Comments on: Loach on Newsnight tonight http://www.gavinsblog.com/2006/06/15/loach-on-newsnight-tonight/ Estd. in Ireland, July 2002 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:42:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: niall http://www.gavinsblog.com/2006/06/15/loach-on-newsnight-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-101759 niall Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:51:32 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/2006/06/15/loach-on-newsnight-tonight/#comment-101759 All i mean was that the brits involved had no personalities to speak of, and IMHO the film suffers as a result. I just think he missed a trick in not providing any inkling of the motivations of the occupiers, and that it allows those sympathetic to the British to crticise what is otherwise a decent film. All i mean was that the brits involved had no personalities to speak of, and IMHO the film suffers as a result. I just think he missed a trick in not providing any inkling of the motivations of the occupiers, and that it allows those sympathetic to the British to crticise what is otherwise a decent film.

]]> By: mick http://www.gavinsblog.com/2006/06/15/loach-on-newsnight-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-101507 mick Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:19:46 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/2006/06/15/loach-on-newsnight-tonight/#comment-101507 Yeah one dimensional alright NOT ! Did anyone expect him to portray the black and tans as genteel lads ? They were a bunch of occupying, murdering scumbag Bastards. Nothing more and nothing less and no amount of revisionism will ever change that in the minds of intelligent people. Yeah one dimensional alright NOT ! Did anyone expect him to portray the black and tans as genteel lads ?

They were a bunch of occupying, murdering scumbag Bastards. Nothing more and nothing less and no amount of revisionism will ever change that in the minds of intelligent people.

]]> By: niall http://www.gavinsblog.com/2006/06/15/loach-on-newsnight-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-100541 niall Fri, 16 Jun 2006 04:16:48 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/2006/06/15/loach-on-newsnight-tonight/#comment-100541 Bit of a one-dimensional portrayal of the time, and don't expect the British to be fleshed out AT ALL, but still worth a watch. I still think Sweet Sixteen is the best thing Loach has ever done. Bit of a one-dimensional portrayal of the time, and don’t expect the British to be fleshed out AT ALL, but still worth a watch. I still think Sweet Sixteen is the best thing Loach has ever done.

]]> By: Peader http://www.gavinsblog.com/2006/06/15/loach-on-newsnight-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-99901 Peader Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:29:28 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/2006/06/15/loach-on-newsnight-tonight/#comment-99901 Very good piece on newsnight, I think Ken got his very clear ideas across without any bother. I've been very lucky to have spent two long and interesting evenings in a pub in Euston (London) with ken. One was just prior to the release of <a href="http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/articlePolitical%20Tragedy%20Ken%20Loach%20The%20Navigators.htm">The Navigators</a> The other being about three months after its release when we just bumped into each other. I have to say his knowledge of Ireland and it's history and of many world struggles made me feel small. The man has immense talent as a Director but is hugely informed, yet he remains just one of the lads. I look forward to meeting up with him again soon. Very good piece on newsnight, I think Ken got his very clear ideas across without any bother.

I’ve been very lucky to have spent two long and interesting evenings in a pub in Euston (London) with ken. One was just prior to the release of The Navigators

The other being about three months after its release when we just bumped into each other.
I have to say his knowledge of Ireland and it’s history and of many world struggles made me feel small. The man has immense talent as a Director but is hugely informed, yet he remains just one of the lads. I look forward to meeting up with him again soon.

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