Neil Gordon

Oct 30, 20181 min

Director Peter Jackson on his new WW1 documentary film

Three-time Oscar-winning Lord Of The Rings film-maker Mr Jackson used 100-year-old footage from Imperial War Museum archives to show it in previously unseen detail. Over four years the award winner poured over hundreds of videos to produce the final piece, which masterfully melts black and white scenes into brightly colored clips.Jackson said: 'I wanted to reach through the fog of time and pull these men into the modern world, so they can regain their humanity once more - rather than be seen only as Charlie Chaplin-type figures in the vintage archive film

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