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Michael Collins

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Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1996-10-25

Runtime: 132 mins

Director: Neil Jordan

Writer: Neil Jordan

Spoken language: English

Genres: War, Drama, Thriller, History

Original title: Michael Collins

Production Companies: Geffen Pictures, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Production Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America

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SPDonlan
Like many such epics, _Michael Collins_ is melodramatic and partial, about a past all too present. But much of the critical hostility it received/s is for offending popular pieties, imperial or republican, no less prejudiced. Jordan wrestled with historiography and moral complexity in writing his screenplay. He understood that any historical account involves selection and even distortion, not least to persuade producers and sell tickets. Ultimately, however, the period and place are too complex for Jordan to explain or Collins to contain: its violence is too roughly contextualized, its framing too hagiographical, and its characterization of De Valera too broad.
2024-07-20

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