Down The Corner | Irish Artist's Film Index

Down The Corner

Joe Comerford


Synopsis

'Funded by the Arts Council and the British Film Institute Production Board, Down the Corner was produced in 1976. It was an attempt to make a community film with and within the working class community of Ballyfermot in Dublin. The story was simple: a group of boys from the estate attempt a robbery on an orchard in a nearby middle class suburb. Joe Comerford typically darkened it by hinting, tonally, at social and political collapse. His process was persistently unconventional – untrained people from the estate were used as actors, and, as in Withdrawal, and later Traveller, the shoot was organised so that unforeseen events could contribute to the final shape of the film. Improvised camerawork and naturalistic sound created a heightened realism not seen before on Irish screens.' (Notes by Eugene Finn, sourced from http://www.ifi.ie/film/down-the-corner-3/ on May 2nd 2016)


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Title

Down The Corner

Year

1977

Form

Feature

Key phrases

youth, caper, activist, planned communities, alcoholism, friendship, ireland-history-easter rising 1916

Language

English (eng)

Duration

01:00:00

Original formats

Physical: Film: 16mm

Aspect ratio

to be confirmed

Colour

Colour

Sound

Yes

Supported by Kildare County Council Arts Service, the Arts Council of Ireland and Visual Artists Ireland.
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