The Wind That Shakes The Barley

[Pull My Finger]

A piece of lefty, ill researched, anti-Brit invective or a true warts-and-all reflection of post WW1 Ireland ?

 

[S.J.Nork]

Its just a historical account about the creation of the Irish Republic in 1921, warts and all. Much the same as the movie Ghandi did for India/Pakistan in 1982.
Whare are you getting "ill researched & anti-Brit" from?
Thats what actually happened. We still have the open wound of Northern Ireland to prove it.

 

[Khkjhkj K]

You might not like it, but the British are not exactly squeaky clean when it comes to Ireland.

I thought it was a good film.

 

[Itachi 24]

Don't mention Cromwell RAB!

 

[Marty McFly]

OP:

Could have been a very good film, but in the hanRAB of Loach (who has no brakes filmically when its politics), it quickly for me became a clumsy and stereotypical film: all good Irish boyos, boo-hiss British villains. Even Michael Collins was better than this. As cinematically subtle as a flaming brick.

 

[LTN-GNX]

Dear old Dickie's film is whiter than Ben Kingsley's loincloth.