Do you agree with his choices?
about a range of matters, including a crazy Miami Vice shoot, his first three pay-cheques for big movies and his love of the WWII film 'Escape to Victory'.'What's the Citizen Kane of Ireland?'"Can I toss a coin between two? The Commitments and My Left Foot.
"The Commitments is a masterpiece. [Director] Alan Parker at the peak of his prowess. An amazing cast of actors, musicians and non-actors, who all blend seamlessly and just a gut-wrenching story of a dream"It's a brilliant movie, from start to finish," he added,"and, also, an incredibly socially responsible film to Dublin, at that time, and the poverty that prevalent there.
The only pause Farrell took was when he was asked to name Ireland's best sports movie, although he agreed there would be one hell of a film to be made about Roy Keane's career.Farrell starred in a few Irish classics himself, overs the years - Banshees, In Bruge [we're 100% claiming that!] and Intermission - there is an eve-lengthening list when mulling over our best ever film.
It is a conversation worth having, though, as it makes you realise some of the gems this country, and its actors, directors and producers, have put out there in the age of cinema.
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