"They Shall Not Grow Old" Peter Jackson's WWI film
Discussion
LivingTheDream said:
ukaskew said:
LivingTheDream said:
I've been trying to find a showing local and at a time that 1 can take my 12 year old to see it but proving difficult which is a great shame.
He's massively into military history and this feels it should be seen at the cinema but it looks like we'll have to wait til the BBC showing.
surprising nowhere is showing it at the weekends - only during the week and often during the day.
I think in most of the country it was a one-off screening at 6pm last night coupled with the Q&A to link in with the Film Festival screening, not an actual cinema release as such.He's massively into military history and this feels it should be seen at the cinema but it looks like we'll have to wait til the BBC showing.
surprising nowhere is showing it at the weekends - only during the week and often during the day.
Picturehouse Cinemas (such as the Little Theatre in Bath) have a couple of extra screenings, i.e. it's on at 6pm in Bath next Monday.
Just type "They Shall Not Grow Old" into the 'Film Search' box on the top right, then choose 2D or 3D and which cinema you'd like on the following screens. Southampton (Harbour Lights) has three more showings of the film in 2D, for instance. My wife caught me looking at their website and is now thinking of booking to see it again on Saturday...
I filmed the Q&A. I was PJ's close up. Nice to know many of you made it to the cinema and stayed to watch the chat.
3 of my crew managed to watch the film in the company of Prince William but as I was stuck outside also doing the red carpet I couldn't get in till the end credits.
Interesting hearing what Peter had to say. Very humbling.
Shame it's not doing a run at the cinemas as I'd really like to see it. The rest of the crew said it was very very good.
3 of my crew managed to watch the film in the company of Prince William but as I was stuck outside also doing the red carpet I couldn't get in till the end credits.
Interesting hearing what Peter had to say. Very humbling.
Shame it's not doing a run at the cinemas as I'd really like to see it. The rest of the crew said it was very very good.
Wilksy288 said:
Eric Mc said:
I think the interviews were sourced from multiple archives. The BBC would have recorded quite a few individuals for its epic 1960s TV series, "The Great War" and they also have extensive radio recordings too.
Thank you very much 
3 reels about 90mins - https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/800...
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/sound
NordicCrankShaft said:
Got tickets for the cinema Sunday, showed the missus and she was surprisingly extremely enthusiastic and encouraging about wanting to go.
Lucky you, mine said "You can take my Dad". He lives about 110 miles way, but to be fair I make her take my Mum to all the girly stuff I don't want to see.Wilksy288 said:
Abit off topic but, there was mention that they used parts of interviews from veterans which were recorded in the 50s' 60's 70's, does anyone know if it was from a documentary or something? Would be interested to hear them.
I think it was an oral history project, done to capture the first-hand stories of the veterans before they all died out. A lot of the veterans who told their stories hadn't told them to anyone before. As far as I understand it, the audio belongs to the IWM.https://www.iwm.org.uk/VoicesOfTheFirstWorldWar
I found this BBC documentary on Youtube... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpXGemT-ViQ ...which definitely uses some of the same audio as Peter Jackson used in his film. Obviously all the film footage is unrestored B&W archive stock.
Another Youtube clip here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94b5TXjk5Nw ...just a 7 minute trailer, but it has a link... https://booksonwaraustralia.com/dvd-on-war/1454-la... ...to a dvd available in Australia. Perhaps worth searching for the dvd from UK sources?
Slightly OT but on a similar colouring theme, yet no less fascinating.........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsAqZAPJAHM
You may find yourself pausing one or two!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsAqZAPJAHM
You may find yourself pausing one or two!
Eric Mc said:
I think the interviews were sourced from multiple archives. The BBC would have recorded quite a few individuals for its epic 1960s TV series, "The Great War" and they also have extensive radio recordings too.
PJ specifically mentioned The Great War as a source for some of the soldier interviews on a couple of interviews I've seen.OT but The Great War is all on youtube and very much worth watching.
CrutyRammers said:
PJ specifically mentioned The Great War as a source for some of the soldier interviews on a couple of interviews I've seen.
OT but The Great War is all on youtube and very much worth watching.
I saw his comment after I'd posted. As the BBC were involved in this project, it would make sense for them to go through their own archives.OT but The Great War is all on youtube and very much worth watching.
Somewhere, sometime in the future, somebody is going to write a thesis about the WW1 phenomenon in the 21st Century. I am old enough to recall the 50th anniversary; lots of old soldiers still around at the war memorial ceremony , quiet respect on 11 November but that was it , that was enough . We didn't commemorate the centenary of Victorian conflicts at all, the country was too busy looking forwards .But now we seem to be consumed by nostalgia -is it a millennial thing ?
But it now seems compulsory for most of the nation to wallow in some pantomime of grief - for a century old conflict all of whose participants are now dead, most of them for decades .From Oh What a Lovely War's satire in the 60s we now have created the most sacred of sacred cows .
Ironically , WW1 was a conflict largely forgotten until the last decade . Of course we shouldn't forget - but when I see a convoy of bikers waving Union Jacks and poppy flags, I do wonder what the hell this is now all really about . Nationalism ? Brexit ? God knows ..
I still buy a poppy - I always have - but don't wear it ,not now there is a virtue signalling competition to see who wears one first.
But it now seems compulsory for most of the nation to wallow in some pantomime of grief - for a century old conflict all of whose participants are now dead, most of them for decades .From Oh What a Lovely War's satire in the 60s we now have created the most sacred of sacred cows .
Ironically , WW1 was a conflict largely forgotten until the last decade . Of course we shouldn't forget - but when I see a convoy of bikers waving Union Jacks and poppy flags, I do wonder what the hell this is now all really about . Nationalism ? Brexit ? God knows ..
I still buy a poppy - I always have - but don't wear it ,not now there is a virtue signalling competition to see who wears one first.
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