#kneecap

[an-ruraiocht]

reviews of the Kneecap film on letterboxd are so funny, they come in several distinct types:

"this is an amazing, passionate cry for minority language rights. I had never heard the Irish language before and didn't know this was an issue but I'm firmly invested now"

"1* no idea what was going on. they should've subtitled the English bits too"

[extended all-caps string of Kneecap lyrics]

"overly edgy romanticisation of drugs by wannabe revolutionaries. also completely ridiculous. none of this would ever happen. what do you mean they're a real band"

"5*s inspirational as fuck I'm gonna go and do ketamine"

[anaamaya]

Michael Fassbender! ❤

[bunny-banana]

Kneecap was a fun and good movie for multiple reasons but also I did appreciate the notion that the ways language is used do not need to be refined or sophisticated for said language to "earn" the right to merely exist. Languages are not stagnant beings, they reflect their speakers' existence and experiences, thus evolve with us. If anything, languages need all facets in order to live.

[turturros]

FAVORITE FILMS OF 2024

[heyyjudetheobscure]

okay but the THING about the Kneecap movie is that these guys are not originally actors, they love to talk about the months of acting classes they took to get ready for the movie in interviews, they're always so happy to shout out their acting coach by name (iirc it's Kieran Laggen? unclear on spelling tho).

but the translation scene at the police station is a fucking masterclass in performing different levels of communication, with three entirely different conversations happening at the same time, one in English, one in Irish, and one entirely non-verbally, this deep emotional exchange happening just with their faces -- man, that is what i call ACTING. there's the English conversation that's trying to keep the cop busy, trying to diffuse the tension just long enough to keep the plate spinning on the other conversations, and then under it, in Irish, there's this fairly intense and politically sophisticated back and forth about effective tactics and working inside vs. outside the system, collaboration vs. pragmatism.

and then under all THAT, on the nonverbal level, on the one side you see JJ falling in emotional, political LOVE, being inspired instead of feeling defeated about this thing that he cares about maybe for the first time in years, and feeling at the same time both protective of the person who's inspiring that feeling and slightly hostile about it because doesn't this guy know that caring like that, in this defiant, uncompromising way, isn't going to WORK, because if it worked maybe JJ would still be doing it, maybe he wouldn't feel this old and jaded in his fucking thirties already. and then on Mo Chara's side you see what starts out as this, not directionless because the direction is very clear, but this non-goal-oriented stubbornness in channeling his anger and frustration, this feeling of "i may be fucked but i don't have to make it easy for them" -- you see that feeling notice the crack in JJ and just kind of joyfully pry it open, because there's still POSSIBILITY here, he may not have the power in this situation but that doesn't mean he's powerLESS, and the sense that there's something here, in the energy between him and JJ that he can work with is this bright shard of SOMETHING, the hopeful energy they've both been missing before they start to spark off of each other.

all of which is to say that this movie is, uh. really good.

[madeline-kahn]

@pscentral members’ choice — event 33: underrated tv & film

Music in Film: Kneecap (2024) dir. Rich Peppiatt

[ayeforscotland]

The British government has blocked Belfast rap group, Kneecap, from receiving arts funding.

As Belfast residents they pay tax to the British government and are should have access to funds/grants regardless of their stance on the union.

Source.

[gordonstanheight]

VERY ironic that the academy shut out a film about the importance of preserving your own culture and being true to who you are to instead nominate a film from a guy who wrote about a different culture he refused to research at any point & doesn’t even respect the language its in

[lostinmac]

Kneecap (2024)

Dir. Rich Peppiatt

[do-you-have-a-flag]

STOP someone brought the head of the king george statue to the Kneecap gig in Naarm/Melbourne, what a legend

[werewolfetone]

[eekub988]

mo chara propaganda edit

[banrionceallach]

Good to see Kneecap winning their discrimination case against the British government.

[turturros]

Kneecap (2024) dir. Rich Peppiatt

[theeyesofthestorm]

[kropotkindersurprise]

Boycott Reebok until they withdraw as sponsor of the Israeli Football Association! [link]