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Actors: Brendan Gleeson, Jon Voight
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The General (1998) |
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Writer-director John Boorman put together a trim, sharp black-and-white portrait of a (fairly gritty) modern-day Robin Hood figure: Martin Cahill, a Dublin crime boss. (Boorman's home was burglarized by Cahill, and a gold record was among the items stolen -- an incident he includes in the film.) Gleeson does an excellent job of bringing this rowdy man of contradictions and big appetites to life, and Jon Voight is charming as the bemused police inspector. There's a lot of violence and thick Irish accents in this 1998 film, and it leaves very little trace afterward, but it's a fine piece of work.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The General (1998) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Polit/Social/Race/Gender activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- liberal/lefty activism
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminals stealing from honest people
- criminals killing each other
- one man's rise in a criminal organization
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- criminal
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Culture clash?
- visiting a different culture
Culture of surrounding area:
- Irish
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 40's-50's
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- sad
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Irish
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Irish/McCourt
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Ireland
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
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