Caitlin

A short film about the passionate and vexed marriage of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas with dancer Caitlin Macnamara, culminating in Thomas' death in New York 1953. Writer: Tom Knight, Director: Cheryl Farthing

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• biography
• poetry
• Wales
• New
• York
• relationships
• marriage
• Dylan
• Thomas
• Caitlin
• alcoholic

[TomKnightInfo]

The 'Spitfire' controversy runs on. I'm sorry it has spoiled things for some people. As writer, there is nill contol over props buyers.Pity they made this small slip-up. I just wanted to thank everyone who has watched for the beautiful, engaging and illuminating comments. Tomx

[kotsreveb]

Sorry, but the bottle of Shepherd Neame's Spitfire ruins any of the gravitas of this clip. What a load of rubbish, Dylan will be chortlin away in his grave over this.

[TomKnightInfo]

Thanks for watching. I'm happy to believe that Dylan would rather chortle with a Filmmaker than spend time with a Critic.

[manyhighhills]

Bottle of Shepherd Neame Spitfire bitter ale on that Carmarthen Bay beach, all the way from Kent. But I will not complain about that. Maybe there is a hidden message in that.

[TomKnightInfo]

Indeed. Though filmed in Wales, so I don't know why that happened?

[yippitydodah]

@TomKnightInfo or is it the obverse, can't remember. OH GOD!

[yippitydodah]

@TomKnightInfo

When I said, in my previous name on youtube, manyhighhills, about a hidden message, I meant it - when Dylan if ever he did see a Spitfire take off and scream into battle, he would have simply said WHY? and broke into tears. That is a poet for you. We need poets to say the abverse.

[yippitydodah]

@kevinastraw You would say that, encapsulating life into a comfortable microcosm. Dylan was not a drinker, he was just human, and an old briton, heartbroken on what he saw in WWII, glowing bombs that were used at it's end, and his worry.

[kevinastraw]

I would have thought spitfire bitter ale just about sums up DT's marriage.

[closertofiftythanyew]

Carmarthen Bay is a magical place, with its long lost city beyond the Pembrey burrows, and its closed cockle town now drowned on old St.Ishmaels point, many, many years ago, the otherside of the Gwendraeth. Land when wolves prowled dangerously inland from them. Let alone the wild boar of Twrch Trwyth.....

[manyhighhills]

Love is a barbed talon, no one can explain it, unless it catches you, and eats you, to the death....

Those that have not been chewed, still living or not, have not lived, or are just cowards.

Go for it, play the worst game possible, love.

[manyhighhills]

I have known Catlin MacNamaras in my life, I seem to attract them. Let me tell you, they just cannot help themselves, they are a complete nightmare to live with, every day is a challenge. It is the way they are built. I challenge you to put up with them for a month, day-in, day-out. But there is no doubt they make up for it at bed-time, that is where the venus flytrap of them is.....

[kotsreveb]

Yes, though probably with one with a greater eye for detail. Spitfire wasn't brewed for the first time until 1991.