More Film 4 Goodies: Angel (1982) + A Month in the Country (1987)
Reviews of two Film 4 productions, new on Blu from Twilight Time: Neil Jordan’s film debut Angel (1982) + Pat O’Connor’s A Month in the Country (1987).
Reviews of two Film 4 productions, new on Blu from Twilight Time: Neil Jordan’s film debut Angel (1982) + Pat O’Connor’s A Month in the Country (1987).
Neil Jordan’s first feature film as writer-director mostly works – it’s about 80% successful in its careful portrayal of an Irish saxophonist (Stephen Rea) who goes on a revenge spree after his manager and a deaf mute are killed by a local gang that may have connections above street-level…
After the success of Cal (1984), director pat O’Connor shifted to a film version of J.L. Carr’s quiet bromance A Month in the Country, in which two WWI vets strike up a moving friendship and attempt to move on with life in spite of lingering trauma from life in the trenches…
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