Jake Gyllenhaal read the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est," by Wilfred Owen

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  • @faz1991
    @faz1991 11 лет назад +96

    Didn't realise how humble he was. What a thing to do, brilliant.

  • @vintagebrew1057
    @vintagebrew1057 6 лет назад +60

    Soldiers in Vietnam carried copies of Owen's poems with them. He is as relevant now as he was then. No one can understand unless they have been under fire what it does to your soul. I treasure every one of Owen's poems. They fill me with horror in beautifully constucted verses. Thank you Mr. Gyllanhal for choosing a poem that tells it like it is. And you are not just "an actor" you are a fine young man as Owen himself once was. He also enjoyed acting and im sure he would have been pleased.

  • @seamusolunacy
    @seamusolunacy 10 лет назад +126

    A poem by Wilfred Owen who was killed 5 days before the armistice in Nov 1918. Rip. Well read sir. Sean Beans recital also worth a listen.

    • @BenDownTooLong
      @BenDownTooLong 7 лет назад +8

      Christopher Eccleston has done the best that I know of

    • @VicGuitarman
      @VicGuitarman 5 лет назад +2

      Bean’s was An Anthem for Doomed Youth and The Last Laugh

  • @stephendonnison8045
    @stephendonnison8045 6 лет назад +32

    Why put a thumbs down?? An extraordinary poem

  • @taka-taktak
    @taka-taktak 3 года назад +10

    It's one of my favourite poems.

  • @anandalowe6765
    @anandalowe6765 11 месяцев назад +2

    You are not just an actor. You have a unique way of processing and anticipating human emotions as a good person would. You are an amazing actor and without you stories would not come alive.❤

  • @itwoznotme
    @itwoznotme Год назад +4

    i hate poetry, but this one i learnt at school and it has stayed with me ever since.

  • @peta-kaytucker1818
    @peta-kaytucker1818 2 года назад +8

    Owen had every right to write about war because he lived in it...and died in it too. This fact makes his words so much significant

    • @mitchellwright5478
      @mitchellwright5478 Год назад

      It’s even more fucked up, because he wasn’t even apart of the countries involved yet, when he died the US was yet to be involved although they supplied the war effort.
      To die for something should be at least to know why you’re going to.

    • @Themaxwithnoname
      @Themaxwithnoname Год назад +2

      ​@@mitchellwright5478 Owen bought it a week before WWI was over, and was in the British Army.

  • @theDoctorwitTardis
    @theDoctorwitTardis 2 года назад +8

    _Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori_ is a quote from the ancient Roman poet Horace, which translates into:
    *it is sweet and proper to die for one's contry*

    • @SLCtica
      @SLCtica 10 месяцев назад +3

      Old Horace said that like a man who’s never been to war

  • @WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1
    @WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 7 лет назад +20

    Jake Gyllenhaal handled this very well. Respect.

  • @andrewjohnstone963
    @andrewjohnstone963 10 месяцев назад +2

    It says it all in a microcosm
    As close to the reality as anyone who didnt witness such horrors could ever be
    Evocative Evocative Evocative 😢
    The Greatest poet of the Great war
    RIP Wilfred 🙏 ❤

  • @grazielaalmeida8438
    @grazielaalmeida8438 10 лет назад +38

    Nope, you are not just an actor you are an incredible person and engrossing diferente of other famous who are so fake.

  • @h3artands0uLL
    @h3artands0uLL 10 лет назад +13

    what was this for? how come he read it? I wouldnt have expected it from him, I am wonderfully surprised. Great choice, Jake.

  • @bora3649
    @bora3649 2 года назад +2

    You should listen the poem from kingsman

  • @gmart47
    @gmart47 11 лет назад +2

    I Love this poem

  • @Alina-fr5ye
    @Alina-fr5ye 4 года назад +2

    0:24

    • @Bella-oq1gw
      @Bella-oq1gw 4 года назад +1

      Omg, this reminds me of a specific scene in a movie.. I think it's called "Maurice". It starts with BENEDIC, DOMINE, NOBIS.. It is worth a watch, I promiseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

    • @Alina-fr5ye
      @Alina-fr5ye 4 года назад +1

      @@Bella-oq1gw omg I watched that movie too and I loved it but call me by your name is still better ÄTSCH BÄTSCH😛😝😜🤪

  • @gregwilmot3260
    @gregwilmot3260 7 лет назад +12

    It is a sweet and noble thing to die for ones country
    Dulce et decorem est pro patria mori

  • @suindude8149
    @suindude8149 Год назад

    Dulce at decorum est,nonetheless,the great sound of 18th late British troops sound phenomena,at large,really dolce at decorum est.

  • @ValerioDiBona
    @ValerioDiBona 2 года назад +2

    Feb 28 2022, What have we learned from this? Where are we going?

  • @starky6266
    @starky6266 6 лет назад +10

    1:40 "Drownding"

    • @anniejane255
      @anniejane255 6 лет назад +3

      yes i wondered why he kept adding a d to the word drowning? I'm from the UK and realise sometimes they say 'drawling' instead of 'drawing' strange

    • @Garrett1240
      @Garrett1240 3 года назад

      @@anniejane255 No one says "drawling".

    • @squigglebat
      @squigglebat 2 года назад

      Also said Flug instead of Flung

  • @MLIVCH
    @MLIVCH 5 месяцев назад

    The hitch

  • @dannyleon6522
    @dannyleon6522 11 лет назад +1

    Cool

  • @yobrolol2685
    @yobrolol2685 11 лет назад +1

    Nice

  • @Astrilidae
    @Astrilidae 3 года назад +4

    Why does it bother me so much that he changed has shells to tired 59s

  • @jeffaffas311
    @jeffaffas311 10 лет назад +4

    That hair!

  • @alisonbreen4468
    @alisonbreen4468 Год назад

    OOOOOFT

  • @gregwilmot3260
    @gregwilmot3260 7 лет назад +2

    Donnie darko

  • @MiguelLopez-fs3ll
    @MiguelLopez-fs3ll 4 года назад +6

    He's so hot

  • @mrcrumble187
    @mrcrumble187 6 лет назад +3

    i know it's not a competition but i do prefer Christopher Eccleston's reading
    ruclips.net/video/qB4cdRgIcB8/видео.html - so much more anger in it.

    • @gavenos
      @gavenos 2 года назад

      Also the accent and tone matters when reading these although they were both good but eccleston’s was better

  • @AlexGordonMusic
    @AlexGordonMusic 5 лет назад

    I wonder if he knows what the title means

  • @puppy1584
    @puppy1584 Год назад

    1.52. If you to could watch the wagon we FLUG him in.

  • @rafflesxyz4800
    @rafflesxyz4800 2 года назад +2

    Must be the worst recital ever!
    At 1"05 it should read ".... of gas-shells dropping softly behind "

  • @tiborzkarate1
    @tiborzkarate1 12 дней назад

    Jake is not really good to read poems, this is very flat and flavorless read.

  • @alinnaf8002
    @alinnaf8002 2 года назад

    0:31