I have real difficulty seeing what the reason for the furore around the torture scenes in Zero Dark Thirty, Katherine Bigelow’s latest movie. Martin Sheen has come out in opposition to it. Naomi Woolf had come out in the Guardian calling Bigelow the latest Leni Riefenstahl, and the torture scenes themselves are rather tame … Continue reading If you lie to me, I will hurt you
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Fucking Chickentown
The story begins with the collapse of the banking system in Ireland in 2008 due largely to corruption and over investment and lack of fiscal restraint of the building market. Instead of allowing the commercial Banking system, to collapse, the Irish Government sought monies from the European Central Bank to stabilize the economy. To date … Continue reading Fucking Chickentown
O Superman – the Man of Steel Reboot
‘Man of Steel’ (2013) is the reboot, as they like to call it in these computer literate times, of the endlessly fascinating myth of Superman. Zack Snyder directs, with Christopher Nolan producing, and Henry Cavill starring as Kal El . Amy Adams co-stars as Lois Lane. Michael Shannon as General Zod. Kevin Costner as Jonathan … Continue reading O Superman – the Man of Steel Reboot
You will be unprepared for how pretentious this movie is ….
I have been watching the interesting, highly erotically charged movie 'Sucker Punch (2011)” in effect it is an extended dream sequence about an abused young woman who is incarcerated in an asylum and then lobotomised. The lobotomy method is particularly gruesome, inserting a long spike up through the nose into the frontal lobe, in … Continue reading You will be unprepared for how pretentious this movie is ….
Dread of Death, and Sex
This post was published to Oran Ryan at 22:18:47 23/09/2012 Dread of Death, and Sex Account Oran Ryan Judge Dredd (the Movie), beautifully shot, wonderfully plotted, faithfully rendered, very well acted, filled with grim accuracy about a future world after the bomb drops, is a thoroughly good film, and much better than the first Dredd … Continue reading Dread of Death, and Sex
MY JOB AND MASKING MY CONTEMPT
(American Beauty, 1999) “My job consists of basically masking my contempt for the assholes in charge , and, at least once a day, retiring to the men's room so I can jerk off while I fantasize about a life that doesn't so closely resemble Hell.” Alan Ball, creator of the Six Feet Under TV Series … Continue reading MY JOB AND MASKING MY CONTEMPT
Poet in Profile–Unabridged Interview with Oran Ryan by Ruairi Conneely
I've been tasked at times at NewsFour with writing about poetry and the Dublin Literary scene, insofar as I'm in frequent contact with it. However, the circumstances that lead me to interview Oran were simple and typical for a journalist: the assignment was dropped on me with only a day or two to research and … Continue reading Poet in Profile–Unabridged Interview with Oran Ryan by Ruairi Conneely
The Many Lives of the Melancholy Dane
I love meeting people,where, the moment you meet them, there is an instant connection, a shared sense of humour and a real warmth.I met a writer from the USA and we immediately connected. Our conversation ranged over many topics, but one in particular stayed with me and lingered in my mind because, well, its one … Continue reading The Many Lives of the Melancholy Dane
THE END OF A FRIENDSHIP: CAMUS AND SARTRE – By Oran Ryan
Tonight at Saor Ollscoil I listened and participated in a wonderful seminar about the life and the work and the eventual schism between the two philosopher writers Sartre and Camus. Alas my participation was very small indeed so enthralling and brilliant was the main lecturer Sean Oliver, a veritable walking encyclopaedia on the two … Continue reading THE END OF A FRIENDSHIP: CAMUS AND SARTRE – By Oran Ryan
Travelling Light in Poland : 17- 27th October 2013
A fascinating piece of installation art we came across in a corner in Wroclaw. The statuary actually dissolves into the ground and emerges across the street. Arresting. Beautiful. It took twelve hours to get to Karpacz, three hours by plane to Wroclaw and nine … Continue reading Travelling Light in Poland : 17- 27th October 2013
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