Thursday 15 November 2012
THE COMMITMENTS IS ABOUT AS IRISH AS?
Love the way Reel Ireland screen this movie abroad as an example of Irish cinema! Not only did the DVD have a 'Best of British' sticker on the cover but there's also an old book called 'British cinema of the 90s'. The very first page has this: 'Between 1990 and 1993 the only British films to figure in the top twenty box-office films in Britain were Alan Parker's The commitments...'. Irish-themed yes but not Irish! Shame most organisations here cannot distinguish between these two types?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Master of the world
Dated movie from the 1960s with Vincent Price trying to stop wars around the world. He uses an airship to attack from the sky. A group of ...
-
The contact email address for this blog is tiernansheridan@yahoo.ie . Don't include the last full stop! All comments (good, bad, rude, i...
-
One of the more impressive Irish movies from recent years. Like Foxes this one is directed by an East European so it has an unusual outlook...
No comments:
Post a Comment