Cinema and Ireland

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Cover Cinema and Ireland Title Page Copyright Page Original Title Page Original Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgements Preface Part One: History, Politics and Irish Cinema 1 The Silent Period Early exhibition Kalem Ireland a Nation Film Company of Ireiand General Film Supply Irish Free State, 1922-30 2 1930s Fictions 3 Documentaries Ethnicity and landscape Fianna Fáil and political documentary Post-war modernisation and government films Versions of historical revision 4 An Irish Film Studio Early proposals Ardmore Studios Ardmore Studios and the Abbey Theatre Ardmore and international productions Irish Film Board 5 Breakthroughs Conclusion Part Two: Representations of Ireland 6 Images of Violence Introduction Odd Man Out: 'We're all dying' The Gentle Gunman: 'Put away your guns' Shake Hands With the Devil and A Terrible Beauty: 'It's just killing' The Violent Enemy: 'The violence is deep' Hennessy and The Long Good Friday: 'Mad Micks' and Englishmen Angel: 'We know where the madness is' Cal: 'What a fucking country' Conclusion 7 Romanticism, Realism and Irish Cinema Language, nature and Irish romanticism Landscape and character in Irish romantic melodrama Romanticism and Irish cinema Character, community and Irish cinema New departures: Irish cinema in the 1980s Postscript Bibliography Index