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File:The Thin Red World.jpg|link=The Thin Red World|'''''[[The Thin Red World]]''''' is an epic historical romantic war film written and directed by Terrence Malick, depicting the founding of New Jamestown on Mars and the alleged inter-species breeding efforts by Captain John Smith.
File:How Green Was My Envy.jpg|link=How Green Was My Envy|'''''[[How Green Was My Envy]]''''' is a 1941 American drama film about the Morgans, a hard-working Welsh mining family, told from the point of view of the youngest child Huw, who, despite the best efforts of affectionate and kind parents, grows up envious of others.
File:How Green Was My Envy.jpg|link=How Green Was My Envy|'''''[[How Green Was My Envy]]''''' is a 1941 American drama film about the Morgans, a hard-working Welsh mining family, told from the point of view of the youngest child Huw, who, despite the best efforts of affectionate and kind parents, grows up envious of others.


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* [[I've seen people you things wouldn't believe]]
* [[I've seen people you things wouldn't believe]]
* [[Musical anvils]]
* [[Musical anvils]]
* ''[[The Thin Red World]]''
* ''[[The VALIS Show]]''
* ''[[The VALIS Show]]''
* [[The Waking of the Slate]] - traditional Welsh mining ritual  
* [[The Waking of the Slate]] - traditional Welsh mining ritual  

Revision as of 10:45, 2 September 2022

Earliest known promotional art for How Uncanny Was My Valley.
A face mask of the wearer's own face, an inspiration for How Uncanny Was My Valley.

How Uncanny Was My Valley is a 1941 film about the Morgans, a hard-working Welsh mining family on Mars, from the point of view of the youngest child Pkd, who lives with his affectionate and kind parents, and his five brothers, in the Valles Marineris during the early modern era.

The story chronicles life in the Martian colonies, the widening gaps between the "Cannies" (human colonists) and the "Uncannies" (android-Martian hybrids), and its effects on the family.

The Waking of the Slate

The film gives a realistic depiction of the traditional Welsh Waking of the Slate ritual.

Anvils In Flight

The musical anvils band Anvils In Flight appears briefly in a bar fight scene performing the introduction to their hit song "Never Touch Ground" (better known as "Anvils Above").

Origin

The concept originated in a Facebook post on the afternoon of Tuesday June 15, 2020.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

  • Post @ Twitter (5 August 2022)
  • Post @ Twitter (20 April 2022)
  • Post @ Twitter (22 January 2022)