The Wind That Shakes The Barley.

Little Acorn

Just for anybody who is interested:
This film(Wind that Shakes The Barley) has just started now on Film 4. It will be on Film 4 +1 at 10.55pm.
Disco Pigs is on after this,also starring Cillian Murphy.
Disco Pigs is a strange film,found Cillian's character very disturbing in it,good actor in my opinion.

fryup

great recruitment movie, for the real IRA

994

fryup wrote: »

great recruitment movie, for the real IRA

Yes, the IRA of the 1910s had no justification for any of their actions and anyone who watches this is likely to call 1800-KILL-PRODS and join their local RIRA cell. :rolleyes:

kraggy

fryup wrote: »

great recruitment movie, for the real IRA

Quite funny that it's a British film then, isn't it?

Glico Man

kraggy wrote: »

Quite funny that it's a British film then, isn't it?

Despite the fact it was written by an Irish/Scottish fella.

Paul Laverty I think is his name

aaronh007

aaronh007 wrote: »

Despite the fact it was written by an Irish/Scottish fella.

Paul Laverty I think is his name

Actually Laverty is neither Irish or Scottish, he's from India. The film is considered an English films most of the films financing came from English companies.

kowloon

Damn Indians and their propaganda!

conorhal

...I hated the movie as a piece of cinema. It felt as though the plot had been borrowed from a particularly awful, particulary weepy Wolfe Tones ballad and was as perfunctory as a three minute song with characters that did little but spout clichés and offer very little insight beyond exposition. It was just weak and the film was only redeemed for me by some fairly good performances.

Morlar

I think it covers that particular period in Irish history very well. I don't like Loach at all and I think he over-emphasised the left wing aspect of republicanism but otherwise it's a fine film, great performances and pretty well balanced in my view. The violence was not glamorised and not all brits were portrayed as unsympathetic either (despite english press reviews). Nor were the IRA shown as 100% sympathetic either. Brutal murders by the IRA were shown in full and the audience was not spared this. It is an Irish story, made in Ireland with an Irish cast - with money from TG4, Bord Scannán na hÉireann & film4 among others so I don't see what the problem is with calling it an Irish film.

Little Acorn

God,never meant for any type of debate about religion to occur for just posting that the film was on.
I have found out that films I liked were on telly before,because of people posting here,so was just returning the favour for anybody who was interested/liked the film and wasn't aware it was on.
I did so mainly because I thought that it was a popular enough film(maybe I was mistaken),-I just thought so because I know a few people who like it(including 2 prodestant friends btw.),and also because it won a European Film Award, The Golden Palm Cannes Film Award, Irish Film and television award,and was nominated for many more.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460989/awards
Perhaps I just thought it was more popular than it actually is.

TBH,I don't have a huge interest in the film myself,just had it on in the background whilst I was waiting for Disco Pigs to start.
I put The Wind That Shakes The Barley in the title,as it is more well known,
but the post was also for fans of Cillian Murphy and the film Disco Pigs.
Disco Pigs was the film I was more looking forward to,as find it very weird, but interesting and slightly scary.

So sorry if I caused any offense to anybody by posting about about what I believed to be a popular film,no offense/annoyance to anybody was intended.

fryup

994 wrote: »

Yes, the IRA of the 1910s had no justification for any of their actions and anyone who watches this is likely to call 1800-KILL-PRODS and join their local RIRA cell. :rolleyes:

Well you got to admit movies like these do stir the blood.

Remember seeing this in the cinema and there was a bunch of lads at the back chanting ooh aah up th ra!! at the end.

I mean we're in the middle of the peace process, do we really need movies like these stirring things up. Can we just forget about the past for the sake of the future?

kowloon

fryup wrote: »

Remember seeing this in the cinema and there was a bunch of lads at the back chanting ooh aah up th ra!! at the end.

People like that don't need a film, they'll latch onto a cause regardless because they're idiots.

lucianot

fryup wrote: »

I mean we're in the middle of the peace process, do we really need movies like these stirring things up. Can we just forget about the past for the sake of the future?

Definitely not, as you may risk repeating the same errors.

rosser44

fryup wrote: »

Remember seeing this in the cinema and there was a bunch of ignorant scumbags at the back chanting ooh aah up th ra!! at the end.

FYP

sceptre

fryup wrote: »

Remember seeing this in the cinema and there was a bunch of lads at the back chanting ooh aah up th ra!! at the end.

Slightly ironic that the TV showing of it is followed by Disco Pigs then.