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Doctor: Her son shot her poor head off.
Donnelly: Is she alive or dead?
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Donnelly: sorry about your mom.
Kid: Ah, no loss.
Martin McDonagh
Martin McDonagh (Martin McDonagh) , born on March 26, 1970 in Camberwell, London, England, is a British film director, screenwriter, producer and playwright.
In 2004, he directed the short feature film " Six Bullet Pistol ", which won The 78th Annual Academy Awards for Best Live Action Short Film
[1]
. In 2008, he directed his first film " In Bruges " and won the British "Oscar" award for best original screenplay
[2]
. In 2012, directed the feature film " Seven Psychopaths ", which was nominated for the 66th British Academy Film Awards for Best British Film
[3]
. In 2017, directed the crime drama " Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri " won the 74th Venice International Film Festival Best Screenplay Award
[4]
, 75th Golden Globe Awards Best Screenplay Award
[5]
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Early Experience
Martin McDonagh was born in an Irish immigrant family in Camberwell, London, England. When he was 16 years old, his parents chose to return to Galway, Ireland, and left McDonagh and his brother in London
. After leaving school, McDonald was living on odd jobs and unemployment benefits while doing literary creation
.
Performing Experience
Martin McDonagh's theatrical period
In March 1996, the creation of the first dramatic works " at The Beauty Queen Of Leenane " at the Royal National Theater staged the UK
, tells the story of life in a small village on the west coast of Ireland, a mother and daughter "love to kill one," the story
, he received by virtue of the play The Oliver Award for Best Drama
and the Best Drama Award for Drama Literature
; In the same year, he won the "Most Promising Screenwriter" award at the Film Critics Drama Award
.
In 2001, the drama work "The Captain of Inishmore Island" was premiered
. In 2002, Martin McDonagh created dramatic works "pillow" and worked in London's West End and on Broadway in New York
, tells the story of a writer because of its novel caused a murder trial had been arrested
, he won the British Oliver Best Drama with drama Award
, Best Drama Award in New York Drama Critics Circle
.
Director Martin McDonagh
In 2004, directed the short feature film " Six Bullet Pistol " co-starring Brendan Gleeson , David Wilmot and Domhnall Gleeson
. The film was nominated for The 78th Annual Academy Awards for Best Live Action Short Film
and 58th British Academy Film Awards for Best Short Film.
.
In 2008, directed the crime drama " In Bruges " co-starring Colin Farrell , Brendan Gleeson , and Ralph Fiennes
. This is the first film directed by Martin McDonagh
. With this film, he won the British "Oscar" Best Original Screenplay Award
, 81st Academy Awards for best original screenplay nomination
.
In 2012, directed the drama " Seven Psychopaths " co-starred by Colin Farrell and Christopher Walken
. It tells the story that a group of Marty’s good friends stole a gangster’s beloved poodle, which triggered the story of their hunting
. The film was nominated for the Best British Film in the 66th British Academy Film Awards
, and he won Nominated for the Best Screenplay Award
.
In 2017, directed the crime drama " Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri " starring Frances McDormand , Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell . It tells the story of a mother's daughter who was murdered and decided to set up a billboard and confront the local police.
With this film, he won the 74th Venice International Film Festival Best Screenplay Award
, 75th Golden Globe Awards Best Screenplay Award
, BAFTA Best Original Screenplay Award
.
Personal Life
family situation
Martin McDonagh’s parents are Irish, and his brother John Michael McDonald is a playwright
.
Character Evaluation
Martin MacDonald can be described as a genius in the British film industry
. He juxtaposes the violence, black comedy and tragedy elements of traditional Irish peasant drama and popular drama. And the interesting subversion of the chaotic and fringe characters and things
.
Martin McDonagh is a new generation of dramatist. The Irish people in his eyes are struggling with the real entanglement between Irish national culture and British colonial culture, as well as his critique of the traditional rural Irish culture, which are worthy of careful study and exploration. . His plays combine humor, Quentinian violence and post-modern themes. His characteristic lies in his ability to exceed audience expectations and pass the cruel reality to the audience in an "earthquake-like" manner, while leaving aside the outdated dramas in the past. Routine, inject fresh blood into the drama
.
Martin McDonagh rearranges and collages cliché images and symbols in his works, and recycles various materials. His performance of stereotypes aims to create a kind of allegorical interpretation, specially emphasizing its false characteristics to present it. It is a stylized model. He reinvigorated those popular forms that seemed to have been completely abused, deliberately jokingly using clichés with other overly familiar motifs, and creating novel combinations. The stereotypes in his works are symbolic and recognizable. If you regard him as a master of collage, you may overlook his superb storytelling skills, and he expresses the spirit of postmodern deconstruction of grand narratives.
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