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We fiddle with “The Banshees of Inisherin” and discuss:
- Story & Writing, clear stakes, script vs film;
- Performances, playing the space between the lines;
- Metaphors, and distracting ourselves from the inevitable;
- and other such stuff and things and stuff.
“The literal meaning of life is whatever you’re doing that prevents you from killing yourself.“ – Albert Camus
Notes & References:
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*Correction: story takes place in 1923
Inisheer is an island, there is no Inisherin (aranislands.ie)
Martin McDonagh interview discussing the civil war element (~1:12:38) – “I don’t think you really need to know anything about that war…there was no kind of big solution or opinion that I wanted an audience to get from adding that kind of stuff into it”
There’s tons of great commentary and discussion around the symbolism of the movie, worth a google of your own.
This Week’s Recommendations:
“The Killing of a Sacred Deer” (IMDB) / Pearl Jam “Ten” (Apple Music, Spotify)
