Northern Ireland Assembly

Part of the debate – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at on 27 February 2012.

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Photo of Trevor Lunn Trevor Lunn Alliance

I add the Alliance Party’s congratulations to the comments already made about the film, which I was lucky enough to see last night. It is a lovely piece of work. It is very atmospheric, and it is amazing what can be packed into a relatively short period: it lasts about 25 minutes. It is not overloaded with dialogue either; a lot of it is visual and atmospheric. I thought that it was a terrific piece of work. As others have said, it shows once again what the film industry can do here. Obviously, we have the facilities, the actors and actresses and people like Terry George to write it for us. I did not know until yesterday that he wrote the screenplay for ‘In the Name of the Father’, which was nominated all those years ago. Goodness knows how on earth he did not win for that as well.

I heard this morning that the film is being made for download, rather than for cinema viewing, but that is the way nowadays. People will see it on their computer screens and tablets, but it is a pity that it could not be seen on the full screen because it would look really well. The scenery around Coney Island, Killough and the Mournes was stunning. It is a marvellous piece of work. Congratulations to Mr George and all of his crew.