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Post by hi224 on Mar 17, 2019 20:33:37 GMT
I watched a few recently as well.
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Post by london777 on Mar 18, 2019 1:53:27 GMT
The Siege of Jadotville (2016) dir: Richie Smyth 
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Post by koskiewicz on Mar 18, 2019 12:46:09 GMT
the secret of roan innish
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Mar 18, 2019 16:23:39 GMT
I couldn't find an Irish movie to watch until I stumbled upon Sing Street (2016) on Netflix. A Dublin teenager starts a band in the 80's to impress a girl. Good music, and the movie is funny and sad at the same time, or rather, happy-sad.   |
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Post by marshamae on Mar 18, 2019 23:17:31 GMT
Quiet Man my perennial favorite. Corny but o so satisfying.
The Dead - My favorite James Joyce story lovingly and perfectly made into a film by John Huston starring Angelica Huston as the enigmatic Greta. Maybe it’s the most perfect translation of a book into a movie ever made. It was done as a play in New York 4-5 years ago. The audience , only 40, served as extras, standing around the walls as the actors had the party dinner et al in an old brownstone mansion.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 18, 2019 23:57:56 GMT
Quiet Man my perennial favorite. Corny but o so satisfying. This year I washed the dvd ahead of time so that the "skips" didn't happen like they did last year. Good plan. Great movie !
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Post by london777 on Mar 21, 2019 13:40:18 GMT
I celebrated St Patrick's Day (I am one-quarter Irish) by watching Breakfast on Pluto (2005) dir: Neil Jordan. A little masterpiece, it details the picaresque adventures of a transexual, brilliantly played by Cillian Murphy. I think Jordan was familiar with one of my favorite movies, O Lucky Man! (1973) dir: Lindsay Anderson, but Jordan's movie is lighter in tone with a great pop soundtrack throughout and despite the traumas experienced by our hero, the overall tone is life-affirming.  |
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Post by london777 on Mar 21, 2019 20:46:13 GMT
I am not sure if Waking Ned (1998) counts? It was filmed on the Isle of Man (not Ireland) and has an English director, Kirk Jones. But it is set in Ireland and the cast is packed with Irish character actors. It is a very gentle black comedy, a sort of Ealing Studios comedy of the later type, relying on affectionate stereotypes. Though a low budget effort, the industry was sufficiently impressed with Jones' work to entrust to him bigger budget movies starring (among others) Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Angela Lansbury, Robert De Niro, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, and Cameron Diaz.  |
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