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The film first aired to the Irish public on [[RTÉ]] on Saint Patrick's Day in 1979 and caused a national outrage. Taken by many as a direct insult to the idealized Western Irish identity, particularly pointing to the "spud fight" scene in the film, criticism echoed the response to [[John Millington Synge]]'s stageplay "[[The Playboy of the Western World]]" (the "Playboy Riots") some seventy years earlier and the reaction to [[Flann O'Brien]]'s Irish language novel "[[An Béal Bocht]]" some forty years prior, both of which also played on Irish stereotypes, to which [[Irish nationalists]] are sensitive. |
The film first aired to the Irish public on [[RTÉ]] on Saint Patrick's Day in 1979 and caused a national outrage. Taken by many as a direct insult to the idealized Western Irish identity, particularly pointing to the "spud fight" scene in the film, criticism echoed the response to [[John Millington Synge]]'s stageplay "[[The Playboy of the Western World]]" (the "Playboy Riots") some seventy years earlier and the reaction to [[Flann O'Brien]]'s Irish language novel "[[An Béal Bocht]]" some forty years prior, both of which also played on Irish stereotypes, to which [[Irish nationalists]] are sensitive. |
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It has been compared to both Ben Hur and Lawrence of Arabia for the genius of its auteur. Hitchcock.David Lean and Truffaut begged Quinn to teach them his methods, but he was occupied (where is there a citation fot this statement???) |
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Revision as of 15:00, 28 June 2009
| Poitín | |
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| Directed by | Bob Quinn |
| Written by | Colm Bairéad |
| Produced by | Bob Quinn |
| Starring | Cyril Cusack Donal McCann Niall Toibin |
| Cinematography | Seamus Deasy |
| Edited by | Bob Quinn |
| Distributed by | Cine Gael |
Release date | 1977 |
Running time | 65 min. |
| Country | Ireland |
| Language | Irish |
Poitín (1977) was the first feature film to be made entirely in the Irish language. It was also the first recipient of a film script grant from the Arts Council of Ireland.
Plot
The film was produced by Cinegael, written and directed by Bob Quinn, and starred Cyril Cusack as a moonshiner in rural Conamara, living in an isolated cottage with his adult daughter. Two local degenerates, played by Donal McCann and Niall Toibin, terrorize the old moonshiner for his contraband liquor, threatening to kill him and rape his daughter, until the moonshiner outwits them and tricks them to their deaths.
Response
The film first aired to the Irish public on RTÉ on Saint Patrick's Day in 1979 and caused a national outrage. Taken by many as a direct insult to the idealized Western Irish identity, particularly pointing to the "spud fight" scene in the film, criticism echoed the response to John Millington Synge's stageplay "The Playboy of the Western World" (the "Playboy Riots") some seventy years earlier and the reaction to Flann O'Brien's Irish language novel "An Béal Bocht" some forty years prior, both of which also played on Irish stereotypes, to which Irish nationalists are sensitive.