tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post6836621273218643831..comments2024-03-23T09:59:53.293+00:00Comments on LINEN ON THE HEDGEROW: Maurice Walsh, whose anniversary occurs about this time.Richard Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-41546891153173210052011-03-06T22:17:11.641+00:002011-03-06T22:17:11.641+00:00Sounds awesome! :)Sounds awesome! :)Amanda Borenstadthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03061109442550378113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-60349510682813736482011-03-06T21:55:35.548+00:002011-03-06T21:55:35.548+00:00I picked up The Honest Fisherman last summer, out ...I picked up <i>The Honest Fisherman</i> last summer, out of idle curiosity, and loved it. Thanks for this.Anagnostishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03706938507885553293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-59626948929149639612011-03-06T19:51:20.874+00:002011-03-06T19:51:20.874+00:00I'm sorry but I can't agree with your dism...I'm sorry but I can't agree with your dismissive comments about Ford's film. I'm sure the book has its own well-deserved merits, but the film stands on its own and can only be really understood in the light of Ford's own approach to both his Irish background and to humanity in general. Yes, it is "Oirish" but there is much in the film that is overlooked if it is only seen as a kind of nostalgic unreal piece of Holywood. It is actually none of those things. Ford knew what he was about and it is necessary to see below the "blarney" to see his real message. I think people instictively warm to the film without really knowing why, but that is part of Ford's genius.Fr John Abbertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10319996483623888898noreply@blogger.com