The Christmas Truce
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:05 pm
Thanks to the IAC I have some new British friends. In April I met Geoff Harrison
of the Preston Movie Makers. He will help me with my next film. He has found
a good narrator for my documentary. Geoff has given me some films. One of
them is called "The Christmas Truce". In 1914 the German and British soldiers
stopped fighting in the trenches for some time because it was Christmas.
They even played football together. The film is wonderful and I told Geoff
that the Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres might be interested in it. Today
I was in Ypres and I talked to one of the big bosses of the museum. He was
quite surprised about the quality of the short film (about 6 minutes). He
said that it is "war poetry in motion". However he can't show the film in
the museum permanently. The music in "The Christmas Truce" is fantastic and
it's very important for the power of the film. There will be a mixture of
different sounds in the museum and that's not good for "The Christmas Truce",
he said. I think he's right. Anyway, the film will be shown in September
or October when some lectures will be given in the Museum. It will be shown
as an introduction or an intermezzo. I'm sure that the Preston Movie Makers,
the students and the professor who worked on "The Christmas Truce" will be
very pleased with it.
of the Preston Movie Makers. He will help me with my next film. He has found
a good narrator for my documentary. Geoff has given me some films. One of
them is called "The Christmas Truce". In 1914 the German and British soldiers
stopped fighting in the trenches for some time because it was Christmas.
They even played football together. The film is wonderful and I told Geoff
that the Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres might be interested in it. Today
I was in Ypres and I talked to one of the big bosses of the museum. He was
quite surprised about the quality of the short film (about 6 minutes). He
said that it is "war poetry in motion". However he can't show the film in
the museum permanently. The music in "The Christmas Truce" is fantastic and
it's very important for the power of the film. There will be a mixture of
different sounds in the museum and that's not good for "The Christmas Truce",
he said. I think he's right. Anyway, the film will be shown in September
or October when some lectures will be given in the Museum. It will be shown
as an introduction or an intermezzo. I'm sure that the Preston Movie Makers,
the students and the professor who worked on "The Christmas Truce" will be
very pleased with it.