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Devyn 2022-04-21 09:02:43
I shall never see you again
"The Wind That Shakes The Barley", a tense movie in a slow rhythm, after watching it, I like it very much. Maybe because of this extraordinary time.
The film is about a history of Irish independence, how the British bullied the Irish, and the contradictions between the Irish. The British have... -
Antonio 2022-04-21 09:02:43
this stumbling country
My friend was across from me and said how it sounded so American.
I think of the first Irish immigrants who set foot in the New World to escape the great famine of the time. Multiplication, so I'm afraid this is the ancestor of the American pronunciation. It's just that the son surpassed the...
Pádraic Delaney
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Vern 2022-03-25 09:01:11
It is really a history of blood and tears of a nation, and the most tragic thing is that it has continued to the present. Stronger than many Irish films that promote national independence, Ken Loach does not try to exaggerate sadness, nor does he make any definite political propositions, nor does he portray Wallace-style heroes, but maximizes group portraits. Observe their dilemmas at the micro and macro levels: how people are torn apart by political ideas, and raise a series of huge political problems: in the face of the mighty British Empire, is national independence idealistic or realistic? Can personal and national interests be reconciled? Who should control the violent machine? While he may have an answer in his heart, this may be the one he struggled the most. The opening game is meaningful.
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Anita 2022-04-24 07:01:15
CULTURAL CENTRE 050408 HKIFF 2008.
The Wind that Shakes the Barley quotes
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Damien: It's easy to know what you are against, but quite another to know what you are for.
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Finbar: [the IRA have just gunned down several Black and Tans] Mercenaries! That were paid to come over here to make us crawl, and to wipe us out. We've just sent a message to the British cabinet that will echo and reverbarate around the world! If they bring their savagery over here, we will meet it with a savagery of our own!
