Comments on: The Wind That Shakes the Barley http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2006/08/18/the-wind-that-shakes-the-barley/ Just another GNOME Blogs weblog Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:04:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Calum Benson http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2006/08/18/the-wind-that-shakes-the-barley/#comment-36 Calum Benson Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2006/08/18/the-wind-that-shakes-the-barley/#comment-36 Well, all things being equal, I know where I'd rather live :) Well, all things being equal, I know where I’d rather live :)

]]> By: Dave Malcolm http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2006/08/18/the-wind-that-shakes-the-barley/#comment-37 Dave Malcolm Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2006/08/18/the-wind-that-shakes-the-barley/#comment-37 I saw this a couple of weeks ago (inflight movie, believe it or not). Very hard to watch (for this Brit) but gripping at the same time. <p/>You might like to try "Land and Freedom", also historical movie directed by Loach. I saw this a couple of weeks ago (inflight movie, believe it or not). Very hard to watch (for this Brit) but gripping at the same time.

You might like to try “Land and Freedom”, also historical movie directed by Loach.

]]> By: Alan Horkan http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2006/08/18/the-wind-that-shakes-the-barley/#comment-38 Alan Horkan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2006/08/18/the-wind-that-shakes-the-barley/#comment-38 Very cryptic Calum, maybe it is more obvious to others the true feelings of a Scot living in Dublin. <p/>Escapist entertainment ("snakes on a plane") is what I go to the cinema for and I only reluctantly go to see political films like the Wind that Shakes the Barley. As far as I know Ken Loach doesn't do light entertainment, anyone remeber Kes (the boy and his Kestrel)? Not a film Disney would ever make. <br/>The film is hard to watch because of the difficult and very real subject matter. The portrayal of the Black and Tans is harsh but to the best of my knowledge historically accurate, although there was some hint that these more than simply thugs who hated the Irish but men who had survied a brutal World War. Far more interesting and compelling was the treatment of the Civil War when the Irish turn on the Irish. The film wasn't big on exposition or putting things in their historical context but it worked well nonetheless. <br/>Compelling but serious stuff. <br/> Very cryptic Calum, maybe it is more obvious to others the true feelings of a Scot living in Dublin.

Escapist entertainment (”snakes on a plane”) is what I go to the cinema for and I only reluctantly go to see political films like the Wind that Shakes the Barley. As far as I know Ken Loach doesn’t do light entertainment, anyone remeber Kes (the boy and his Kestrel)? Not a film Disney would ever make.
The film is hard to watch because of the difficult and very real subject matter. The portrayal of the Black and Tans is harsh but to the best of my knowledge historically accurate, although there was some hint that these more than simply thugs who hated the Irish but men who had survied a brutal World War. Far more interesting and compelling was the treatment of the Civil War when the Irish turn on the Irish. The film wasn’t big on exposition or putting things in their historical context but it worked well nonetheless.
Compelling but serious stuff.

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