Saturday, April 16, 2022

“For the ones who stayed,” “For the ones who left,” “And for all the ones who were lost."


As soon as it came out on DVD, I put Kenneth Branagh's "Belfast" on hold at our public library.  The waiting list was long.  On Thursday, I received email notification that it was my turn to watch one of the available copies.  On Friday morning, I woke up at 2 a.m. and decided to watch it then and there.  I watched it through once and then again with the commentary.  

Timeless and timely.

“For the ones who stayed,” “For the ones who left,” “And for all the ones who were lost."

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"Time heals, after all -- although the clock that marks that kind of time has no hands."
(Suze Rotolo)


4 comments:

37paddington said...

I absolutely loved Belfast on my second watching. I found it slow on my first watch, and realized when I watched again that I had been too focused on what came next to take in the fullness of the scene I was in. The second time, it emerged for me as an exquiste visual poem, a love story about family and a time that, for all its troubles, was charmed in its way. I love Catriona Balfe as an actress, too, and it was good to see Jamie Dornan move away from the psychologically broken roles he's played so far. It's a gem of filmmaking.

am said...

"... a love story about family and a time that, for all its troubles, was charmed in its way." Thank you so much for those words that expressed what I felt, too, Rosemarie.

Sabine said...

I am still waiting for an opportunity to watch it. As usual and in line with many Irish, R is very reserved about any movie about Ireland that has Hollywood involvement. Convinced that dreadful stereotypes will rule the day but at times, he could change his mind. We shall wait and see.

NewRobin13 said...

I have never heard of the movie "Belfast." I'm going to google it and read about it. Nice to hear Van Morrison singing. His voice always sends me on a bit of time travel.