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Pat Collins
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Producer: Philip King
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Completed a year before his passing, Collins’ exploration of arguably the defining Irish writer of the modern era was filmed just prior to the publication of McGahern’s acclaimed memoirs, which form the backbone of this definitive portrait of the man’s life and times. It is a testimony to the director’s skill and sensitivity as both interviewer and filmmaker that he gets the reluctant McGahern to open up on camera. The results are by turn fascinating and quietly moving, a portrait of an artist at peace in his final days.
52 minutes, Ireland, 2005, Colour
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: MISSPENT YOUTHS? (PROGRAMME 2) 12.30
IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU 13.20, 18.30 (OC)
IFI & DIFF: ANOTHER MAN 18.00
IFI & DIFF: EVERY MOON IS ATROCIOUS 18.05
IFI & DIFF: THE PARADE: OUR HISTORY 16.00
IT’S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY 15.50
THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE 20.45
THE SECRET AGENT 12.40, 20.10
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (70MM) 12:00 (70MM), 15:10 (70MM), 20:30 (70MM)
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