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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  Nice write up, JHarker.
Banshees is a film that intrigues. The general premise doesn't really appeal - the two friends falling out - but still it intrigues.
I love McDonagh's In Bruges. For me along with Shoot 'em Up (2007) it was one of the most entertaining films of the 00's. However Seven Psychopaths which came out a few years later i thought was, for want of a better word, rubbish. |
JHarker's review was very good and I think
The Banshees of Inisherin is a brilliant tragicomedy more than a black comedy – it's not the same tone as
in Bruges.
I think the simple premise belies a deeper, intelligent, allegorical film about the Irish Civil War – there are several scenes with someone looking from the coast to the mainland and commenting on the ongoing violence there.
I could be completely wrong in my interpretation, but it works for me until I watch it a second time.