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Issue 119: November/December
2007– Contents:
Bad Trip Shrooms director Paddy Breathnach talks to Sheena Sweeney about his influences, the mushrooming Irish film industry and the magic of a little encouragement.Extract
Schemers Niamh Creely gives a crash course on the new Irish Film Board shorts schemes. Extract
Hammer Films: The Irish Connection Fifty years ago, Hammer Horror was born with the release of The Curse of Frankenstein, but there was more to Hammer than Kensington Gore. Robert J.E. Simpson investigates the little-known links between Hammer films and Ireland. Extract
How About Yule Two years after his feature debut Short Order, Irish director Anthony Byrne has gone in a completely different direction for his follow-up. Jamie Hannigan talks to him about his latest film, How About You.Extract
Strength and Hard Graft Adam Lacey bares his knuckles for a few rounds with Mark Mahon. Extract
Richard Attenborough on Closing the Ring Attenborough tells Jan Gilbert about his latest film and about what moves him to make cinema. Extract
A Compromising Position In an interview with Donal Foreman, Caveh Zahedi talks critics, Ulysses and how bad filmmakers are like bad lovers.Extract
Back in Harmony
After the acclaimed Julien Donkey-Boy, wunderkind director Harmony Korine dropped from public view. He tells Lorna Allen about the flying nuns and musical fish that lay on the path to his new feature film, Mister Lonely. Extract
