Contemporary Irish Cinema: From the Quiet Man to Dancing at Lughnasa

Book Overview

Movies from and about Ireland have attracted huge augiences, capturing top international prizes (The Crying Game) and an Academy Award (My Left Foot). In this text, contributors take a variety of approaches to the treatment of films and film makers. They probe cinema's rewriting of Irish history, from Michael Collins and In the Name of the Father to Lost Beginnings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815605684
• ISBN13: 9780815605683
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Syracuse University Publications in Continuin
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Irish Eyes Are Smiling

A worthy subject a bit too 'worthily' approached. Lots of the writing in this book of essays edited by James Mackillop is stodgy and pedestrian. Shining exception is Harlan Kennedy, whose article 'Shamrocks and Shillelaghs' is full of colour, wit, detail and revealing connections. He also covers an ambitious swathe of Irish film history: a four-star effort that alone makes the book worth looking at. A shamrock to him. A shillelagh to everyone else!Jill Smith