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In Reply to: "The Wind that Shakes the Barley." A posted by tinear on September 20, 2007 at 04:19:39:
Not enough heroics or romance or picturesque Irish countryside? I think Loach told the story of the common people in the post-WWI Irish Rebellion, and subsequent civil war, with a clarity and intimacy that no other film has come near, especially surprising from an English director.Loach thankfully avoided the typical Harp & Shamrock sentimentality. It was a frank portrayal of the Black & Tans much as recounted by my Dad from when he was a teen in Sligo during the "Troubles". I also saw genuiness in the settings Loach used; I've been there many times and Ireland isn't all Rick Steves material. Certainly not the Ireland of 1920. "Barley" was a low budget film and has some rough technical gaffes, but I think it hit its mark.
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. --- W. B. Yeats
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