Saturday, 21 September 2019

Breakfast on Pluto (2005 Neil Jordan)

Is this a Cillian Murphy I see before me? It can't be... A real brainshock to see his vulnerable gay survivor back-to-back with Tommy Shelby. It's a great performance. He'd already been in The Trench, 28 Days Later, The Girl with the Pearl Earring, Cold Mountain, The Wind That Shakes the Barley...



From the animated talking robins at the outset we know we're in the slightly strange head of Neil Jordon, who co-wrote with original author Patrick McCabe - a mix of humour, whimsy, Irishness, and cruelty.

With Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson (hilarious as aggressive Womble), Stephen Rea, Ruth Negga, Eva Birthistle, Liam Cunningham, Ian Hart, Dominic Cooper and Down's sufferer Seamus Reilly.

Photographed by Declan Quinn and edited by the great Tony Lawson. Amongst other music featured is Dusty Springfield's beautifully laid-back 1969 version of 'Windmills of Your Mind'.

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