Hi Jeri:
It's so odd. I have been online here so many times and am just now seeing your e-mail and the other recent ones. Ah well. There had been some problems with Bella's services, but I thing the owner has them sorted now.
My John is from Dublin. The last time we were over (a couple of years ago), he was very disoriented at all the changes in
just the few years since we'd been there the time before. The other night we watched a film "Goldfish Memory," that showed "the new Dublin" very accurately, both socially and physically. It was gorgeous as far as the major landmarks are concerned, but didn't tell you you were looking at Trinity U. or Templebar or O'Connell St., but it did a great job of reorienting us to the city. It showed well what I remember most...the number of building cranes in the city skyline. The movie was nothing if not controversial, but at the same time, it showed Ireland in real time, neither sentimentally old-fashioned, nor "Up-the-IRA Boys!" It was rife with symbolism, which made it a very enjoyable film to discuss after as well.
If anyone is upset by sexual situations, it's not a film for them, but the situations were very, very well done. No porn, just the suggestion of what was happening. A lot(!) of fine humor. It makes me wish I had seen it before reviewing "Disco Pig" the other night, which was shades of "The Butcher Boy," but nowhere nearly as well done. Disturbing both, but the latter was a better film.
Ta,
Last edited by Mary_Ellen; 05/04/05 07:32 PM.