Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson team up with Martin McDonagh once again for a masterpiece: The Banshees of Inisherin is a beautiful, mundane work of art. awalrusdarkly's FantasticFest review:
Whether we wear it on our sleeves or bury it somewhere down in the darkest part of ourselves, we all carry the fear that someday someone we trust and love will simply decide to abandon us. It lives somewhere in each of us in the same vicinity as the fear that, someday, inexplicable and motive-less violence will descend on us and our loved ones—a little knot of dread waiting to unspool. But this fear is quieter, simpler and, therefore, less-often discussed in the wider cultural landscape.
Through beautifully framed shots rich with the texture of rustic stone walls and the warped glass of old windows, McDonagh takes us back to Ireland a century ago, where civil war rages on the mainland and things progress at their usual slow pace on the island of Inisherin. It’s here, with artillery fire raging in the background, that Colm Doherty decides he’s done hanging out with his old pub pal Pádraic Súilleabháin .
Both men grow consumed by the fallout of Colm’s decision: Pádraic descends deeper into a desperate need to understand why his friend has abandoned him; Colm descends into a frustrated spiral of his own as he fights to prove that he’s not just in a mood. He really means it, and he’s willing to do anything—even cut off his own fingers with a pair of shears—to prove that his quest for some kind of late-in-life peace means leaving Pádraic behind for good.
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