Slog - Comments on Today the Stranger Suggests http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/today_the_stranger_suggests_51 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' (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,... Copyright 2008 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:00:31 -0800 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:59:27 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Irish and found it boring 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.

]]> Irish and found it boring http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/today_the_stranger_suggests_51#c699209 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/today_the_stranger_suggests_51#c699209 Arts Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:58:23 -0800 Comment by dicker 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.

]]> dicker http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/today_the_stranger_suggests_51#c699425 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/today_the_stranger_suggests_51#c699425 Arts Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:41:42 -0800 Comment by wrenn 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

]]> wrenn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/today_the_stranger_suggests_51#c700297 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/today_the_stranger_suggests_51#c700297 Arts Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:59:27 -0800