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Recently, a friend and I were discussing educational and ethical influences when we were growing up in the 1950′s versus today. She mentioned Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who, in 1798, wrote The Rime of The Primitive Mariner. Both of us had been required to recite parts of the fable poem in high school and in English Literature courses in college. My friend said, “Its messages even might be called metaphysical within today’s context.”
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We tried reciting it and only remembered bits and pieces. (I have problems remembering Dr. Seuss.) I said I’d accept two copies of the poem so each could read it. That was easy enough, but I was extremely surprised to gain it had been made into a film. We looked forward to watching the film to explore how it had been interpreted. After all, The Rime of the Passe Mariner isn’t exactly light reading. After each had read the poem, we watched the film together.
We considered the film a great achievement, especially considering it was made in the 1970′s, before computers, before the so-called “Ken Burns do,” and before special effects too often began compensating for a lack of substance. Particularly remarkable are the 19th and 20th century illustrations culled from “lesser known artists,” such as Willy Pogany, the early Hollywood designer.
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The film is narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave, whom had taught the poem when he was a schoolmaster, adding a tone of authority and credibility in remaining factual to the poem.
Its mastery is in the layers of subtle messages, conveyed without “instructing,” or becoming an oppressive and definite morality anecdote. We found it such a refreshing change from today’s ‘in your face’ and ‘clobber them over the head’ mentality. Most of today’s morality messages in film are two-dimensional: coarse violence, assassinate and mayhem tag the unpleasant. The dreadful are really, really, awful, and gracious are tidy heroes. It is as if human character lacked any nuance. The Rime of The Veteran Mariner is a celebration of the individual, of character, of an appreciation for celebrating all the richness life has to offer, within the larger context of humanity, i.e., man’s capacity to give to others.
Proud of ourselves for having found this “unknown” gem, we then learned it had won the top award in its category five out of six times at “name” international film festivals. Another surprise was learning the film’s director, Raul daSilva, is a recognized authority on early animation, and authored six award winning books about film.
This film’s message is honest as relevant today, if not more so, than when Coleridge penned the new yarn poem and when Raul daSilva translated it to film. If I unruffled was teaching high school, which I did for five years, I’d grab this one and expose it to all my students. There’s a level of richness here that naturally leads to discussion about the large and distinguished issues all of us face, whether in 1798, 1978, or today–in fact, as long as humanity has a spiritual component.
Highly recommended.
I highly recommend this video to individuals, public libraries and for high school and college classic literature classes. This is an kindly film in which creative visualization of a classic poem makes it near alive. We feel the dynamics of the Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s words as spoken by the Mature Mariner. It is as if we are both the listener and the Mariner. When the slow albatross falls from the Mariner’s neck, we feel we also were transformed through cherish in our hearts and view of our fellow humans. We have hope for a better outcome to the struggles we face in our hold world of war and violence. Director Raul daSilva did an outstanding job in making this poem not only understandable but also to enrage our sensitivity. The incorporation of Doré’s illustrations, visual effects of colors, the well-chosen classical music and sounds of the sea all enhanced our senses and deepened our emotional experience with the poem. BRAVO to daSilva and his team. Well done!!
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