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    Wind that shakes the barley

    Has anyone seen this film and if so what do they think?
    heres a clip.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4ty6Qrc ... ed&search=
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    cheapskate that i am i downloaded the entire film from pirate bay about 2 months ago and never had to go to the pictures to see it . That part of the film is in true Loach style , very similar to land and Freedom

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    Wind That Shakes The Barley on tv3 now hope the FFers are watching

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    Good movie, doesn't show any side in a too favourable light which is how it was. Also the first movie to recognise the 'red' element of the 1916 IRA/IRB AFIK
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    Why is a film about historical events set in Cork in the Northern Ireland section?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sondagefaux View Post
    Why is a film about historical events set in Cork in the Northern Ireland section?
    I assume it is because Northern Ireland is where the 'spirit of 1916' burned strongest with the IRA's terrorist campaign. Good film, though, if a little romanticised.
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    It's cultural imperialism. Loach imposes his own socialist viewpoint on the Irish political situation, and uses our history for his own polemic. Socialism was a very minor element in the rejection of the Treaty, not that you'd know it from Loach's film.

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    Quote Originally Posted by st333ve View Post
    Has anyone seen this film and if so what do they think?
    heres a clip.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4ty6Qrc ... ed&search=
    Decent movie and worth watching but Little Miss Sunshine is on RTE1 - i'll never tire of that film

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    Quote Originally Posted by dub14 View Post
    Decent movie and worth watching but Little Miss Sunshine is on RTE1 - i'll never tire of that film
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    The highlight of that film being released was the hysterical reactions of Simon Heffer and the other torygraph scum
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