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More about Iraq than Ireland , 11 September 2008
  • The Wind That Shakes The Barley
  • The Wind That Shakes The Barley on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Cillian Murphy,  Padraic Delaney,  Liam Cunningham
    Director: Ken Loach
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Shot in the very usual Ken Loach off non-scripted dialogue, it is an interesting take on a violent period of Irish history. The potrayal of the British Army is rather one dimensional in the film perhaps but ,and let's be honest here, they really didn't operate an effective 'hearts and minds' operation during the conflict (especially the awful Black and Tans). The film probably portrays the British soldiers in a way the local irish population saw them at the time.

    It was good to see though that Loach, going against the 'Braveheart' type plot, of continuing the story of how Ireland descended into civil war. The stubborn idealist on one side, refusing to give up their guns while pragmatic free-staters resorted to using British tactics to fight back.

    But the film in essesence, isn't about Ireland but a message about what is happening in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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