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| Kenji | Apr 24 2014, 06:06 AM Post #1 |
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Wow, a separate space for little Wales! Is there any other internet general film forum site to have such a thing? So where to start? Ok, on a film I finally got to see yesterday: David (1951) by Cardiff-born Paul Dickson. It's a short docu-drama, about an ageing school caretaker (Dafydd, or David in English) who was a miner and respected poet; he befriends a young boy, and after the death of his own son, tells the boy of his life. The film was seen at the Festival of Britain. Here http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/498874/ is a brief article with synopsis. David Berry, who wrote an excellent comprehensive book on Welsh cinema, some years back, considered it among the handful of best films from Wales. We have most things very Welsh here: mining, chapel, rugby, poetry, singing and Eisteddfod (Welsh-language cultural gathering in which the most coveted award is for the Bard/poet) and a message of the importance of education, miners able to become writers or ministers or... The acting is stiff and it's quite sentimental and romanticised, but the characters are gently likeable, it makes good use of settings, from mine to the beautiful scenery of Carreg Cennen castle. So although it hardly contradicts stereotypes of South Walian life at the time, that was nevertheless the reality for many, the Welsh are shown in a positive light, and its good natured spirit wins through. Oh, I forgot to mention there's music by the fine Welsh composer Grace Williams. Edited by Kenji, Apr 26 2014, 08:59 AM.
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| Kenji | Apr 24 2014, 06:11 AM Post #2 |
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There's one scene in the film, with miners sitting reading books in their lunch break underground that reminded me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDmmeJOGKXY Edited by Kenji, Apr 24 2014, 06:12 AM.
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