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Geoffrey Chaucer’s the Canterbury Tales DVD Review: In the 13th century, religion was the centre of one’s life, especially the Christian religion. Even the most lowly of people would do anything to make the pilgrimage to Canterbury to revere St Thomas of Aquinas, martyr of Christendom. The Canterbury Tales is that rarest of literary treasures that has lasted for hundreds of years. Written by Geoffrey Chaucer a monastic scholar, it tells the tale of a bunch of people from all walks of life, including a priestess, a summoner, a prince and a pardoner amongst others. The narrator, Chaucer himself travels with these pilgrims as the innkeeper tells each one of them to tell a tale of past experiences to make the journey a little more entertaining. This compilation chooses 12 of the tales from the book set to different kinds of animation. This animated version from 1998 is an international production including shorts from Russia and Wales. As well as a fascinating trip into animation, the version contains a stellar cast of actors from the stage and screen including Bill Nighy, Billie Whitelaw and Sean Bean. In all there are stories in the Canterbury Tales but the producers have managed to make the book come alive with 3D stop motion puppets and 2D computer coloured animation.
A short biography, tellling the life of Geoffrey Chaucer and his other literary works
If I had watched
this depiction of the Canterbury Tales when I was sixteen and
studying it at school, I would have enjoyed it a lot more and
understood it even further. The style in which it is told, makes
the characters more realistic, more full of vigour and true
to life. The language used in this version is very modern and
adheres to our way of communicating whereas when I read it all
those years ago, it was in the traditional Olde English which
is impossible to understand. Viewers may also be familiar with
the brilliant BBC series featuring Julie Walters, James Nesbitt
and Billie Piper, which took a few of the Canterbury Tales and
refurbished them for noughties consumption. For anyone studying
the Tales for their GCSE's or any other academic endeavour,
this is a strong recommendation.
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