my! I can listen to her forever.❤
There’s something so special about her
She has a wonderful way of delivering a poem.
She is so lovely. I agree I did not have a television for many years and now I watch far too much. I love poetry. TS Eliot is my favourite.
The old possoms books of practical cats
Kat Baugh “April is the cruelest month” but also yes. Poetry suits lockdown so I have been re-reading Wordsworth, Shelley, Byron etc.
Emily Dickinson's work inspires me. So good at imparting so much while being so concise.
deborah lariscy “Because I could not stop for death” is how I feel most days. Even in lockdown I am busier than ever. Strangely I just had a check up recently now need to go to hospital for a few days, which can turn into more, and that can be boring so rather than carry my 5;000 best poems which weigh a ton around. I went out today looking for a slim volume but where every poem is gold and found it. It does not contain many different styles and only a few poets but like I say all gold Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley and Keats. Just what the Doctor ordered :)
Oh I love hollow men by ts Elliot!!
Love all the background noise! It’s a real home not a soundstage. Blender, weed eater, faucet running.
I love Helena's passion for poetry and the way she's able to put into words what poems can do for us. She comes over as such a genuine and natural person too 😀
Love Helena. She is unique and a classic. She can play anything.
always loved the English accent. and on a Gorgeous women like Helena does not get any better.
I absolutely adore Helena Bonham Carter, she's such a funny, charming, lovely individual. ❤
This whole video has been so warm to the very core of my soul. I feel safe and at home. Gosh i love her
We love you helena
mohamad adib All of us ♥
I could listen to her read all day
Helena is such a sweet, insightful and eccentric person, everyone needs someone like her in their life
She’s literally the coolest!
"I could read it much better." Really? 'Cause that sounded more than perfect to me, wow!
I 🖤 her style. She’s beautiful in every way.
Helena Bonham Carter is a gift to humanity!
she has always been and will always be my role model
I love this lady smmm she feels like a long lost aunt
HELEN, you are so beautiful in your own sense of gothic mystic style...your talent for the odd characters and insight are just so AMAZING , so believable....I'm a true fan.... LOVE YOUR READING OF THIS POETRY....YOUR VOICE IS CALMING AND MAKES ME SMILE...THANK YOU FOR THIS...😇🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞
I am only 64, but I am retired now and so I have taken this to heart. I wear bib overalls because they suit my belly, and I have a belly because I can't walk well, and I can't walk well because I used it all up working. Oddly enough although I have lost my friends, and basically my wife, and only have the love of my son I am still nevertheless quite happy because my time is my own and I need not dress for anyone.
There is something so charming and calming about Helena's voice. I really can't put my finger on what it is.
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Omggggg I need her in my life! I’m only 21 and we have the same beliefs on poetry and she’s like my idol
An Old soul, an amazing actress and human being. Her Grandfather, I believe, helped Jews escaping Germany during Hitler reign. Gave them amnesty into Spain.
She's part Jewish herself
She reads Anne Frank's diary on audible. It was strange watching this video as I now associate her voice with Anne Frank!
Wil Sain what’s that supposed to mean??
@Wil Sain now i get it Lol
Austin Bombard exactly what you think it’s supposed to mean, ignore the type of people like him. Don’t feed them attention, they thrive on it.
Shes so talented and beautiful.💕
I love that she is unabashedly herself at all times 😀👍🏼
i just wwant to hear her read poetry to me all day
I adore this woman.
She is wonderful and these poems are also absolutely wonderful
She is such a comforting soul. It’s hard not to feel connected to her c
She is such a rare beauty. Behind all her crazy looks and looking like a living corpse. She is beautiful.
man I don't think living corpse and beautiful can be on the same phrase
Sooo are you complimenting her or insulting lmao. If someone told me that I’d be confused af
@@faisalm3250 how am I insulting her? I just mentioned her looks on the movies she does but I never said anything wrong about her.
@@joao-jw8hb false, the corpse bride is beautiful ✨
@@tizzie2636 yes but the corpse bride is a actually corpse and helena isn't so ??
I'm back to this video and aaaa I still love her sm
omg the way she reads poems is so bewitching its like her own voice is a poem itself
Christ…that’s the most calming voice I’ve ever heard. I wish she was my teacher, if she read off the board I could actually listen.
06:48 "The End" by A. A. Milne.
When I was One,
I had just begun.
When I was Two,
I was nearly new.
When I was Three,
I was hardly me.
When I was Four,
I was not much more.
When I was Five,
I was just alive.
But now I am six,
I'm as clever as clever
So I think I'll be six now
Forever and ever.
Ps. Somebody remember what The Architect said to Neo? That he was the Six.
I love Helena Bonham Carter so so MUCHH and I love this poem 'Warning' I think it's brilliant
I really like the background noises! It makes it very natural and relaxed.
I like how amazing these poets are at effortlessly transporting the reader into the feelings of what they’re describing. They write a line of words and you feel as if you’re watching a movie.
I don't know why, but Helena's voice here feels so soothing
There’s nothing on this video that doesn’t give me joy and this instantly made me fall In love with the art of poetry.
Yes, women feeling comfortable reading poetry and stories.
Difficult when there’s performance involved,
but still a wonderful concept.
She’s just too perfect. I love her so much.
Now that's unqualified charm, ease, intelligence and warmth, thank you Helena!
I love her so much ;))) I read Now We Are Six before but when she read it, I feel a different vibe.
i love helena bonham carter
Has Helena Bottom Farter won an Oscar? She's had some impressive roles and been a part of some incredible films.
Wow I just want her to read me stories .
Can we talk about the production quality? It keeps getting better!
i love and admire this woman so much i wanna cry
She has something so special about her and it intrigues me very strangely much
she's one of the finest humans I've ever known of.
My grandmother was my favourite person, she was mad in the best way. We read ‘Warning’ at her funeral
How lovely it is to hear this poem and nourish its meaning while I'm only 23.
Love her so.
'n when I was 3 I was hardly me'...:-)))) So cute. It's sad in a way n sooo intelligent. Aww who wouldn't love Helena n her fam???:-)):-*
It really isn’t that intelligent
She is so beautiful. I wish I was just like her. I LOVE YOU HELENA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well. This is just lovely.
HELENA!!! if you read this PLEASE do audiobooks and guided meditations? 🥺🥺🥺🥺🌸🌸🌸🌸🌺🌺🌺🌺
That poem is so her haha
This made me smile
She's so humble and down to earth.
when she read that poem she read it like she wrote it, the inner actress made this amazing
Has Helena Bottom Farter won an Oscar? She's had some impressive roles and been a part of some incredible films.
I love way she laugh ,and i would see her in a just plain film just her in it but with others actor and actress . I like her personality x favourite actress x
great actress....
"I Shall Wear Purple" (or whatever it was titled) is my goal and mantra I want to live out, when I get to be the age of the woman in the poem. Only I am a guy so I would have to make up an male version with male things to do. LOL
I think the actual title she said was "Warning". Great poem and phenomenal lady.
Or you could wear/do as mentioned in the poem, that would be so much more fun
thank you Helena for sharing the poem "When I am old". It is now my favorite.
I shall wear purple today
she's soo beautiful, I wish I looked like her
She could be reading my final rights and I'd still be like awww i love it
Love it! Beautiful reading. Huge fan of Ms. Bonham Carter.