Dylan Thomas documentary

[@harlech52]

My late mother worked in Harlech (in North Wales) for the novelist Richard Hughes. One time Dylan and Caitlin came to stay with Hughes. When they'd left it was discovered Dylan and Caitlin had helped themselves liberally to the wines in Hughes cellar. Hughes was livid and asked my mother to write to Dylan to say he and Caitlin would not again be welcomed to stay at Harlech.

[@megacapulet6470]

A poem in October is my favourite Thomas poem with lines like" The town below lay leaved with October blood" to describe the autumnal leaves changing colour really does it for me, along with so many other genius poems and stand out lines

[@biaedwards4025]

Dylan wrote my favourite poem: Fern Hill. His talent burns bright, always. His voice reminds us why the welshmen like actor Richard Burton have such vocal presence.

[@nickandmikec]

I love "Fern Hill" too; it's one of my favorite poems, along with Edward Thomas' poem "Adlestrop," but Dylan Thomas, like so many other poets, when reading a poem held onto each syllable as if it were sacred. His readings of poetry, his and by others, rendered them lugubrious. Poet W.S. Merwin was excellent when reading his own poetry, as was poest William Stafford and poet Benjamin Saltman. One can hear Saltman read his work here at KZbin, a sorely overlooked American poet:kzbin.info/www/bejne/a360oniAa8Z8Zqc

[@biaedwards4025]

@@nickandmikec thank you will check your suggestions.

[@A_Wild_Dyzzy]

My father named me after Dylan. Oddly seems fitting that I became a songwriter. Thank you for this documentary. I’m glad I was able to learn where my namesake came from.

[@srothbardt]

Are you Bob Dylan? 😅

[@thegiftedone]

Thank you for this glorious upload!😊

[@nigelmcclatchey4490]

The town where he and his wife lived is pronounced Larhn, not Lang-harne: Just one syllable. His wife, Caitlin, was of Irish stock (Donegal), not Welsh.

[@simondunlop4628]

Have ever even Been to wales

[@capealio]

Larhn looks like its pronounced lar-hin. is it suppose to sound more like larn?

[@nigelmcclatchey4490]

@@capealio yes

[@nigelmcclatchey4490]

@@capealio Please look up Laugharne - A quick guide to the intriguing township -on youtube. And no, I'm not having a Laugh.

[@Spangletiger]

If the narrator had mispronounced it once, it wouldn't have been so bad but, how many times was Laugharne mentioned? I lost count! Such a shame because, apart from that, it's a really good documentary.

[@DeJect_music]

As a Swansea native, writing a book of poems, proud to have our city represented culturally by such an imaginative and talented man.

[@votemonty1815]

He had a voice about him.

[@alcidebava1854]

many have been inspired by his poetics, in a certain sense even Kerouac, Corso, were (inspired) by him. Even Jim Morrison, ....obviously without succeeding, Dylan Thomas' poetry is infinite. One of the truly great poets. He too, like the greatest, went through hell to give us poor mortals a bit of paradise. It has always been difficult for a poet to live off his own poems....and I don't find it right.

[@joannmicik1924]

I was thinking of Jim Morrison too, as i heard this.

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

Lovely to remember that I was born on his birthday 💖 !

[@rahawa774]

Lucky duck!

[@RedcoatsReturn]

I suppose..I’m a member…of the dead poets..society 😔 Beautiful and glorious…they were 😊

[@AuthorDocumentaries]

O captain! my captain!

[@janedexter2869]

His voice was stunning! Rich music Fern hill my favorite also

[@QueenBee-gx4rp]

Me, too….from another Jane

[@MrCanadagirly]

I’ve always loved, “A Child’s Christmas in Wales.” I never let a Christmas season pass without reading it or watching a good production of it.

[@julieshrive3198]

Another 'Shining diamond ‘ why ? When I Was At Beckett Park College of Education & Carnegie in middle 1960 our Lecturer in English played A Child's Christmas In Wales on a tape recorder .The College was in transition to the Uni LUISA I don’t think their Alumni NOW are recognising this & probationary years with weighting & if one worked outer London lived inner after West Riding /Leeds with to many changes to hoodwink & not record no less franchising out .

[@constancewalsh3646]

A very young Richard Burton reading a poem!

[@gilesmatthews7772]

Great documentary

[@MrResearcher122]

Mistake at 22:00. Dylan Thomas' s wife, Caitlin, was Irish aristocrat. She wasn't Welsh.

[@AuthorDocumentaries]

Good catch

[@MrResearcher122]

@@AuthorDocumentaries Her mother was half French,just to add variety to the mix.

[@eugenecorkery7812]

Live on in that sweet tender night

[@thejamnasium6447]

I think, that if I touched the earth, It would crumble, It is so sad and beautiful, So tremendously like a dream

[@FloRiDaNication]

20:43 Who is this person talking about meeting DT at the pub?

[@whattowatchrightnow]

who is the actor reading as Thomas? Great voice.

[@dismith73]

Dylan Marlais Thomas 27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953

[@dmswanson5694]

Terse. Difficult at times. But once studied, quite and very extraordinary these penetrating lines.

[@pixiekawai]

Ever thought about having more adds to interrupt the greatness of this documentary?

[@brendalandes1813]

Someone said that Llaregub read backwards is Bugger All

[@mitchcompton2530]

He died at 39 not 38.

[@swymaj02]

I like the music in 11:34. Very fun to dance to.

[@jakepetty1503]

Richard Burton made me aware of Dylan I'm glad

[@Jack-fs2im]

good doc thanx

[@srothbardt]

It’s very funny when he made up the report of the football match which he didn’t go to.

[@caroledrury1411]

Well done

[@mckavitt13]

The docufilm in itself is of a generally high quality, but the narrator has terrible problems w pronunciation… Celtic, mischievous,& more. His being American didn’t help, I suppose. I am also, but have lived in Europe for many years. That makes an incredible difference. Hearing Thomas read his own poetry again knocked me sideways! Many thanks for this gift of a truly great poet to us (all).

[@jacquelineharrod6386]

I believe that Caitlin was the very worst person he could have married. They seemed to ignite all that was bad or foolish in each other.

[@pyewackett5]

Ever read her memoirs ?? Brutal & not for the fainthearted.

[@Herm7es]

For some reason I just learned for the first time thst the day that Dylan Thomas died- 9 November 1953 -was my 4th birthday.

[@simonpearce5039]

He's reading voice sounds older, somewhat like John Masefield

[@markcarey67]

As someone else commented here he really should have someone else read his poetry. Amazing how he manages to get the rhythms of his own poems wrong when he gravely intones them out loud.

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

Because he is not speaking in his natural language, so the rhythm is unnatural!

[@srothbardt]

He didn’t know Welsh. Swansea is supposed to be an English speaking area.

[@srothbardt]

@johnmartlewI think Burton read it well. I can read it well.

[@johnwightman7549]

the american commentator doesn't seem to know much, can't pronounce Laugharne, pronounces celtic like the football team, thinks caitlin was welsh. then it turns out it was made in france. very odd. some good footage though, liked the park keeper.

[@AuthorDocumentaries]

I did notice some from this presenter. I'll have to double-check when I do my own voiceovers. Glad you still got something out of it

[@patricaomas8750]

Seems like he was in training from his youth.

[@shaibaliqbal]

Lovely to see Dylan alive and being discussed. These two films on Dylan are excellent - kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYCxXo2flpKdo5Y (Dylan's place in modernist poetry, filmed inside his birthplace with a guided tour) and one on his place in Welsh literature (kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYCxXo2flpKdo5Y).

[@johndodson8464]

30:08 His son looks exactly like him when he was young.

[@CarefulObserver1]

He died at age 39, not 38, as you say here.

[@brendalandes1813]

I studied inCardiff School of Music and drama in it,s

[@robertgainer2783]

The opening line, “He was the first poet who lived and died as a pop star”, meant that I stopped watching this at 6 seconds. Go back a hundred years to Byron, who made Thomas seem rather tame. If you can’t attain credibility in the opening line, then people will switch off like I just did.

[@medes5597]

Byron didn't tour like a rock band. Byron didn't have fans mobbing him like a rock band. Byron, while brilliant and important, wasn't well known amongst everyday people. Dylan Thomas was. Your pretentious statement reveals that you apparently refuse to even try and understand why Dylan would be considered that - it's an observation that is not original to this documentary and you're about 60 years too late in your complaint.

[@dianachase7867]

I haven’t read much on Dylan. I wonder if he was diabetic?

[@AuthorDocumentaries]

Many believe he was diabetic.

[@mns8732]

I was fortunate to drink at the WhiteHorse Tavern but I think it's been demolished.

[@nickandmikec]

I love Dylan Thomas' poem "Fern Hill" but the poet was a terrible reader, as are most poets.

[@maggiesue4825]

Thomas should have someone else read his poetry. His voice put me to sleep.

[@davidmoser3535]

@John Martlew Not true

[@PaulDee-k1q]

Arouse thyself from thy slumber

[@richardheinz]

Dylan Thomas died at 39 not 38. I stopped watching less than a minute in. If you can't even get the age he died correct, what other false information do you give?

[@VictorRochaGaming]

I made my pilgrimage to the White Horse

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

You took heroine?

[@limeplasterer2766]

You know you're watching shite a minute in when they can't even get his age of death right...

[@brendalandes1813]

In it

[@brendalandes1813]

( continue! ) that Dylan Thomas’s alchoholism was due to his super sensitivity to the cruelty of much in the world. I played Mrs Ogmore Pritchard. I live in Israel now, the Haifa English Theatre recorded a reading of Under Milk Wood. I directed parts of it, and sang Polly Garters song. “Tom Dick and Harry …….. I reread the play often, just love it. I visited Swansea in the 70 and visited the Dylan Thomas Heritage Centre. There is no way that Milk Wood can be translated!

[@srothbardt]

I like his poetry and stories very much, but his reading voice is much too big and pompous. Strange. Doesn’t fit.

[@paulkesler1744]

Yes, the principal narrator is mediocre & mispronounces certain words (even getting the title of one of DT's greatest poems wrong, saying "Do Not Go GentLY into That Good Night"). In contrast, everything else in the documentary is first-rate, and I love the multiple clips which I haven't seen anywhere else. As far as the "convoluted" nature of the poetry itself ---- well, if that bothers you, you should go elsewhere. But as Dylan himself counseled: "Love the words" (& forget the semantics). This is quintessential MUSICAL poetry.

[@swymaj02]

Never heard of this guy b4. And to hear that he died very young too. That sucks.

[@axiomist4488]

I liked seeing and mainly hearing Richard Burton , That was a very nice surprise. Dylan, I can do without . I don't like convoluted poetry .

[@silvananeal5276]

Unfortunately, this narrator sucks! Sorry Dylan.

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

Sounds like he's going through puberty. Some people shouldn't have kids....as an analogy

[@johnkidd5070]

He was a terrible narrator

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

@John Martlew he was speaking about the kid that narrated this video, i hope.

[@davidmoser3535]

@John Martlew Not true

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

The replacement narrator has either a deviated septum or a slack college boy countenance. I mean to report on Thomas with no report, is absurd. Eloquence, man, to speak, diction.

[@MaziarPersian]

Enormous disturbing with all those advertisements every 3 or 4 minuttes.