Everyone will agree that we're more of a literary nation than a film one. So why are so many Irish movies getting made from books and plays? They will hardly ever be as good as the source novel. Same for true stories - the films of these true stories are never fully accurate? In a country where we have dozens of famous writers and playwrights it's only natural that the number of quality Irish filmmakers is so small. Filmmakers will always be overshadowed by the writer of the original book. Even worse are adaptations of recent successful British movies. So what can be done to make Irish cinema as good as our best books? One idea would be to move away from putting pictures to novels and newspaper articles and instead develop original scripts. Even better, use actors' improvisation to develop the story natually from the characters. This could help make Irish films a step above the usual dross that are basically telefilm adaptations of successful novels? It could also give Irish cinema more of an identity?
Another famous movie with an Irish theme. Set in Africa a TCD graduate heads off alone to find a diamond mine. His daughter gets an explore...
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