Irish Fridays

[Globaltruth]

....A marvellous piece of Irish cinema....my sort of film....That they may face the Rising Sunhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...the-rising-sun

Thanks 8th - we shall watch this. We're watching the Irish language crime fiction series Crá.
The iPlayer recommends this on the same page; purely because it is also Irish.
There are similarities between chalk and cheese I guess, even if it is just the fact they both start with the same letters...

[johncorrigan]

Thanks 8th - we shall watch this. We're watching the Irish language crime fiction series Crá.
The iPlayer recommends this on the same page; purely because it is also Irish.
There are similarities between chalk and cheese I guess, even if it is just the fact they both start with the same letters...

The i-player may also recommend BBC Alba's new drama 'An T-Eilean', Global. Set on Harris it is full of ethereal music, endless drone-shots of beautiful scenery, and ridiculous acting. If the first two episodes are anything to go by I think we may have uncovered the latest 'so bad it's great'. Mrs C and I have laughed a lot so far.

[Ein Heldenleben]

The i-player may also recommend BBC Alba's new drama 'An T-Eilean', Global. Set on Harris it is full of ethereal music, endless drone-shots of beautiful scenery, and ridiculous acting. If the first two episodes are anything to go by I think we may have uncovered the latest 'so bad it's great'. Mrs C and I have laughed a lot so far.

I’ve been enjoying Crá but they’ve made the Donegal scenery look so bleak I’m wondering what Tourism Ireland think about it. I filmed in Mulroy Bay once and believe it or not the sun actually does shine sometimes.
BBC Alba are a much smaller outfit than TG4 and BBC NI in combination as co producers . I also wonder whether the much smaller number of Scots Gaelic speakers than Irish speakers is a factor in the overall production quality. Endless drone shots are a sure sign of no money.

[Globaltruth]

Thanks 8th, Ein H. & JC for comments and recommendation. We enjoyed the film 'That they may face the Rising Sun' - McGahern is recorded as saying ""the ordinary is the most precious thing in life." and it certainly plays a major part in the film; but what was ordinary then becomes extra ordinary with the passing of time.

That and Crá are reminding us of times in Ireland; I'm sure you're right about the lack of budget, I wonder if that is one of the reasons I'm sticking with it though? Drone shots are endemic nowadays. The novelty has long gone.

An T-Eilean sounds worth checking out too.

Anyway I owe this thread some music..

So here's 21 minutes of Martin Hayes & his quartet - what a fine combination of instruments. A tribute to Dennis Cahill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os6j_tlcKrA

[Ein Heldenleben]

Thanks 8th, Ein H. & JC for comments and recommendation. We enjoyed the film 'That they may face the Rising Sun' - McGahern is recorded as saying ""the ordinary is the most precious thing in life." and it certainly plays a major part in the film; but what was ordinary then becomes extra ordinary with the passing of time.

That and Crá are reminding us of times in Ireland; I'm sure you're right about the lack of budget, I wonder if that is one of the reasons I'm sticking with it though? Drone shots are endemic nowadays. The novelty has long gone.

An T-Eilean sounds worth checking out too.

Anyway I owe this thread some music..

So here's 21 minutes of Martin Hayes & his quartet - what a fine combination of instruments. A tribute to Dennis Cahill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os6j_tlcKrA

To be fair Crá doesn’t overdo the drone shots and , interestingly and boldly the makers have gone for the Nordic feel - a very desaturated grade with little green in it. The peat bogs look really black and the landscape oppressive. They’ve allowed themselves very few shots of that amazing mountain in Donegal - Errigal
Its certainly not a tourist advert like so many of these films. They’ve also nailed the rundown hotels and the luridly painted bungalows.
What’s that Gard up to though ?

Whereas the ITV Martin Clunes thriller set in the Black Mountains is a bit glammed up in comparison.

[eighthobstruction]

.....I dare say its a lot easier to film these things in the off cold and wet season....

....T-Eilean .....not a tree to be seen but plenty of wood in the script....pwwhttt....and no more substance than a 50 year old B&Q shed.... all the plausibility of of a Russian press release....In hope it says Series 1, but the characters are too daft surely for a second...surely.... wet and thin and one legged....

Favourite moments....dreadful First Year Foundation Course sculptures which woulf not even smash adequately....[b] secret meeting at beach attended in police car....[c] meets criminals in public bar and displays jewels...[d].goes to see father she hasn't seen for 10 years - for 3 minutes + + + +

[johncorrigan]

.....I dare say its a lot easier to film these things in the off cold and wet season....

....T-Eilean .....not a tree to be seen but plenty of wood in the script....pwwhttt....and no more substance than a 50 year old B&Q shed.... all the plausibility of of a Russian press release....In hope it says Series 1, but the characters are too daft surely for a second...surely.... wet and thin and one legged....

Favourite moments....dreadful First Year Foundation Course sculptures which woulf not even smash adequately....[b] secret meeting at beach attended in police car....[c] meets criminals in public bar and displays jewels...[d].goes to see father she hasn't seen for 10 years - for 3 minutes + + + +

...and the visit to the sheiling to search for the missing diary, and the surreptitious look of the brother as he finds it and sticks it up his jooks. Then up the hill to look at it and start to burn it...'where were you?' says the young cop. 'Trying to get a signal,' he replies guiltily.

[Globaltruth]

They’ve also nailed the rundown hotels and the luridly painted bungalows.
What’s that Gard up to though ?

they could a whole series on bungalows...

I do like the pub though - I hope there are a few of those left.

[Ein Heldenleben]

they could a whole series on bungalows...

I do like the pub though - I hope there are a few of those left.

I was rather taken with the corrugated iron chapel which I see is listed .

https://www.buildingsofireland.ie

those are becoming vanishingly rare . There’s a small Methodist “tin tabernacle” in the fishing cove of Cadgwith in Cornwall. So many have been allowed to wither away.

[johncorrigan]

Anyway I owe this thread some music..

So here's 21 minutes of Martin Hayes & his quartet - what a fine combination of instruments. A tribute to Dennis Cahill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os6j_tlcKrA

Thanks, Global. A total delight..and Dennis is indeed much missed.

[eighthobstruction]

Thanks, Global. A total delight..and Dennis is indeed much missed.

Quite special....in the beginning I didn't quite understand where the bass clarinet would fit in, as it went on he got more and more adventurous....excellent Global

OOOO lets go the full 10 yards....Hoik....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTfn3WWAOeI

[johncorrigan]

Quite special....in the beginning I didn't quite understand where the bass clarinet would fit in, as it went on he got more and more adventurous....excellent Global

OOOO lets go the full 10 yards....Hoik....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTfn3WWAOeI

Thanks, 8th. That was wonderful. Martin Hayes really is a force of nature in full flow.

[johncorrigan]

It being the eve of St Bridget's Day, I thought I might mention the Scottish saint Thaney, also know as St Enoch. Legend says she survived being thrown off Trapain Law in East Lothian by her Father who then expelled her and set her adrift, pregnant, on the Firth of Forth. She washed ashore near Culross in Fife and was saved by St Serf. She gave birth to St Mungo the patron of Glasgow. Mrs C is working on a project about Thaney at the moment and during the week I heard this song about Thaney, written and performed by Karine Polwart...pardon the Christmas trees.
https://youtu.be/bcoXiFPmV0k?si=2vMt9hmd3q0yOINy

[johncorrigan]

....A marvellous piece of Irish cinema....my sort of film....That they may face the Rising Sunhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...the-rising-sun

Thanks, 8th. I love John McGahern, and this was like sitting in a book of his short stories. Wonderful film. I loved it.

[Globaltruth]

It being the eve of St Bridget's Day, I thought I might mention the Scottish saint Thaney, also know as St Enoch. Legend says she survived being thrown off Trapain Law in East Lothian by her Father who then expelled her and set her adrift, pregnant, on the Firth of Forth. She washed ashore near Culross in Fife and was saved by St Serf. She gave birth to St Mungo the patron of Glasgow. Mrs C is working on a project about Thaney at the moment and during the week I heard this song about Thaney, written and performed by Karine Polwart...pardon the Christmas trees.
https://youtu.be/bcoXiFPmV0k?si=2vMt9hmd3q0yOINy

She's a compendium is KP.