Against the Dying of the Light Jewers described his approach to the film as: The title of the film comes from a villanelle written for his dying father by the twentieth century Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night". Against the Dying of the Light Against the Dying of the Light is a documentary film about the work of the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales. Consisting of interviews with Welsh directors, actors and public figures about the significance that film (particularly amateur film) has played in their lives, it achieved a limited UK cinema release in 2001. The film
The Gentle Sex lucid and funny moments in a capable and intelligent production for its time"; and Billy Mowbray wrote, for Film 4, "if only social history was this good at school. Funny, fascinating and probably unlike any film you've seen before, "The Gentle Sex" is a bona fide cultural treasure." The Gentle Sex The Gentle Sex is a 1943 British, black-and-white romantic comedy-drama war film directed and narrated by Leslie Howard. It was produced by Concanen Productions, Two Cities Films and Derrick de Marney. "The Gentle Sex" was Howard's last film before his death. The documentary-drama follows seven women from different backgrounds