Posted on 12/16/2018 1:03:21 PM PST by AFreeBird
As the director of elaborate fantasy epics like the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” trilogies, Peter Jackson has become known for meticulous attention to detail. Now he has put the same amount of care into making a documentary.
With “They Shall Not Grow Old,” Jackson has applied new technology to century-old World War I footage to create a vivid, you-are-there feeling that puts real faces front and center and allows us to hear their stories in their own words.
The documentary, which will screen nationwide Dec. 17 and Dec. 27, concentrates on the experiences of British soldiers as revealed in footage from the archives of the Imperial War Museum. Jackson and his team have digitally restored the footage, adjusted its frame rate, colorized it and converted it to 3-D. They chose not to add a host or title cards. Instead, veterans of the war “narrate” — that is, the filmmakers culled their commentary from hundreds of hours of BBC interviews recorded in the 1960s and ’70s.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Thank you for that link.
Keep us informed, please.
Will NEVER click on NYT link.
Did you at least watch the .movie trailer?
I will make a date to see this. At the old family farmstead in Grey County, ON, I recovered letters written to my Uncle from someone he knew who trained in England and then went on to serve in Mesopotamia (Iraq) during that war (he survived and then served as an Ontario MPP).
They Shall Not Grow Old
Dec 17,27
Thanks.
According to my local AMC movie listing, it’s running at least through the new year. Dunno.
Wow. Mind blowing to see 100 year old film brought to life. Thanks for posting the article.
Here is a link to the full film trailer: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IrabKK9Bhds
The trailer is heartbreaking. So many of those lads died, and for nothing.
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Agree. I found my eyes watering up watching it. It transforms events from old newsreels to the sense you’ve traveled back in time.
I’m sure that a big part of the disconnect re WWI for those without immediately family ties to it is the rather unreality of the old BW footage of the time.
That trailer is amazing and has the potential to introduce poignant realism to something that seems but dry history to many.
Thanks for letting us know about this.
Wow. Just watched the trailer. I doubt it will be shown near us, but I hope it comes on tv. I am amazed at how the changes of adding color and slowing the film so they move naturally changes the entire thing. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the link!
1916 - Motorhead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqFoqtpUFY8
The day not half over and ten thousand slain,
And now there’s nobody remembers our names
And that’s how it is for a soldier
I, too, hope it'll be on TV as I'm recovering from some surgery right now and can't go to my theater.
I love all history, my two special interests being pre-Revolution Tsarist Russia.......plus WW1 focusing on The Great War's aviation action.
My late father-in-law was a Doughboy in WW1...and served in the trenches in France. There's a special place in Heaven for these departed young warriors caught up in a horrible war.
If this film is ever on TV, hope someone pings me !
Leni
the war that killed Europe’s future.
How extraordinary! Peter Jackson is a master of attention to detail. These men, so many, so young. I must see this.
Just checked it out...
Looks like it’s worth seeing.
This looks really interesting.
About the only 3D film that I’m interested in seeing.
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