"Our war memorials are usually made of brass or stone.
But Peter Jackson’s astonishing new film They Shall Not Grow Old is a war memorial for the big screen.
Jackson’s film has done the impossible:
He has created a time machine.
Jackson was given access to the sound and video archives of the Imperial War Museum and tasked with producing a documentary about World War I in time for the centenary commemoration of the armistice on November 11, 2018. (Link to trailer here.)
He has created a time machine.
Jackson was given access to the sound and video archives of the Imperial War Museum and tasked with producing a documentary about World War I in time for the centenary commemoration of the armistice on November 11, 2018. (Link to trailer here.)
After playing to sold-out theaters across the United Kingdom in October, the film will show just one more day in the United States – December 27.
December 17, the only day the film has shown so far in the United States, saw packed theaters.
December 17, the only day the film has shown so far in the United States, saw packed theaters.
Jackson’s film portrays the World War I soldier as you have never seen him: in color, in high definition, and with sound.
They Shall Not Grow Old painstakingly cleans up the old jerky films of the Great War.
It removes the blemishes, turns them into clean high definition, and colorizes them with thorough, painstaking accuracy.
The film speed is even reset to natural motion, so no more unnatural gaits.
It removes the blemishes, turns them into clean high definition, and colorizes them with thorough, painstaking accuracy.
The film speed is even reset to natural motion, so no more unnatural gaits.
Jackson’s technical wizardry turns the landscapes of France into something vivid, expansive, and apocalyptic.
But it’s the faces of the young soldiers that will haunt you..."
Read on.
Read on.
Buy tickets online at Cinema Carousel-very small
theatre. Half sold already.
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