Days by Philip Larkin
On 22 June, 2012 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments
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An interesting contrast with the Dave Lee film posted yesterday. Yes, this is nothing but a YouTube mash-up of a Philip Larkin reading with footage of soldiers on LSD (presumably in the public domain), posted in 2006. The maker, David Quantrick, didn’t even bother to add credits — he apparently just viewed it as an expeditious way to share the poem. And yes, the video quality is low. But I find the combination of footage and text inspired and delightful. Unlike Bridge for the Living, this video is greater than the sum of its parts.
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Dave Bonta is a poet, editor, and web publisher from the Appalachian mountains of central Pennsylvania.
