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I watched a fantastic film called Before Night Falls which is just superb! It is centred around the Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas! And absolute must!
It's an art house film, and has sensitive subjects such as abuse (both physical and emotional), homophobia, and doesn't hold back with it's sexual content... but what an extraordinary tale. I watched this and bought Arenas' life's work!
Another absolute joy of a film I saw recently was Hippopotamus, written by Stephen Fry. It like a Who done it? / investigative comedy about a poet looking into a secret miracle! Very light hearted and filled with Fry's typical humour!
Finally, and most recently, I bought a copy of All is True whilst I was in Stratford back in September! Another wonderful watch, but I am a huge Shakespeare buff so maybe I was just bias. I would say it is worth checking out though!
My dvd of Nora arrived today, based on James Joyce. Has anybody seen it?
Same as Luna, I haven't seen any of these except for Dead Poet's Society. The rest have been added to my list! Tim Burton's "Nightmare Before Christmas" was inspired by a poem he wrote while he was working as an animator for Disney. Speaking of Disney, Mulan likewise has its origins in an ancient Chinese poem titled "The Ballad of Mulan".
There are likely other films inspired by poems I've seen - but they either don't come to mind or I'm simply unaware that they are. On a related note, I love when films or series actually feature poems! Some examples are Interstellar (Dylan Thomas' "Do not go gentle into that good night"), Blade Runner (William Blake's America: A Prophecy), even Star Trek (Data's "Ode to Spot", I can recite that one by heart).
Dead Poets Society is the only one I've ever seen.