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film offers an intriguing glimpse of NMW Cathays Park as it was in the
1960s. John Ormond (Thomas) is well known as an Anglophone Welsh poet
whose work in verse responded in vivid, lyrical ways to, among other
things, matters of Welsh history and culture. But Ormond was, alongside
his life as a poet, an accomplished artist in the medium of film. The
documentary films he wrote and produced at the BBC Wales Film Unit in
Cardiff are themselves memorable creative pieces. They too reflect on
Welsh history and culture in fascinating ways. This event will consist of a screening and discussion of one of Ormond’s classic films, A Bronze Mask: A Film in Elegy for Dylan Thomas (1969). The film celebrates, in Ormond’s unique style, the placing of David Slivka’s Dylan Thomas death mask in the National Museum of Wales. Dr Keiron Smith completed his PhD on the poetry and films of John Ormond in 2014. He currently works as a tutor in the English Department at Swansea University, and is in the process of writing a book on the films of John Ormond. |
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admission charge for this event, to include post-lecture coffee and
biscuits in the Oriel Suite, is £8 for Friends’ pre-paid
bookings, or £10 at the door. If you wish to take advantage of
this concessionary rate, please complete the slip below and send it
with your cheque to: Ann Saer, 15 Highfields, Llandaf, Cardiff CF5 2QA (tel 029 2056 2756; email annsaer@talktalk.net) by Friday, 14 August. If applying for more than one event, please send separate cheques for each one. To minimise postal costs, no acknowledgement will be sent. Since this event is open to members of the public (£10 in advance or at the door), do tell your friends. They will be very welcome. |
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| Friends of National Museum Wales Talk by Dr Keiron Smith ‘Archive Films of NM Cardiff: John Ormond’s A Bronze Mask: A Film in Elegy for Dylan Thomas (1969)’ WEDNESDAY 19 AUGUST at 10.30am in the Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre, Cathays Park, Cardiff Please reserve …….... place(s) for the above event. I enclose a cheque for ……..… (made out to the Friends of National Museum Wales). Name(s) ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Address ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Postcode …………………. Tel ……………………… Email ……………………………………….. |
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