1917 - I am a poor wayfaring stranger scene

[xboxisbetta]

What a journey. This film had atmosphere like none other.

[TheDankHankHill]

Saddest part about this whole movie is even after all of this there was still a year left in the war.

[sebastiankobeh]

Seeing this in the theatre was almost mystical, supernatural. Everyone was just dead silent. No one munched popcorn, no one slurped a soda. Pure silence. Everyone in that theatre, was back in 1917, listening to this young lad, barely of age, singing to his fellow countrymen before a battle. For the first time in my life, it felt like I was a part of history, like I was amongst those brave lads, over 100 years ago.

[Kira-rdid]

That film had QUALITY extras. You can look into their eyes and you know, they don’t see you. They don’t see the camera or the people in the theaters. All they know is trauma and that more is to come. Seriously, if there was a best extras Oscar, I know who would get it.

[TheHowlingStone]

I felt so at peace and rested during this scene in the theater. Such a tiring journey even for the viewer.

[the_appointed]

When you analyze this scene in whole, you understand why Schofield rested. He truly believed that he had failed, that he was too late. Just after the song stops, soldiers ask him who he is, where he's going, only to find out that those men were the men he was looking for. His face lights up with hope once he finds out he wasn't too late, and he resumes on the final leg of his journey. It also explains why he was crying when he crawled onto land. Great scene nonetheless

[eightfifty]

What I would do to watch this scene for the first time again.

[Adino]

This was a heavy scene, in a movie full of heavy scenes.

[iadd]

The fact that there are no cuts messes with your sense of time during this movie, especially in a dark theatre. This was one of those movies that you had to experience inside a movie theatre to really marvel at the excellent filmography

[bosco]

I was kind of blow away when I finally figured out where I had heard this song before. Its an old bluegrass song. I did a little research and confirmed the song lyrics originate from the american civil war. Apparently, written by a dying union prisoner to comfort another prisoner. However, the melody seems to have originated by german or Scottish folk songs with different subject matter.

[ArcticWolfAlpha]

War consist of 2 things.

1) Old men talking

2) Young men dying

[seanathin-cn]

Such a short applause from the soldiers. They enjoyed the performance but knew that when they stood up, the cold reality came crashing back and they knew what layed in front of them

[DK-dmko]

This is the first time in the movie where none of the main characters are in the shot.

It really highlights the difference of this moment

[BellaGG]

the screenwriters were right when talking about “ghosts”, the whole scene is ethereal

[ciromira]

What do you see at 3:45? A bunch of strong and experimented soldiers' backs. And then the camera angle changes.
Now, what do you see at 4:15? Yes. Some poor young kids with uniforms and weapons. People that have all their life left... Sent to the death, seeing terrifying things that no one must see, and fighting other young men, killing each other.. All that because of the desire of an old man whose work is just sitting on a chair and taking no risk. "War is a place where the young kill one another without knowing or hating each other, because of the decision of old people who know and hate each other, without killing each other"- Erich Hartmann
Dude, war sucks.

[merma]

This movie was sad but what really got me at the end was the pointlessness of it all. It really showed the tiredness in every soldier and how bitter they were to fight over inches of land for sometimes dozens of men. To accomplish what exactly? It really gives you the feeling of wastefulness and futility of war.

[NoogahOogah]

“The War to End All Wars” they called it.
If only that were true.

[Mrcool]

I love how the camera follows Schofield and then continues to pan once he sits down .. to me it's like, every one of these soldiers has a story on how they are there at that moment. They've all gone through some shit and they're the same in that respect. Even though we've only seen Schofields journey, we somehwat know everyone who is there's journey

[malacaimarbas]

Didn't notice until just now when I came back to this scene in separation from the rest of the movie much later, but: when Schofield approaches them, he walks through a deadfall of trees. They're shaped just right, however, to make it look like he's passing through a doorway of a chapel, perhaps. Really adds to the atmosphere, something your brain subconsciously picks up on. Absolutely stunning location picking/set design/blocking. Well done to the team behind 1917.

[Mongolium]

Remember seeing this in the theater. Sometimes silence can set up a great song.