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Episode 136: Remembering the film Michael Collins at 30
Episode 136: Remembering the film Michael Collins at 30
It's hard to believe that Neil Jordan's biopic Michael Collins is 30. How is that possible? ➡️ Is the film perfect? No. Is it therefore awful? Also no. ➡️ Did Neil Jordan use Michael Collins as a device to talk about the greater arc of Irish history? ➡️ Was Michael Collins a man of war turned man of peace? Or have we misunderstood the whole ball of wax? Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_(Irish_leader) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57315/the-rose-tree https://...