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Post by kiwiruna on Sept 29, 2018 10:33:44 GMT 12
Just seen on FB Peter Jacksons coloured and digitally restored WW1 film "They shall not grow old" is in cinemas October 16th.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 29, 2018 13:53:10 GMT 12
Yes it looks very good.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 29, 2018 13:55:54 GMT 12
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Post by baz62 on Sept 29, 2018 18:12:54 GMT 12
Wow. I thought I was seeing a recreation for a minute and was wondering where he filmed the tanks and then I realised it was WW1 footage.......truly quite moving. Love the reaction of the Dad and his daughters!
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Post by 11SQNLDR on Oct 6, 2018 17:04:00 GMT 12
I reckon this is going to be a very special movie - truly looking forward to this!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 6, 2018 19:15:53 GMT 12
I looked on their website and it only had cinemas in Britain listed as screening it. Will it actually be screening in NZ?
I also saw someone say it airs on the BBC in November...
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Post by bristolscout1264 on Oct 17, 2018 9:27:07 GMT 12
So thrilled Tonight we went to see 'They shall not grow old' which was amazing. But equally amazing was to hear granddad's voice used in part of the narrative and to see his name in the credits! We too had used the same extract from him in our own film Bristol Scout: rebuilding history! Peter Jackson of course sits on the TVAL board that provided our wonderful Le Rhone engine - for Bristol Scout 1264 which granddad of course flew in WWI. www.1418now.org.uk/commissi…/new-film-peter-jackson/ |
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Post by ErrolC on Oct 17, 2018 10:29:21 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 17, 2018 13:55:16 GMT 12
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Post by ErrolC on Oct 17, 2018 18:18:41 GMT 12
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Post by smithy on Oct 17, 2018 19:30:20 GMT 12
There were always going to be those who dislike any doctoring of archive footage and they have a valid argument in some respects. At the same time to try and attempt to restore footage to make it appear "truer" to filmed life in relation to FPS, colour, etc and especially with WWI which comes from a time when film was in its infancy, has its place IMO. The jerky, overly rapid nature of undoctored WWI era film can also be argued to create an almost comical bent to footage in much the same way as old Chaplin flicks of the same era, and in fact slightly speeding footage up has been a comedic tool in film for over half a century. I think this project has the potential to remove that from WWI footage and give it a gravity which sometimes the general public miss.
I'm really looking forward to this and if this gets more people interested in learning about the Great War and the horrific loss of life and level of sacrifice of that time by nations such as ours then that can only be a good thing.
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Post by errolmartyn on Oct 17, 2018 22:16:46 GMT 12
If the long-winded reviewer (obviously paid by the word!) doesn't like Jackson's version he still has the option of watching the original black and white. It's not as if the originals have been destroyed in the process - and viewing Jackson's version is not being forced upon anyone. Errol |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 17, 2018 22:35:10 GMT 12
Exactly Errol.
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Post by ErrolC on Oct 18, 2018 7:24:28 GMT 12
There were always going to be those who dislike any doctoring of archive footage and they have a valid argument in some respects. At the same time to try and attempt to restore footage to make it appear "truer" to filmed life in relation to FPS, colour, etc and especially with WWI which comes from a time when film was in its infancy, has its place IMO. The jerky, overly rapid nature of undoctored WWI era film can also be argued to create an almost comical bent to footage in much the same way as old Chaplin flicks of the same era, and in fact slightly speeding footage up has been a comedic tool in film for over half a century. I think this project has the potential to remove that from WWI footage and give it a gravity which sometimes the general public miss. I'm really looking forward to this and if this gets more people interested in learning about the Great War and the horrific loss of life and level of sacrifice of that time by nations such as ours then that can only be a good thing. I think there is a difference between playing old footage at its designed speed, and the other aspects of 'doctoring' (as in, the first isn't doctoring). |
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Post by smithy on Oct 18, 2018 8:02:32 GMT 12
I think there is a difference between playing old footage at its designed speed, and the other aspects of 'doctoring' (as in, the first isn't doctoring). There probably is but then there's always going to be those pedantic enough to howl with indignation about anything deviating from the original footage. The original footage still exists and can be viewed as such. This new rendering is merely an attempt to improve this very early footage's quality and hence its immediacy for a modern audience. That doesn't bother me but obviously that rather verbose reviewer took exception to it. |
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Oct 18, 2018 13:25:54 GMT 12
There are some very toxic adjectives in the myopic Silent London blog, from one whinging sour-puss. It seems to me said reviewer is unable to accept how such a modernised copy of historic silent footage can bring relevance to a generation who might otherwise remain in unempathetic ignorance of the horror and suffering endured by so many.
Unimpressed
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Post by ErrolC on Nov 1, 2018 18:46:00 GMT 12
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Nov 1, 2018 19:32:09 GMT 12
Brilliant! (I hope Bugs Bunny doesn't spoil its sobriety)
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Post by baronbeeza on Nov 1, 2018 20:09:26 GMT 12
I should get to the movies more often and this may be the excuse. Lizzie was looking much younger and riding a horse the last time I went and stood for her. The cartoons and trailers are probably much the same though I guess. It will be strange looking at a 100 year old movie. 'Play Misty For me' is probably dated now also.
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Post by ErrolC on Nov 2, 2018 16:36:48 GMT 12
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