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The following are a selection of essays and articles both written by Brian and about his work. To view click the image to open a larger version. |
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Irish Times article from 26th September 2011 |
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Klinematograph Weekly 17.12.1936 |
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Brian was selected to direct and helped to co-write the script for a 1938 version of Lawrence of Arabia that was put on ice in 1938. The 96 page script script has been discovered and was republished in "Filming TE Lawrence Korda's Lost Epic and gives us a fresh interpretation of the character of TE Lawrence.
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Chapter Three from Re-Viewing British Cinema 1900-1992 by Brian McIlroy |
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The following essay by John Hill addresses Brian's early film Ourselves Alone (1936): 'Purely Sinn Fein Propaganda': the banning of Ourselves Alone", Historic Journal of Film, Radio and Television, University of Ulster, volume 20, issue 3 2000, p.317, 327 by John Hill. |
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John Hill’s essay looks at film censorship employed by the Northern Ireland government following the establishment of the Irish Free State, highlighting a unique instance in British and Irish film. Focusing on the way in which Brian’s Ourselves Alone was banned in the province despite its balanced view on events and its welcomed releases throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. John Hill provides explanation for these actions of government, placing them within the context of the peculiar political arrangements following the 1920 Irish partition and the perceived heightened emotions that citizens within Northern Ireland felt. |
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The full article can be found at the following address: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals or http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g713424011 |
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Treasures of Malta - Front Cover |
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Treasures of Malta - Back Cover |
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Treasures of Malta: Published August 2010 |
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