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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 Extinct Mariner. Both of us had been required to recite parts of the myth 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 acquire two copies of the poem so each could read it. That was easy enough, but I was extremely surprised to salvage it had been made into a film. We looked forward to watching the film to ogle how it had been interpreted. After all, The Rime of the Used Mariner isn’t exactly light reading. After each had read the poem, we watched the film together.
We considered the film a worthy achievement, especially considering it was made in the 1970’s, before computers, before the so-called “Ken Burns finish,” 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 fair to the poem.
Its mastery is in the layers of subtle messages, conveyed without “instructing,” or becoming an oppressive and distinct morality story. 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: obscene violence, kill and mayhem ticket the awful. The unpleasant are really, really, unpleasant, and valid are orderly heroes. It is as if human character lacked any nuance. The Rime of The Broken-down 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 fresh narrative poem and when Raul daSilva translated it to film. If I unexcited was teaching high school, which I did for five years, I’d grab this one and prove it to all my students. There’s a level of richness here that naturally leads to discussion about the spacious and necessary 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 apt film in which creative visualization of a classic poem makes it arrive alive. We feel the dynamics of the Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s words as spoken by the Veteran Mariner. It is as if we are both the listener and the Mariner. When the dumb albatross falls from the Mariner’s neck, we feel we also were transformed through adore in our hearts and concept of our fellow humans. We have hope for a better outcome to the struggles we face in our bear world of war and violence. Director Raul daSilva did an outstanding job in making this poem not only understandable but also to infuriate 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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