Sonnet #123
- Episode aired Jul 18, 2013
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S1.24: Sonnet #123: Not a perfect fit but a clever interpretation that is well delivered
One of my favorite things about this ambitious project is that some of the films send me back to re-read and think again about the sonnet, even though I have usually read them a few times before watching the film. In the film of sonnet 123 this was again the case. The sonnet appears to be considering death and how due to the passage of time, it is old buildings and things that appear timeless that impress us but the writer rejects these as dressing and instead he seeks for himself to be true and not worry about what is past or present. In the short film this text is presented as being about gay marriage.
I must confess that it is an angle that didn't occur to me when I read it, but mostly it works. At first I wasn't sure what the point was as the man throws money at the screen, and throws away his messenger bag – I assumed it must be heading towards a rejection of "the now" as represented by these things, although I'm not sure these early moments work that well. The rest works pretty well as the man resists what is old, highlighting what is foist upon us as tradition (even if the use of the photograph is a bit heavyhanded – I appreciated it as it made things clear); pushing through dissenters, the lines on defying registers and lying records, all of this works well in the context of the words and indeed the visuals help the short film expand on the meaning.
In the end, on reflection, it perhaps isn't a perfect fit in every word, but the interpretation of it is interesting and well done by all involved; it did what the best films in the Sonnet Project thus far have done – drew me into the film and re-engaged me with the sonnet in light of how others have taken it.
I must confess that it is an angle that didn't occur to me when I read it, but mostly it works. At first I wasn't sure what the point was as the man throws money at the screen, and throws away his messenger bag – I assumed it must be heading towards a rejection of "the now" as represented by these things, although I'm not sure these early moments work that well. The rest works pretty well as the man resists what is old, highlighting what is foist upon us as tradition (even if the use of the photograph is a bit heavyhanded – I appreciated it as it made things clear); pushing through dissenters, the lines on defying registers and lying records, all of this works well in the context of the words and indeed the visuals help the short film expand on the meaning.
In the end, on reflection, it perhaps isn't a perfect fit in every word, but the interpretation of it is interesting and well done by all involved; it did what the best films in the Sonnet Project thus far have done – drew me into the film and re-engaged me with the sonnet in light of how others have taken it.
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- bob the moo
- Aug 4, 2014
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