Funeral Blues - Four Weddings and a Funeral

[@caseyhamm4292]

the stanza ‘he was my north my south my east and west’ really really gets me every time. the way he holds it together until he says ‘i was wrong’, absolutely devastating

[@alex20776a]

You must have a heart of stone if you did not feel his pain. What a great performance.

[@bradrossouw7346]

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[@ajnasu5099]

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[@gtowngtown1601]

He's an actor. He's paid. Grow up.

[@njnexgen]

@@gtowngtown1601 if you think people do things only because they get paid, you are deeply mistaken

[@gtowngtown1601]

@@njnexgen Monetary? I don't beleive in altruism, everyone gets paid.

[@glitteringmultitude5268]

Felt that way when my mother passed. The deaths of some people do block out the sun, and you want the world to be respectful and just stop turning for a while.

[@margomazzeo1680]

So right..

[@teresamclain5015]

Beautifully said.

[@ann-sofiefridellsandberg4477]

So true. Felt it when my father passed.

[@simonerodriguessoaresbeiri8805]

@@margomazzeo1680 qau

[@2PrincessWarriors]

This man is a legendary actor in my opinion. This breaks me every time

[@Lisa-fj7uq]

My absolute favourite scene of all time. An utterly outstanding performance by the wonderful John Hannah...... SO so moving....... 😥

[@myrnamarell4497]

I listen to this everyday since we lost our daughter. Thank you W H Auden and to John Hannah for his reading.

[@sandramorales-ef4ws]

Sorry for.your loss😢

[@amitsaurabh9948]

So sorry how did this happen

[@radhikanambiar4501]

I'm so sorry for your loss and I'm sending you hugs 🫂🫂

[@garethwilkinson3456]

You (both?) will arise again. The dead are free and without pain.

[@cussininthekitchen8224]

So sorry for your loss, honey.

[@ANNE-qr2xw]

the way his voice cracks we he says "I was wrong" broke my heart

[@kenhatchett7645]

Lost my wife to cancer 10 years ago and I asked her cousin if she would recite this poem at the funeral before she started she apologised to everyone there for not being able to sound like John Hannah but it sounded absolutely wonderful so thank you for that Patricia,hope you’ll still be around to do it for mine. R I P my dearest love xxx.

[@emensahh]

Sorry for your loss. I know she is in a better place. ❤

[@tipotto896]

❤️

[@jonsmum5552]

I couldn’t recite this if I tried, I’m in tears whenever I hear it. Big shout out to your friend for being able to recite for your beloved wife. I’m so sorry for your loss.......🙏❤️

[@kathleenhall9109]

Just found out my beautiful soul mate of 44yrs has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. This elegant poems come to mine

[@kenhatchett7645]

@@kathleenhall9109 so very sorry for you can remember what it was like just a terrible feeling of wanting to do so much but nothing you can do,I think the hardest thing was telling our three sons that there mum was going to die I found McMillan very helpful offered me help I never knew was there,I know it’s difficult but try and stay strong if not for yourself do it for him,solace dear friend.

[@marienorlander7139]

No one will ever do it better, neither poet or actor 😢

[@masterdrakul]

"My working week and my sunday rest..." I understand perfectly this pain... W.H.Auden is perfect...

[@PatLikesThese]

I got teary-eyed when I first saw this in the theater, Years later when I saw it again, shortly after my husband passed, I bawled for a solid hour. I still can't watch this scene without having a bit of a cry

[@xoxColleenMurrayxox]

This is one of my favourite poems and he reads it beautifully in this scene.

[@joanaisabelcolltruyol3090]

Who wrote it?....Thanks.....

[@LadyPercy.]

Amazing delivery and such skilful understated acting. John Hannah's emotional and raw eulogy using the words of W H Auden was for me the undoubted best part of the film.

[@Luubelaar]

It has been 5 days since I lost my husband of 23 years. I understand this on an atomic level. I disagree with the "nothing now can ever come to any good" part because we had a son and he's awesome. And my love for him will be forever, until the heat death of the universe. But the idea of putting out the stars, packing up the moon, and pouring away the ocean I understand. Everything feels so raw and empty. Everything hurts.

[@corrinoch]

I'm so deeply sorry for your loss. I know grief never "gets better", we just get better at feeling it without being incapacitated. But I hope you find some balm for your hurt and sorrow.

[@matthewpassmore6127]

John Hanna is a highly underrated actor and this is a such a good reading of such a simple and poignant poem.

[@orsetto81utube]

always makes me cry, I wish someone would love me like this

[@doctorakame]

orsetto81utube me too

[@alexandracm7648]

I've loved someone like this, no kidding, I would have happily given my life for him. He's not dead but he left me for another woman. My heart still bleeds. Love can be so cruel...

[@Boudicca165]

@@alexandracm7648 Its now almost a year since you left this message, which struck me quite forcibly ... I sincerely hope you have found some comfort by now. Grief doesn't leave, it changes and you adapt and carry it with you. I greatly admire your courage, to lay bare your pain is a brave act. With respect, Isabel

[@alexandracm7648]

Isabel Barradell thank you very much... Yes, grief lingers but it becomes bearable, eventually. I hope the best for you too.

[@dougspidermanhappy]

Alexandra CM My bf says he would rather be in prison than on social media, but he doesn’t know about how beautiful it is when one stranger reaches out to give sincere comfort to another.

[@magical_islam]

"He was my North, my South, my East and West My working week and sunday rest " This part kills me 🥺🥺🥺

[@2PrincessWarriors]

Phenomenal actor. Truly heartwrenching

[@myrnamarell4497]

I listen to this reading every morning since the passing of our daughter.

[@smithlonny8924]

Are you still out there?

[@sandramadaris7814]

Weeping here...a widow for only 16 months...my heart is forever shattered.

[@peelyb]

One of the most perfect pieces of rhyme ever penned. So descriptive and vivid, so moving and utterly heartbreaking.

[@elizabethwilmot556]

124 people fell over sobbing & accidentally hit the Thumbs Down button because this reading is the best that exists - what a devastatingly wrenching poem rendered to perfection by this wildly talented actor John Hannah, *WOW* where's my Kleenex???!!!

[@deborahclark2558]

Beautifully put..."124 people fell down sobbing"

[@Ryoichi94]

Honestly, the part in this scene that finally makes me tear up is actually the way Gareth's father looks at 1:50 It's just the disbelief in his eyes that gets me more than anything else.

[@guadagn9828]

Was thinking the same thing. The father's eyes kills me.

[@ddbe3932]

I’m French and I lost my love in horrible circumstances this Sunday. I’m going to say this poem (the French translation of course) because that’s really what I feel about her. I’m not an actor but I hope that I will be able to deliver it without crying in pain. I hope that she will hear it. My pain is excruciating. And for nothing now can ever come to any good.

[@peterdown37]

Hope you have found some peace. 🫂

[@damo9413]

Would someone post the French translation?

[@elp79]

I'm so sorry for your loss

[@dikoenatsolo5561]

​@@damo9413yes please!!

[@craigdylan3953]

This is an English Poem. The meter and rhyme are set in English. Read it in English and then your Translation. C'est trop bon pour traduisez tout de suite en Francais. Laisse la foule penser un peut de la mort, chacun a son temps. Pour moi et plus profond comme ca. Pardonnez mon francais. J'ai perdu beaucoup depuis 1975 ...

[@creamyy1425]

“often the true immensity of love is learned through realising the enormity of its absence”

[@CJ-ft9yo]

John Hannah’s nervous breathing cuts so deep.. heard through headphones over the empty echo of the church … with Carries white set face, Fiona’s darting, upturned eyes, Charles unable to move, Gareth’s fathers wild grieving eyes, the sad industrial northern town, it a truly the most captivating funeral scene ever, and breaks you.

[@anniebroadbent7961]

This speaks to a grief that it is sometimes hard to express. The beauty and simplicity of the words and their delivery are beyond moving. 🌷

[@mikethompson5549]

Great poet who i could not appreciate in my teens. One of my favourite films. Moving clip. Thanks for posting. Grief is a terrible pain to carry around....like walking through mud whilst suffocating and being deaf to the words of other when gripped in the darkest hours. Men - cry for all they were worth and do not suppress the tears for they wash away the grief...

[@alijaynebird3973]

Mike Thompson He was in at least the first 2 Mummy movies starring Brendan Fraser. I can't remember if he was in the 3rd. Perhaps someone else will!

[@tinamarisia123]

Omg... You just described depression to a t...

[@maggielloyd5272]

Every time I listen to this poem recited by an amazing John Hannah, I feel the same pain when I first watched the movie. Since then it has become my all time favourite piece. I'm yet to see another to deliver with such raw emotion. Beautiful. Sincere. Loving.

[@andyinoregon]

How the clueless Academy could watch this performance and not nominate John Hannah for Best Supporting Actor of 1994 is beyond me!

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

This scene shows what a good actor can do for a poetry recitation!

[@IdaHelleskov]

I am from Denmark and thus not a native English speaker. I used to watch this movie all the time when I was younger, and though I didn't completely understand what was being said, this has always been my favourite part of the movie. It is so heart felt and the grief is so clear.

[@craigdylan3953]

Read the Poem to Yourself without the movie, the Hollywood emotions, and the music and drama. WH Auden wrote this to be READ, simply and slowly... Even if your English is not perfect, you can see how potent this is, just because he doesn't drag in all these cliche's. Too bad so many have used this poem at funerals. It has in itself become a cliche'....alas the doom of all good things.

[@judithclark6355]

😮​@@craigdylan3953

[@gordonbell177]

One of the best films ever. Great acting by all.

[@AislingLyons-b7e]

My dad died I said this poem yesterday at his funeral .

[@andrewjoyce9038]

I read it at my mother's funeral

[@lormist4955]

So sorry for your loss. This is absolutely so sadly true. 😢🙏

[@stevemayhall3205]

I think of my beloved partner Josh when I see or hear this. It still breaks my heart after 7+ years. I love you and miss you Baby Boi

[@alfredovazquez1265]

I feel you!!!! 15 years here and still cry everytime....

[@stevemayhall3205]

Alfredo Vazquez Thank you. It’s 9+ years now.

[@radhikanambiar4501]

Hugs to both of you 🌼

[@AndrewRudin]

When he says, "I was wrong.", I lose it. Auden truly gets to the heart of what grief is. And DIRGE WITHOUT MUSIC by Edna St. Vincent Millay comes close, as well, to masterfully understanding. "I know, but I do not approve."

[@corrinoch]

Millay's "Lament" is one of the most heartbreaking things I've ever read. "Life goes on, though good men die/ life goes on/I forget just why"

[@MrBenzed]

The marvellous John Hannah - I've not seen him in much recently, but everything he touches is improved by the authenticity of his acting. I really enjoyed his pairing with Gwyneth Paltrow, in "Sliding Doors" :-)

[@kelman727]

Ben Crowley Or as a baddie in Spartacus.

[@moiratell]

heh weird I thought the same thing. was he the dad with the missing kid in The Missing? I'm gonna check but I love this poem.

[@tashmeetsingh2025]

the mummy too

[@TheGoldcountry]

best reading ever

[@jenpeterson3712]

John Hannah Scottish accent added a more meaningful touch to these words. I love him😍😍

[@veronicwbrennan4002]

John. Nobody beats your reading of this poem.

[@marshallandnadinecuenca]

I had not been taught this poem, nor did I know much about Auden. But this scene so impacted and inspired me that I'll never forget the poem. I have read it several times at funerals. I need to find a vocal arrangement of it because I'd love to sing it someday. When a loved one dies,I always think of this poem ❤❤

[@craigdylan3953]

This is NOT a song. It is written to read . It is meant to be read without acting and emotional effect. Read plain and clearly and slow , it is devastating. As it should be. Not music, not romance, and not religion

[@susandavison169]

We are having this beautiful poem read at my father's funeral on Thursday. It sums up every emotion and word we need to say xx

[@AzharKhan-wn8wy]

Rest in peace for your Father.

[@jennyrotten6354]

Susan Davison my heart is with you. My dad passed away almost a month ago. I am in total shock still.

[@susandavison169]

@@jennyrotten6354 you never really recover from the loss. It almost a year now and it's as raw today as the day he passed. I'm sending hugs to you Jenny cxx

[@jeannepoulain8580]

@@jennyrotten6354 @Susan Davison i hope you both are better, sending all the love I can your way

[@mmeyers200]

I am glad there at least a few who agree here. "let traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves." well said.

[@YasminZaini]

my most favourite poem ever

[@michaelkerr4953]

Beauty and pain.. this hits so hard.

[@cdp5818]

My English teacher showed this in class 7 years ago, can’t stop watching this since then

[@normadesmond6017]

i read this poem time after time when my mother died. I loved her more then I could express in words, and this poem did.

[@neilchandler8532]

Never manage to listen to this reading with a dry eye. Gets me every time.

[@jfrazz9729]

“Stop all the clocks” popped into my head today with a Scottish accent, and I had to look it up. This was exactly the memory I was looking for.

[@aruvielevenstar3944]

Most beautiful peace of the film

[@margheritarobba3164]

Kills me everytime. The poem alone is a masterpiece by John Hannah's interpretaiton, the context and the time this came out T_T

[@inarticulado]

How breathtaking is this poem!! ❤

[@stephaniejooste3879]

The most beautiful rendition I ever heard!

[@yasmincastro892]

I came here because of the Tom Hiddleston reading of this poem. I remembered this one and is a million times better, because of the emotion he puts

[@suzanne-dy5zc]

Just love a friend a loving kind man. Shocked us all. It's like some light went out of my life. Grief is so hard. Especially when yu know it will now be a part of your life till you die.

[@JazzyFreathy]

Ah - W H Auden. What a messenger. Quite brilliant - my favourite poet.

[@RelativeBadger]

This is by far the best version of this anywhere on here - thousands of times better than the 'BBC's Best Version', which is as dead as the guy in the box!

[@ethanrogers4610]

"Funeral Blues" is my favorite poem. W.H. Auden (1907-1973) is my favorite poet.

[@margheritarobba3164]

We studied this script in film class. And in that moment I realized how I honestly didn't like this movie, even though I grew up with it.then I watch this scene again, and I was simply speechless. Bless u john

[@anitamerkelbach1018]

This beautiful poem is to my father who passed away the last day of 2018. Love forever ♥️

[@ninanymark3765]

My Love has died. He is dead. He was my North and South, my East and West... R.I P My Darling... T. L. Din Ninabiil

[@jozxyqk4407]

I read this poem at my father’s funeral. It’s exactly what I wanted to say.

[@patrician4161]

this poem says exactly how I feel - my son was murdered never got to say goodbye. i will always love you Ben x

[@RamonaMcKean]

Bless you, @@patrician4161

[@neilpaxman]

I was christened in this church (St Clements) in 1952 and the funeral cortege left from my great aunts street in West Tnurrock (5th Avenue), so watching this film, with the moving elegy from the great John Hannah, is particularly poignant for me. Haven't lived in WT for 6 decades, but it still gives me a twinge when I see the little church, dwarfed by what used to be Hedleys ( Now Proctor and Gamble) . Funeral Blues is perfect for the raw pain felt over 'Gareths' premature death.

[@yagesh287]

To anyone who is hurt because of their loss, it does get better. It takes time but it takes better. Chin up and let the time do its work.

[@MarinellaPolli]

No, it doesn‘t get better.

[@jamesfulton8251]

When my young brother passed, this sums it up never forget.

[@orsetto81utube]

best reading ever!

[@dufushead]

I woke up this morning with this poem reverberating about my skull and realised it was 25 years since my dads funeral when I read this as his eulogy itv was the only thing that summed up my feelings, still does and I'm still crying my eyes out.

[@clairebevington4679]

when my mum died in 2017, the funeral directors gave me lots of potential poems to chose from and they were beautiful but there was only 1 poem, for me that really said from the core of my being what I needed to say. this poem, and from time to time ill listen to this clip because Matthew or John hannah reads it beautifully and the poem deserves that ♥️ ❤️ 🕯 💜 💗 🕯 ❤️ 🕯

[@karimaouerjani4349]

A heartbreakibg poem!! So beautiful !!!

[@TheAndreiaZ]

It can be amazingly comforting tô see your pain described as in this poem. By the time i watched the movie i had not yet Lost anyone that I loved. Watched It a few weeks Ago on TV and bursted into tears.

[@richardfrizell7418]

bawling like a baby, one more time.....

[@jackholden6320]

I'm so glad that I watched this movie for many reasons - an outstanding supporting cast and this beautiful and moving poem that touched me very deeply - Kristin Holden

[@oldlogin3383]

Beautiful poem, beautiful performance.

[@AliKhan-ft1uu]

Best recitation of W H Auden’s funeral blues

[@stevecostello4278]

Man, WH could string serious words together

[@yolandaschettini2735]

A great delivery. Beautiful poetry.

[@margieg.martinez2925]

ABSOLUTELY lovely * so sad! Makes me think of special people I knew who are now gone!

[@bookdragon9673]

I cried so much during this it was so sad and beautiful 😢😢😢

[@Hangie]

I was just reading a magazine article about weepy films, and one of them was compared to the "stop all the clocks" FWAAF scene...so I came here. Now I'm crying in the bath.

[@Stardust_7273]

I can’t get through this scene without sobbing, I never could. It’s wrong and completely unfair that the priest introduced him as “Gareth’s closest friend”. He was, all but legally (another horrible injustice) Gareth’s husband! And he should have been acknowledged that way.

[@metal-lace]

I could totally see George saying this or a variation of this, at Fred's funeral.

[@alexandracm7648]

Indeed but he would also have tried to make something sound funny. Both of them enjoyed jokes so much...

[@micobasara2262]

Comments line up here for 13 years. You can clearly see what it means that masterpieces last forever.

[@keysersoze4322]

Exceptional poem

[@ComanderCool909]

This is my favourite poem and im just now learning it was in Four Weddings and a Funeral

[@zoemoody673]

what a lovely poem.💦 WH Auden is a great poet✊

[@KieranIsWriting]

Let me start by reading this poem I saw in the film, Four Weddings and a Funeral

[@jm9796]

***** "FAAAAATHER!!!!!!"

[@KieranIsWriting]

Ehhh!!

[@alfiewilson7902]

James Mc you're immediately fired

[@KieranIsWriting]

that's a lovely second name Alfie Wilson

[@rifatmalik7129]

K

[@giocruz1457]

Gosh I forgot how's beautiful it's poem and this movie

[@getfree6364]

R.I.P Erik Nelson. I wish you were here today. I miss my friend so much 😢

[@guidanoronha]

Great poem and great movie

[@nikplayz264]

Thanks this will be great for my English work

[@Lindarc]

Just lovely

[@MrLieinking]

What a great piece of a great movie

[@jamesfulton8251]

May God, what a poem for me this is a masterpiece.

[@thomast1420]

Absolutely beautiful

[@lucyegginton1763]

for you dad and now our brother Dean rest well together untill we meet again

[@jediewok5328]

Beautiful

[@MarianMurphy-rz8ej]

Love will last forever John 3:16 🕊❤️

[@lohkoon]

Awesome Auden.

[@vickihirstvh]

actually helped me with my english eassay as i had to write a essay about this poem helped me with how the person feels thanks

[@mikeberray1175]

now you get why they make you read.. I hope your life understands the importance of reading and learning. Good luck.

[@Grendel2912]

They stopped the filming of this for me twice. It was shot at St Clements Church, West Thurrock, on one of my regular running routes - they stopped so I cold run through, then stopped again half an hour later as I returned - it was only later when I saw the film that I realised what had been going on.

[@alicecrypt]

Oh wow!

[@alicecrypt]

What a horrible person you are Benny Beck.

[@mikethompson5549]

Andy Horlock Great story Andy. You have to run fast in Thurrock...

[@seejeh4060]

RIP ODB, silence the piano and with muffled drum bring out the coffin