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Re:W.H. Auden Wrote Poetry for a Beautiful Short Film About ... by hprotagonist on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @03:26PM (#16268700)
See also the charming "Night Mail" (1936): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHOHbTL3mpk

Auden and Benjamin Britten collaborated on what is surely the most talent-heavy documentary about a postal service to exist.

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Re:W.H. Auden Wrote Poetry for a Beautiful Short Film About ... by ahdroit on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @06:58PM (#16270224)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFYz5iiB620

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWzqTQgNYyw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSo2-xeTvb0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfvlCMA46q8

Aphex Twin/ AFX - Nightmail

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Re:W.H. Auden Wrote Poetry for a Beautiful Short Film About ... by hprotagonist on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @11:29AM (#16275069)
Man, i have no idea what W. H. would've made of this! I did not know Aphex Twin sampled this, though.
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Re:W.H. Auden Wrote Poetry for a Beautiful Short Film About ... by ahdroit on Thursday February 01, 2018 @01:42AM (#16280024)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-galenson/ts-eliot-john-... 1st half on that topic did not read.
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