THE ECLIPSE
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2586903577/
VOTED BY ME: THIS YEAR'S BEST FILM OF THE EVERYTHING.
Thanks to Solas Nua, the Irish culture organization in DC I went to a screening of THE ECLIPSE at the Loews in Georgetown last night.
Do you still think "irish" means green beer, lucky charms lepruchauns, and four leaf clovers?
Then you must watch the most authentically beautifully Irish film by an Irish author/producer Conor McPherson and brilliant actor Ciaran Hinds that reminds you of the greats (William Butler Yeats dramatized by Daniel Day Lewis wouldn't come close to the brilliance of this film) in it's poetic authenticity of depicting humanness and spiritual intrusions into the ordinary. The scenes of the Irish countryside and quaint Cork village by the Sea shots against a backdrop of an enormous Cathedral with white robed altar servers climbing moss covered stone steps alone is worth the price. If you are going on a pilgrimmage to Ireland this year- this is a must see first.
It is sublimely subtle and discrete-profoundly "Catholic" in its cultural reference and refreshingly honest on so many levels.
It has been to the Tribeca film festival in New York already- it will be released just before Saint Patrick's Day around March 9- skip the green beer, head for the popcorn. There are a few scenes that will have you scared out of your seat shrieking and the popcorn may go flying but you will thank me later- and it's probably a bit too real to take very small children to.
Slainte
www.TheEclipseFilm.com
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