New book about recent Irish cinema. Lots of academic ideas and even more errors! For example Frankie Starlight is incorrectly listed as never getting a theatrical release. There's a photo of Michael Gambon with the wrong movie listed underneath. But without a doubt the biggest fault is that this movie discusses only Film Board titles. That excludes stuff like Anton (which was more ambitious than many state-funded titles). Also excluded for some reason is Pavee Lackeen (one of the best Irish films from the last decade). There's a bizarre chapter about romance films and even stranger charts to explain some silly theory. Another chapter is devoted to John Carney (before Zonad got a release to ruin his reputation!). Worth a look but too academic (some good one paragraph ideas) and like the IFTAs, it ignores most Irish feature films. Might discuss some of the ideas from this book another day.
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