REMEMBRANCE OF 'MICHAEL COLLINS'!

Poster of Neil Jordan's Irish film 'Michael Collins' (1996)

This day..recollects the Irish revolution and most influential figure in it.. Michael Collins! That one year long (1922-1923) Irish Civil War fought for independence from United Kingdom!

Liam Neeson powerful in-as 'Michael Collins' (1996)

On this occasion I remembered Neil Jordan made biopic 'Michael Collins'! 

This was an inaugural film of our.. 'International Film Festival of India' (IFFI) held in 1997 at Trivandrum!

Renowned Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan wrote and directed this in 1996! Handsome northern Irish actor Liam Neeson portrayed it's title role very strongly! And beautiful Julia Roberts appeared as his fiancee in it! Other artists like Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman & Ian Hart also did some important roles in this historical film!

 

Renowned Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan.

Neil Jordan gave a very powerful cinematic treatment to this biopic with alterations & fictionalisation such as dramatised circumstances. Liam Neeson completely lived his patriot character!

Notable, film's producer Stephen Woolley, cinematographer Chris Menges and editor Tony Lawson were British!..With reference to this, I remembered the great film on our Mahatma..'Gandhi' (1982) by British Richard Attenborough!

Anyway, 'Michael Collins' received good admiration in the world!..And Liam Neeson won 'Golden Lion' in 'Venice Film Festival'!

- Manoj Kulkarni