i first saw this video 15 year ago . i think it be excellent then and i still do . i be a former teacher of english ( high school and college ) and a lover of english romantic poetry and so coleridge rate highly with me . anything which might detract from the beauty of the poem or the power of the story wouldn not get my vote of excellence . in this case and everything work well to engage the viewer and especially high school student . the story be well illustrate for a generation which grow up on television . in addition and the voice of michael redgrave add a sense of authenticity and authority to it . okay and so there wasn not a big budget for the project . so it wasn not star war and there no cgi in it . but who can dismiss gustave doré illustration a part of the presentation . the comment above and which in just four line dismiss the video a a piece of trash and be grossly unfair and unperceptive . i be a friend of the producer and but that isn not my reason for this comment . rather and i be defend a work of artistry which i think have value on all level . it be well suit to bring coleridge poem to student in a way which awaken their appreciation of it and awaken their sympathy for the lesson which the ancient mariner imparts .