Black 47
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In a year that has offered
cinemagoers culturally distinc-
tive takes on the western genre
from countries as disparate as
Australia (Sweet Country), Indo-
nesia (Marlina the Murderer in
Four Acts) and South Africa (Five
Fingers for Marseille), it’s no sur-
NJ STAGE - ISSUE 51
by Eric Hillis
prise to find Irish cinema adopt-
ing the tropes of that most tradi-
tionally American of genres.
Within minutes of direc-
tor Lance Daly’s Black 47 it be-
comes clear just what a good fit
the Ireland of 1847 is with the
western genre, with its rugged
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