The confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was politically divisive, but Walt Whitman’s 19th century wisdom is timeless.
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Moon’s description at Vimeo is worth quoting in full:
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as part of a week-long Whitman bicentennial celebration. They’ll also be screened the same evening in Washington, D.C. That’s when the whole trilogy will be posted to, to mark Whitman’s 200th birthday. But we’ll have to wait until May 31 to find out. Paul Moon, “a filmmaker whose body of work includes short and feature-length documentaries, dance films, and experimental cinema, featured and awarded at over a hundred film festivals worldwide.” Paul tells me that he’s currently shooting the last part, a setting of Civil War poems, in the Richmond, Virginia area right now, and based on what he did with “America”, I’m guessing that that film may not shy away from contemporary political references. This is part of a trilogy of Whitman poetry films by H. Paul Moon (2016-2019): America The Wound Dresser Civil War poemsģ3:21 Short Film by Sara Wolfley (2019): Poets to ComeĪ recording of Whitman’s own reading of “America” is juxtaposed with shots of demonstrators in Washington, D.C., minutes after the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, to great and moving effect. (2001): Out of the Cradle Endlessly RockingĢ7:25 The Notebook (2004): Spontaneous Me Continuitiesģ1:10 Breaking Bad (2011-2013): When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomerģ2:57 Whitman Trilogy by H. 21 (1997): Song of the Open Road I Hear America SingingĢ5:31 Love and Death on Long lsland (1997): The Untold WantĢ6:15 L.I.E. Long may his poetry live and continue to shape art and literature around the world.Ġ2:30 Intolerance (1916): Out of the Cradle Endlessly RockingĠ2:49 Manhatta (1921): A Broadway Pageant Mannahatta Crossing Brooklyn FerryĠ3:39 Street Scene (1931): Passage to IndiaĠ4:25 Now Voyager (1942): The Untold WantĠ5:18 Goodbye, My Fancy (1951): Good-bye My Fancy!Ġ5:54 The Twilight Zone, Season 3 Episode 35 (1962): I Sing the Body ElectricĠ6:46 Fame (1980): I Sing the Body ElectricĠ8:12 Down By Law (1986): The Singer in PrisonĠ8:59 Bull Durham (1988): I Sing the Body Electricġ1:17 Dead Poets Society (1989): O Captain! My Captain! O Me! O Life! Song of Myselfġ5:17 Northern Exposure, Season 1 Episode 2 (1990): When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’dġ7:12 Quiz Show (1994): I Hear America Singingġ7:33 Doc Hollywood (1991): Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rockingġ8:14 With Honors (1994): Song of Myself One Hour to Madness and Joy Song of Myselfġ9:49 Little Women (1994): Give me the Splendid, Silent SunĢ0:24 Beautiful Dreamers (1992)/Song of Myself (1976)Ģ1:19 Dr.
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( Watch it in full here.) For this reason alone, fans of poetry film and videopoetry need to pour one out for old Walt on May 31. I should mention for the benefit of any newcomers to the film poetry genre that the 1921 film Manhatta by Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand was not only the first real Whitman poetry film, but also arguably the first American avant-garde film and the first proper film poem. Go to Vimeo for the clickable timecode list of cited films, but really, you should just watch the whole thing straight through. As explained at the end title, this video essay was created for non-commercial educational access, in the spirit of fair use for analysis, with gratitude to these filmmakers who have honored Walt Whitman.
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This video essay is an analysis of Walt Whitman’s every appearance in cinema and television, leading up to his 200th birthday on May 31, 2019. It’s the centerpiece at Paul’s site, and will be part of the May 31st Whitman bicentennial screening in Washington, D.C.
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This wonderfully comprehensive and personal video essay takes a chronological look at the use of Whitman’s poetry in film, embracing a multitude of movies and TV shows good and bad, high-brow and low. But that’s not all that Paul’s been getting up to. Paul Moon‘s adaptation of “ America” and mentioned the trilogy of Walt Whitman poetry films of which it is a part.