In Bruges: Cutting Edge of an Irish Diaspora
For over two decades, playwright, screenwriter and film director Martin McDonagh has delighted and shocked audiences around the world with an originality of style and a virulent approach to theatre and film-making. Among several awards, his debut feature film In Bruges (2008) which he wrote and dire...
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| Language: | English |
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Association Française des Enseignants et Chercheurs en Cinéma et Audiovisuel
2013-04-01
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| Series: | Mise au Point |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/map/1317 |
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| Summary: | For over two decades, playwright, screenwriter and film director Martin McDonagh has delighted and shocked audiences around the world with an originality of style and a virulent approach to theatre and film-making. Among several awards, his debut feature film In Bruges (2008) which he wrote and directed, was nominated for a Golden Globe. A self confessed Anglo-Irish artist, McDonagh has amalgamated his Irish background, London upbringing and a particular je ne sais quoi, creating a transnational cinema that reveals a vibrant and enduring migration process. In this paper I will explore the director’s filmic flair, which comprises a self-reflexive style and an incisive application of film text. Despite the dominant hit-man narrative and theme of redemption, I will demonstrate how the two main protagonists in In Bruges inadvertently represent variations of displaced citizens. I will also explore the political incorrectness within the film; how it unveils the tenuousness of patriotism, the predominance of dualistic thought and in doing so ventures towards a reversal of stereotypes. In an exploration of socio-political undercurrents I will also illustrate how the film offers an unenthusiastic appraisal of nationalist ideologies by divulging the inventions of class strictures. |
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| ISSN: | 2261-9623 |