Dull. The kids wandered out so I turned it off.

The original was sublime, this was tedious.

Bonkers. Absolutely bat guano.

We were wondering how they got it made and, in particular how they persuaded the producers to allow a TV to show a samurai movie scene in Japan with a Japanese cast. I figured they must have asked for half a dozen scenes like that and they got talked down to one which meant they never had the conversation about why it should be there in the first place.

Well worth a watch. The score by Steve Cooney sounds like it was written last week (bar some musique concréte tropes which are retro cool anyway).
The 2k restoration from a 35mm exhibition print blown up from the original 16mm is grainy in parts but still beautiful.

As a what if, a road not travelled, it’s a tantalising tease in Irish film history. I’m delighted that this will be generally available at last.

Timely and moving film. If your country isn’t there yet, it’s heading there, and many people you know are cheering it on and licking their lips while simultaneously saying that it’s not happening.

Because language means nothing to fascists.

Extra mark for the Saturday night Brazilian crowd clapping and cheering at the end: the Brazilians in Dublin are heavily anti-fascist.