It is a good obsession: an extended koan that promises new understandings just around the corner, with each re- reading. Hints and guesses, hints followed by guesses.
My tuppence worth? I prefer Eliot's reading, jagged though it may be. For four decades, it has soothed me to hear him speak his own words as he intended them to be heard and read. Fiennes, who I like very much, is too smooth and polished. It's a gift to hear Eliot, masterly and flawed, recite his poetry. His cumbrous senescence, the heft of two wars, and his beloved England's mutability resound in every syllable.
Sorry ! This is quite dreadful !! Why on earth do they chose these precious , pampered Thespians to read a poem ? They invariably give the most appalling mannered recitation like a feeble imitation of Olivier .!! Or a parody of same .?
I agree. Other commentators are applauding his interpretation, so maybe we're missing something, but if I'm being honest I can't stand to listen to this for more then a couple of minutes. Such an insipid, bourgeois interpretation that desperately tries to convince the listener that its dreary pace is a sign of profundity, when, in my opinion, it simply betrays the orator's lack of engagement with the text beyond a merely sensuous, passive enjoyment.
@georgepantzikis Thank you George ,I thought I was the only one ! We do seem to have upset a few people with our comments I'm glad to say.! To be fair ; Jeremy Irons does a nicely judged reading of The Waste Land elsewhere on TH-cam . I can only assume that , unlike Ralph Fiennes he has a Director who actually knew something about Poetry and wasn't overawed by the presence of a Movie Star !??
Finally a version that allows the listener to savor each word
Thanks, I am more able to understand this rendering of Eliot, his prosody, his meaning, with this direct narration...
This brilliant recitation deserves far more views!
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Thank you.
The Best Pf TS Eliot
Thank you so much. You now have e new and dedicated suscriber
Wonderful. So. Good
Transcendental! Great reading
Amazing! Thank you so much! 🙏❤🥰
I am obsessed with this
It is a good obsession: an extended koan that promises new understandings just around the corner, with each re- reading. Hints and guesses, hints followed by guesses.
My tuppence worth? I prefer Eliot's reading, jagged though it may be. For four decades, it has soothed me to hear him speak his own words as he intended them to be heard and read. Fiennes, who I like very much, is too smooth and polished. It's a gift to hear Eliot, masterly and flawed, recite his poetry. His cumbrous senescence, the heft of two wars, and his beloved England's mutability resound in every syllable.
Alec Guinness has a good bash at it too
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Спасибо, желание знать английский,
Let us go then, you and I, to Ralph who reads Eliot, in the sweet by 'n by.
I wish I was more fluent in English to understand this better. Perhaps one day.
De Lima, I don't think you need to worry about fully understanding...just let the sounds work their magic on you!
It's difficult enough even for those fluent in English!
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Impressive that he has memorised The Four Quartets.
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We shall not cease from exploration
As I hear this I just want to continue to print my Catechism out.
Eliot meeting Dogen Zenji.
Sorry ! This is quite dreadful !! Why on earth do they chose these precious , pampered Thespians to read a poem ?
They invariably give the most appalling mannered recitation
like a feeble imitation of Olivier .!! Or a parody of same .?
I agree. Other commentators are applauding his interpretation, so maybe we're missing something, but if I'm being honest I can't stand to listen to this for more then a couple of minutes. Such an insipid, bourgeois interpretation that desperately tries to convince the listener that its dreary pace is a sign of profundity, when, in my opinion, it simply betrays the orator's lack of engagement with the text beyond a merely sensuous, passive enjoyment.
I'm guessing both of you are academic theorists or critics who wouldn't be able to perform a single line to save your lives?
You don't seem to be very happy.
@georgepantzikis
Thank you George ,I thought I was the only one ! We do seem to have upset a few people with our comments I'm glad to say.!
To be fair ; Jeremy Irons does a nicely judged reading of The Waste Land elsewhere on TH-cam . I can only assume that , unlike Ralph Fiennes he has a Director who actually knew something about Poetry and wasn't overawed by the presence of a Movie Star !??
Guess again D******d !!