Poetry in films: Four Weddings and a Funeral has a powerful scene with an Auden poem read at a funeral (the poem got a lot of attention as a result). Night of the Iguana uses original poetry but is very powerful (and the poetry is very Eliot-like). Rueben, Rueben is another film about a poet with original poetry (here pretty clearly based on Dylan Thomas). You mention Frost in Dead Poets Society, but I remember the emphasis being on Whitman and the Romantics. Chris Ames Agnes Scott College [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Hoffman [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, April 12, 1999 9:51 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Poetry in films. > > A faculty member at our university recently requested any info on films > that use poetry in some manner. For example, the use of Frost in Dead > Poets' Society; Rodney Dangerfield reciting and interpreting "Do not go > gentle into that good night." in "Back to School." First priority would > be > films that refer to established poetry; second priority to films which use > "original" poetry. Thanks in advance. > > Ron Hoffman > > [log in to unmask] > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite