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Monday, April 23, 2007

Today the Stranger Suggests

posted by on April 23 at 12:00 PM

‘The Wind That Shakes the Barley’

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(Beauty) What we get lots of in this IRA movie by British director Ken Loach is not 1920s politics or guerrilla warfare, but beauty. There are lots and lots of beautiful Irish men, women, villages, huts, valleys, mountains, trees, shrubs, pubs, towns, streets, courthouses, animals, voices, hands, hair, hats, horses, hay, air, sky, clouds, shoes, earth, rocks, vests, milk, jails, maids, nights, mists, deaths, ruins, and music. Loach has finally surrendered everything, even his dependable socialist realism, to the power of beauty. (Varsity, 4329 University Way NE, 781-5755. See Movie Times, for more information, $6.25—$9.25.) Charles Mudede

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Warning: this movie in fact is dull, overlong, ponderous and hard to follow if you don't know Irish history. The Stranger staff must see themselves and their Monorail war in the Irish war.

If you want a bitter dose of Irish, watch The Field with Richard Harris.

Posted by Irish and found it boring | April 23, 2007 3:58 PM
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The Field is great. I can't wait to see this nonetheless. Loach has made one bad film, Bread and Roses. As far as propagandistic left wing directors, I can think of few better.

Posted by dicker | April 23, 2007 9:41 PM
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doesn't anyone realize that this movie is out to remind middle america why anyone would want to kill an occupying force and each other over a matter of priciple?

in other words, it's about iraq

Posted by wrenn | April 24, 2007 12:59 PM

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