I had heard all my life about this person, Rose Dugdale, a member of the British Aristocracy who fought against those people and I was curious about her story. She was an anomaly in Irish history that we never fully understood.
The film raised the question of her anger against her people / class but never attempted to answer it. Other people fight for causes - the Spanish Civil War, Palestinian freedom but English people fighting for any body the English have oppressed is very shocking.
Certainly Imogen Potts did a good job and the movie brought the 1970s back to life.
The film was well shot except for a couple of errors that might have been made for stylistic reasons or because the makers were too young (NOBODY in Ireland had green nail polish in the 70s and colour televisions were rare in the early 1970s. The only way people in a squat could have one, was if it was stolen)
The trail of thought in the film was choppy and I was less committed to staying to the end of the film than I might have been because I didn't fully see what her (or the films goal was). Was it to explain HER? Or that period in her life? It didn't seem to do either. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor had a surprisingly small role.
The film raised the question of her anger against her people / class but never attempted to answer it. Other people fight for causes - the Spanish Civil War, Palestinian freedom but English people fighting for any body the English have oppressed is very shocking.
Certainly Imogen Potts did a good job and the movie brought the 1970s back to life.
The film was well shot except for a couple of errors that might have been made for stylistic reasons or because the makers were too young (NOBODY in Ireland had green nail polish in the 70s and colour televisions were rare in the early 1970s. The only way people in a squat could have one, was if it was stolen)
The trail of thought in the film was choppy and I was less committed to staying to the end of the film than I might have been because I didn't fully see what her (or the films goal was). Was it to explain HER? Or that period in her life? It didn't seem to do either. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor had a surprisingly small role.
