Poets (2002)iMDB Rating: 7.5
Date Released : 23 March 2003
Stars : Des Brady, Michael Chomiak, Aiden Shaw, Andrew Wright
Movie Quality : BRrip
Format : MKV
Size : 870 MB
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Poets is essentially a travelogue of the British Isles, juxtaposed with an anthology of classical and contemporary verse, macro-cosmic in scope, microcosmic in its singular intensity. In this sense it is merely a travelogue, yet there is so much more, spanning from the traditional to the avant-garde, from the sublime to the ridiculous, very different, highly original and with a unique zeitgeist narrative structure. Poets concentrates on locations and issues within the UK and in an oblique way referencing poetry to the topography, at first seemingly random and esoterical, slowly and ultimately questioning the very nature of our British culture and heritage. The film is shot in multiple formats from 35mm (the majority) to the newer digital format of Digi-beta, with a short, eerily beautiful dream segment shot in Super-8. Obviously a socialist commentary, Poets is in turn informative, witty and thought-provoking. An observation and reflection on contemporary life in the UK from a ...
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Wonderfully weird
Found a VHS in a car boot sale, paid three pounds and found the most obscure and original movie I've seen in years. The narrative is made up from three leads seemingly recounting random anecdotes. Suddenly they one by one appear again telling more stories on the same topics but this time as different personalities, this happens a third time. They are in front of some of the wackiest backgrounds I've ever seen. Sometimes they are beautiful sometimes plain daft. The effect is laid back and relaxed but compulsive viewing. Staggeringly off kilter from Hollywood fodder, in fact a million miles away from it. The influences of Jarman survive and can be found in this rare abstract work of genius.
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