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The Seafarers is a documentary short directed by Stanley Kubrick, made for the Seafarers International Union, directed in June 1953. The film was Kubrick's first in color. [1] There are shots of ships, machinery, a canteen, and a union meeting.
The Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters, AFL-CIO, represents professional United States merchant mariners sailing aboard U.S.-flag vessels in the deep sea, Great Lakes and inland trades. SIU members sail in the three shipboard departments: deck, engine and steward. MORE
Sep 5, 2019 · "The Seafarers" is a short industrial film directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1953. ...more.
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The Seafarer’, translated by Ezra Pound, is an Anglo-Saxon poem in which the speaker discusses earthly and spiritual life on the sea. Throughout the poem, the speaker explores his life as a seafarer and the significant ups and downs of the profession. He expresses the misery of the cold days at sea, the loneliness, and the fear of danger. While sai...
In ‘The Seafarer,’ the poet engages with themes of nature, suffering, and spirituality. These all come together in his depiction of ocean travels, the pain he undergoes, and the spiritual heights it allows him to reach. He’s far more satisfied out on the sea, at least when he looks back on it, than he is in the city. Throughout the poem, the speake...
‘The Seafarer’ by Anonymous is a 125-line poem, 111 lines in this translation, that is written from the first-person perspective. It has been categorized as an elegy that might’ve been composed earlier than the date at which it was transcribed. The original poem was written in Old English. It has since been translated into contemporary English. The...
Although this piece is translated from an old variant of the English language spoken almost 1,000 years ago, there are some interesting literary devices that readers should be aware of. It is important to note that the vast majority of these are present due to Pound’s artistic translation. For example, there are numerous examples of alliteration sc...
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In the first lines of ‘The Seafarer,’ the speaker, the seafarer, begins by saying that he can and will make a true song about his journeys over the ocean. He’s endured a great deal of hardship “in harsh days.” The speaker also recalls the cold and loneliness that assaulted him during that time. One of the most notable images in these first lines is the speaker’s description of hearing seabirds rather than the comforting sounds of the mead hall and his “kinsmen.” Although it is impossible to d...
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In contrast to the memory of his friends, their laughter, drinks, and warmth, the speaker returns to the “stone cliffs,” storms, and ice. The speaker knows that he’s living a very different kind of life from that of a “burgher” or a city-dwelling trade person. They know nothing of the suffering he endures. Their life is “winsome” and pleasant in comparison. Several more examples of alliteration are in the next lines, “Neareth nightshade, snoweth from the north,/ Frost froze the land, hail fel...
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The speaker emphasizes that he is at a great distance from everything and everyone he knows and loves. He’s out in a “foreign fastness” and can’t help but think about the contrastingmemories in his own life and the lives of others. There are many things to envy about the life of someone who dwells only on land. They get to take a “winsome…wife” and stay safe from the dangers of the sea. They enjoy the spring season when “Bosque taketh blossom” and the beautiful berries become ripe. But, at th...
Readers who enjoyed ‘The Seafarer’ should also consider reading Ezra Pound’s translation of ‘The River-Merchant’s Wife’as well as ‘The Sea is History.’ The latter, by Derek Walcott, is densely packed with various images from the Bible. There are endless explanations scattered throughout the poem and a deep religious fervor at its heart. ‘The River-...
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By Ezra Pound. May I for my own self song’s truth reckon, Journey’s jargon, how I in harsh days. Hardship endured oft. Bitter breast-cares have I abided, Known on my keel many a care’s hold, And dire sea-surge, and there I oft spent. Narrow nightwatch nigh the ship’s head. While she tossed close to cliffs. Coldly afflicted,
The Seafarers: Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Don Hollenbeck, Paul Hall. Stanley Kubrick's first film made in color, lost for over forty years. The documentary extols the benefits of membership to the Seafarers International Union.
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