Bloody Sunday
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The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
Paul Greengrass‘ 2002 film Bloody Sunday explored the 1972 shootings in Northern Ireland and drew critical acclaim for the English director. From there, Greengrass directed the Bourne trilogy starring Matt Damon, for which he won a Best Director BAFTA and received an Academy Award nomination for the same recognition. Greengrass’ cinematic style is defined by shaky and disorienting camera work, which heightens the tension of his film.
The realist, documentary style serves Greengrass as it once served the agitprop directors of the 60s and 70s in elucidating the struggle of the oppressed against colonial and imperialist violence visited upon them. The opposition between “The Irish” and “The British” rightfully appears in this film between young people, old people, parents and children, so desperate for peace they even ...
