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theagitatedapricot t1_j6bbax1 wrote

Reply to comment by Archamasse in Over 2 months ago, I put a video together about the appearance of Heather Donohue's voice from Blair Witch Project (who changed her name to Rei Hance in 2021) and how she was not credited or paid for her voice appearing in Academy Award Nominee, Tár. by HalpTheFan

Yes, thank you. It is specifically her performance that still gives me shivers with every rewatch. The banging on the tent, the children's laughter, the pouch of teeth, etc. are all creepy moments for sure, but it is Heather's reactions, her descent into a breakdown, that makes it all truly scary.

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Archamasse t1_j6bar3p wrote

Reply to The Banshees of Inisherin’s Writer-Director Has Made a Career of “Irishness.” It’s All a Load of Blarney by HanSoloHeadBeg

The article does have a sort of point - the civil war metaphor is completely incoherent imho, and it is bizarre to see it trotted out consistently without any examination.

The Irish Civil War was about as clear cut a conflict as a Civil War can get. It was rooted in a very stark and simple dilemma - take what you can get of your own state now, or hold out for all or nothing so nobody's left behind and nothing is compromised.

Treating it all as some sort of bewildering folly of whim is bizarre to Irish people when it's only just passing from living memory.

The tragedy of the war was that it was totally ideological - that's why it famously set brother against brother, because even after everything they'd all shared together, they both had reasons to fight for opposite sides. It wasn't like the English Civil War, where it was about allegiances, or the US Civil War where it was about states' rights to keep slaves - it was about what you, personally, thought.

It is not something that happened out of the blue or without explanation.

That said - I grew up in a small village, and Calvary is a fucking documentary. I don't think people would be as irritated to think McDonagh spent most of his life in England as they will be at "a load of Blarney".

Nobody considers Shane McGowan anything other than Irish and he was born in Kent.

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-SneakySnake- t1_j6ba83e wrote

Reply to comment by HardensWeakChin in The Banshees of Inisherin’s Writer-Director Has Made a Career of “Irishness.” It’s All a Load of Blarney by HanSoloHeadBeg

I grew up with the plays they're talking about, there's a point here. The overall argument is that McDonagh is still using the hoary old tropes and trappings that were considered tired a century ago. It's a matter of taste, really, it's a bit like a modern remix of that period of Irish canon. The author compares him to Tarantino and I'd argue that's a fair comparison because Tarantino does the same thing, taking old tropes and concepts, mixing them up, and adding his own sheen to them. Whether that's merely competent, or it elevates the material or it's complete hackery kinda depends on the individual.

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RobinhoodCove830 t1_j6b9rt6 wrote

Reply to What’s your favourite film that you’ve literally only ever seen once or twice? by BeneficialPraline801

I adore Billy Elliott but haven't seen it on years. I lived with my grandmother after college and we watched it together and she loved it too :) happy memories.

A film like this for me would be Carol. I've seen it a couple times but for me it's too emotionally intense to watch too often. But I think about it a lot.

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