Dylan Thomas documentary
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- Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood, and stories and radio broadcasts such as A Child's Christmas in Wales and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog. He became widely popular in his lifetime and remained so after his death at the age of 39 in New York City. By then, he had acquired a reputation, which he had encouraged, as a "roistering, drunken and doomed poet".
Dylan Thomas documentary
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A poem in October is my favourite Thomas poem with lines like" The town below lay leaved with October blood" to describe the autumnal leaves changing colour really does it for me, along with so many other genius poems and stand out lines
As a Swansea native, writing a book of poems, proud to have our city represented culturally by such an imaginative and talented man.
Dylan wrote my favourite poem: Fern Hill. His talent burns bright, always. His voice reminds us why the welshmen like actor Richard Burton have such vocal presence.
I love "Fern Hill" too; it's one of my favorite poems, along with Edward Thomas' poem "Adlestrop," but Dylan Thomas, like so many other poets, when reading a poem held onto each syllable as if it were sacred. His readings of poetry, his and by others, rendered them lugubrious. Poet W.S. Merwin was excellent when reading his own poetry, as was poest William Stafford and poet Benjamin Saltman. One can hear Saltman read his work here at TH-cam, a sorely overlooked American poet:th-cam.com/video/5MQqEJ6aI0E/w-d-xo.html
@@nickandmikec thank you will check your suggestions.
My late mother worked in Harlech (in North Wales) for the novelist Richard Hughes. One time Dylan and Caitlin came to stay with Hughes. When they'd left it was discovered Dylan and Caitlin had helped themselves liberally to the wines in Hughes cellar. Hughes was livid and asked my mother to write to Dylan to say he and Caitlin would not again be welcomed to stay at Harlech.
My father named me after Dylan. Oddly seems fitting that I became a songwriter. Thank you for this documentary. I’m glad I was able to learn where my namesake came from.
Are you Bob Dylan? 😅
I’ve always loved, “A Child’s Christmas in Wales.” I never let a Christmas season pass without reading it or watching a good production of it.
The town where he and his wife lived is pronounced Larhn, not Lang-harne: Just one syllable. His wife, Caitlin, was of Irish stock (Donegal), not Welsh.
Have ever even Been to wales
Larhn looks like its pronounced lar-hin. is it suppose to sound more like larn?
@@capealio yes
@@capealio Please look up Laugharne - A quick guide to the intriguing township -on youtube. And no, I'm not having a Laugh.
If the narrator had mispronounced it once, it wouldn't have been so bad but, how many times was Laugharne mentioned? I lost count! Such a shame because, apart from that, it's a really good documentary.
He had a voice about him.
Thank you for this glorious upload!😊
I suppose..I’m a member…of the dead poets..society 😔 Beautiful and glorious…they were 😊
O captain! my captain!
A very young Richard Burton reading a poem!
Lovely to remember that I was born on his birthday 💖 !
Lucky duck!
many have been inspired by his poetics, in a certain sense even Kerouac, Corso, were (inspired) by him. Even Jim Morrison, ....obviously without succeeding, Dylan Thomas' poetry is infinite. One of the truly great poets. He too, like the greatest, went through hell to give us poor mortals a bit of paradise. It has always been difficult for a poet to live off his own poems....and I don't find it right.
I was thinking of Jim Morrison too, as i heard this.
His voice was stunning! Rich music
Fern hill my favorite also
Me, too….from another Jane
I think, that if I touched the earth,
It would crumble,
It is so sad and beautiful,
So tremendously like a dream
Great documentary
Live on in that sweet tender night
Mistake at 22:00. Dylan Thomas' s wife, Caitlin, was Irish aristocrat. She wasn't Welsh.
Good catch
@@AuthorDocumentaries Her mother was half French,just to add variety to the mix.
Ever thought about having more adds to interrupt the greatness of this documentary?
Terse. Difficult at times. But once studied, quite and very extraordinary these penetrating lines.
He died at 39 not 38.
Dylan Marlais Thomas 27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953
Richard Burton made me aware of Dylan I'm glad
Someone said that Llaregub read backwards is Bugger All
The docufilm in itself is of a generally high quality, but the narrator has terrible problems w pronunciation… Celtic, mischievous,& more. His being American didn’t help, I suppose. I am also, but have lived in Europe for many years. That makes an incredible difference. Hearing Thomas read his own poetry again knocked me sideways! Many thanks for this gift of a truly great poet to us (all).
I believe that Caitlin was the very worst person he could have married. They seemed to ignite all that was bad or foolish in each other.
Ever read her memoirs ?? Brutal & not for the fainthearted.
It’s very funny when he made up the report of the football match which he didn’t go to.
My daughter is named for Caitlin Thomas
I like the music in 11:34. Very fun to dance to.
Well done
who is the actor reading as Thomas? Great voice.
For some reason I just learned for the first time thst the day that Dylan Thomas died- 9 November 1953 -was my 4th birthday.
As someone else commented here he really should have someone else read his poetry. Amazing how he manages to get the rhythms of his own poems wrong when he gravely intones them out loud.
Because he is not speaking in his natural language, so the rhythm is unnatural!
He didn’t know Welsh. Swansea is supposed to be an English speaking area.
@johnmartlewI think Burton read it well. I can read it well.
20:43 Who is this person talking about meeting DT at the pub?
Seems like he was in training from his youth.
good doc thanx
Lovely to see Dylan alive and being discussed. These two films on Dylan are excellent - th-cam.com/video/_ON-Zia-jm4/w-d-xo.html (Dylan's place in modernist poetry, filmed inside his birthplace with a guided tour) and one on his place in Welsh literature (th-cam.com/video/_ON-Zia-jm4/w-d-xo.html).
the american commentator doesn't seem to know much, can't pronounce Laugharne, pronounces celtic like the football team, thinks caitlin was welsh. then it turns out it was made in france. very odd. some good footage though, liked the park keeper.
I did notice some from this presenter. I'll have to double-check when I do my own voiceovers. Glad you still got something out of it
He's reading voice sounds older, somewhat like John Masefield
I love Dylan Thomas' poem "Fern Hill" but the poet was a terrible reader, as are most poets.
I was fortunate to drink at the WhiteHorse Tavern but I think it's been demolished.
I studied inCardiff School of Music and drama in it,s
The opening line, “He was the first poet who lived and died as a pop star”, meant that I stopped watching this at 6 seconds. Go back a hundred years to Byron, who made Thomas seem rather tame. If you can’t attain credibility in the opening line, then people will switch off like I just did.
Byron didn't tour like a rock band. Byron didn't have fans mobbing him like a rock band. Byron, while brilliant and important, wasn't well known amongst everyday people. Dylan Thomas was.
Your pretentious statement reveals that you apparently refuse to even try and understand why Dylan would be considered that - it's an observation that is not original to this documentary and you're about 60 years too late in your complaint.
I haven’t read much on Dylan. I wonder if he was diabetic?
Many believe he was diabetic.
Thomas should have someone else read his poetry. His voice put me to sleep.
@John Martlew Not true
Arouse thyself from thy slumber
Never heard of this guy b4. And to hear that he died very young too. That sucks.
I made my pilgrimage to the White Horse
You took heroine?
Unfortunately, this narrator sucks! Sorry Dylan.
Sounds like he's going through puberty. Some people shouldn't have kids....as an analogy
You know you're watching shite a minute in when they can't even get his age of death right...
I like his poetry and stories very much, but his reading voice is much too big and pompous. Strange. Doesn’t fit.
Yes, the principal narrator is mediocre & mispronounces certain words (even getting the title of one of DT's greatest poems wrong, saying "Do Not Go GentLY into That Good Night"). In contrast, everything else in the documentary is first-rate, and I love the multiple clips which I haven't seen anywhere else. As far as the "convoluted" nature of the poetry itself ---- well, if that bothers you, you should go elsewhere. But as Dylan himself counseled: "Love the words" (& forget the semantics). This is quintessential MUSICAL poetry.
In it
( continue! ) that Dylan Thomas’s alchoholism was due to his super sensitivity to the cruelty of much in the world. I played Mrs Ogmore Pritchard. I live in Israel now, the Haifa English Theatre recorded a reading of Under Milk
Wood. I directed parts of it, and sang Polly Garters song. “Tom Dick and Harry …….. I reread the play often, just love it. I visited Swansea in the 70 and visited the Dylan Thomas Heritage Centre. There is no way that Milk Wood can be translated!
He was a terrible narrator
@John Martlew he was speaking about the kid that narrated this video, i hope.
@John Martlew Not true
I liked seeing and mainly hearing Richard Burton , That was a very nice surprise. Dylan, I can do without . I don't like convoluted poetry .
Dylan Thomas died at 39 not 38. I stopped watching less than a minute in. If you can't even get the age he died correct, what other false information do you give?
The replacement narrator has either a deviated septum or a slack college boy countenance. I mean to report on Thomas with no report, is absurd. Eloquence, man, to speak, diction.
Enormous disturbing with all those advertisements every 3 or 4 minuttes.