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Director
Maurice O'Brien
Credits
John Kelleher, Grant Keir, David Power.
Category
Documentary
When Glaswegian performance artist Stephen Skrynka learns that a life-long obsession with building and riding a century-old fairground attraction, the ‘Wall of Death’, was shared with Michael Donohoe and Connie Kiernan (who built a wall in 1979 and inspired the film Eat the Peach), he heads to their farm in Granard, Co. Longford with an audacious proposal: construct a new ‘Wall of Death’ with him and take it on tour. Though the Wall is painstakingly constructed, a massive and painful argument between the trio brings the endeavour skidding to a halt. Devastated, Stephen returns to Glasgow to lick his wounds, emerging mid-pandemic to fight another day. This captivating yarn explores the relentless determination of an artist to realise his dream, risking life, limb, and hard-won friendship along the way. Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn
91 minutes, Ireland, UK, 2022, Colour
IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU 18.00
IT’S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY 13.10, 15.20
NO OTHER CHOICE 20.25
SENTIMENTAL VALUE 17.45
SIRĀT 15.30, 20.30 (OC)
THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE 13.00
THE SECRET AGENT 20.00
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE 14.00 (70MM), 17.00 (70MM)
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