The Man From Snowy River

Some of you know of my recent aquired love for The Man From Snowy River. I watched the movie (and the sequel) and fell in love with the characters. Today my friend at work showed me the clip below, which takes the poem by Banjo Patterson and puts it together with scenes from the film. There's something about poetry - the fluidity of the words and the precise descriptors - that make a scene like this come to life even without the picture behind it. I thought the poem was worth sharing. The man that reads it does a great job as well. Here's the historical context of the poem from Wikipedia:

"The poem was written at a time in the 1880s and 1890s when Australia was developing a distinct identity as a nation. Though Australia was still a set of independent colonies under the final authority of Britain, and had not yet trod the path of nationhood, there was a distinct feeling that Australians needed to be united and become as one. Poems like "The Man from Snowy River" suggested to the many Australians at the time who read The Bulletin magazine of Sydney, that they shared a unique land and that the characters and heroes who inhabited this land had so much in common. Australians from all walks of life, be they from the country or the city, looked to the bush for their mythology and heroic characters. They saw in the Man from Snowy River a hero whose bravery, adaptability and risk-taking could epitomise a new nation in the south. This new nation emerged as the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901."

If you have a minute or so, I recommend watching or even listening to it. And then watching the movie if you haven't seen it. :)