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Bob Quinn’s career may appear to have been bookended by his two exits from RTÉ, first as a producer-director in 1969 and then 30 years later as a member of the station’s governing authority. His long-standing strident protests about commercialisation at the national broadcaster receive ample attention in Count Me Out, a fascinating collection that spans the past half-century.
Budawanny, a silent film about the fallout when a priest’s housekeeper becomes pregnant, was controversial when released in 1987. Truth was stranger than fiction, and amid revelations about well-known clergy fathering children, Quinn returned seven years later with The Bishop’s Story.The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century: No 100 to No 51
in this film-making career. The actor is described as “an erudite conversationalist, extremely well-read and a brilliant user and punner of words”. The book has a fairly logical structure, which is something not always seen in edited collections of this type. Quinn, who turns 90 this year, is less known today, and his analysis can be challenged, but his views still deserve serious consideration in media and political circles. The general reader will find the real nuggets in the personal stories of this important film-maker.
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