A Shropshire Lad

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Walkabout

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MycroftHolmes — 12 years ago(July 15, 2013 10:05 PM)

Into my heart a wind that kills
From yon far country blows,
What are those blue, remembered hills,
What spires, what farms are those?
That is the land of lost content,
I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went
And cannot come again.
What we have here is failure to communicate!

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iainhammer — 12 years ago(November 11, 2013 12:53 AM)

Always loved this particular Housman verse. Thank you. And of course, perfectly in tune with (particularly) the final scene of the movie.

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MycroftHolmes — 12 years ago(November 11, 2013 11:14 AM)

I just gave it another watch, I guess you did too!
What we have here is failure to communicate!

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lazarillo — 12 years ago(November 27, 2013 06:08 PM)

Yeah, I really like AE Houseman. and I first heard of him, believe it or not, not in English class, but from watching THIS movie.

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ekulom — 10 years ago(September 03, 2015 08:22 AM)

At the end of the closing credits the line "rien ne va plus" appears which I think roughly corresponds to the last line of the above A.E. Housman verse. What does all that mean? Qui sait?

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MycroftHolmes — 10 years ago(September 03, 2015 05:29 PM)

No more bets. But here's a great essay about what it may mean.
http://users.clas.ufl.edu/burt/introfilmtheory/end.html
What we got here is failure to communicate!