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Innisfree (film)
''Innisfree'' is a 1990 Spanish documentary film directed by José Luis Guerín. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. The film revisits Cong, a small town in the west of Ireland, famous as the location of the 1952 John Ford film ''The Quiet Man ''The Quiet Man'' is a 1952 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by John Ford. It stars John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond and Victor McLaglen. The screenplay by Frank S. Nugent was based on a 1933 ''Saturday Ev ...''. Cast * Bartley O'Feeney as himself * Padraig O'Feeney as himself * Anna Livia Ryan as herself * Anne Slattery as Maureen O'Hara References External links * 1990 films Spanish documentary films English-language Spanish films English-language Irish films Irish-language films Films directed by José Luis Guerín Documentary films about films 1990 documentary films 1990s Spanish films {{arts-documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Guerín
José Luis Guerín (born 1960) is a Spanish filmmaker and educator known for ''Train of Shadows'' (1997), ' (2001), and ''The Academy of Muses'' (2015). Style and influences As a young cinephile, Guerín attended many film screenings, made films on Super 8 and 16mm and sought out and befriended many of the filmmakers he admired, including Robert Bresson, Raoul Ruiz and Philippe Garrel. Guerín's films are often described as being influenced by the Lumière Brothers, Howard Hawks, Yasujirō Ozu and John Ford (Guerín went so far as to shoot a film in Lake Isle of Innisfree, Innisfree, the setting of Ford's ''The Quiet Man''). Guerín is known for his meditative and intellectually curious work in both documentary and narrative filmmaking. Describing Guerín in an introduction to a series of his films, the programmers of the Harvard Film Archive wrote: "Guerín's films purposefully confound narrative and documentary traditions, discovering rich narrative threads woven into the tapes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Films
The year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below. Universal Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1990. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1990 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * March 2 - ''The Hunt for Red October'' is released. It is the first film in Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" franchise and is met with critical and blockbuster commercial success. * March 23 – '' Pretty Woman'' is released and grosses $463 million, making Julia Roberts a worldwide star. * March 30 – ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is released to massive box office success. At the time, it is the highest-grossing independent film in history. * May 25 – Universal Pictures unveils a new opening logo with music composed by James Horner, which debuts on '' Back to the Future Part III''. It is the first change to the Universal opening logo in 27 years. * June 1 – CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in '' Total Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |