review: The Wind That Shakes The Barley
I have become sick of seeing movies that for one reason or another, no matter how good, disappoint me in some way or another. The Wind That Shakes The Barley does not disappoint at all!
The Wind That Shakes the Barley is essentially the tragic story of two Republican brothers living and struggling in 1920's Ireland. It is directed by progressive director Ken Loach and maintains a radical rebel theme throughout. (The film's title is actually an Irish rebel song.)
The film is wonderful and tragic as it paints a picture of life under foreign occupation and the struggle for liberation. It draws what can only be conscious correllations to the current US occupation of Iraq. It even questions what is liberation as it introduces the conflict of national liberation against class liberation.
It stays close to its Irish-ness with Irish actors, locations, thick-as-fuck accents, and even Gaelic speaking (although the director is British).
I urge everyone to go see this film!
The Wind That Shakes the Barley is essentially the tragic story of two Republican brothers living and struggling in 1920's Ireland. It is directed by progressive director Ken Loach and maintains a radical rebel theme throughout. (The film's title is actually an Irish rebel song.)
The film is wonderful and tragic as it paints a picture of life under foreign occupation and the struggle for liberation. It draws what can only be conscious correllations to the current US occupation of Iraq. It even questions what is liberation as it introduces the conflict of national liberation against class liberation.
It stays close to its Irish-ness with Irish actors, locations, thick-as-fuck accents, and even Gaelic speaking (although the director is British).
I urge everyone to go see this film!
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