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    I swear I saw a WWI movie about Wilfred Owen that was a Welsh language movie with subtitles. I remember the theater where I saw it and who I saw it with, but not the name of the movie.

     

    I haven't listened to the podcast yet but the WWI talk has me intrigued so maybe I'll listen tomorrow. Has anyone mentioned that the best WWI depiction is surely Blackadder's? [Edit: So now I've listened to the podcast and I laughed when the guest said there are no humorous depictions of WWI -- Blackadder is the answer, and it's also one of the more accurate and moving ones.]

     

    That season of Blackadder is the best! I thought about that one too when the guest said that. Genuinely hilarious with those heartwrenching final scenes.

     

    Could the Welsh movie be Hedd Wyn?

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    For me, the movie was just very average but with the addition of a number of stars and high production values. I voted no as there's nothing that makes it stand out in terms of quality or influence, so it doesn't deserve to be in the canon.

     

    The point about not being aware of many WWI movies was interesting to me as a Brit. For us, there have been so many films and books about it and I just subconsciously assumed that was the case for everyone. Thinking about it now, though, all of the WWI movies I've seen have been either British, European, Australian or Canadian. It's interesting to realise that an event which was of such huge significance for our history is something of an afterthought for the USA.

     

    If anyone is looking for WWI movie recommendations, personally I'd suggest Regeneration. It's also a nineties movie and it deals with what was then called shellshock (now PTSD). It's mainly set in the real war hospital of Craiglockhart in Edinburgh with Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen as supporting characters.

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