Pain And Joy: A Life With NADJA Part Four
The fourth of a five-part essay examining the making of Michael Almereyda s NADJA and the author s personal connection with that film.
By David Obuchowski · @DavidOfromNJ · May 27, 2021, 2:11 PM CDT Galaxy Craze in NADJA (1994).
PART 4: LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON DEPRESSION
In the
, it’s revealed why and how close the film came to not being, and how it was saved. Karl Geary (who played Renfield) explained how he came to be involved in the project, having never acted before, revealing a connection between himself and
, who recalls how a move to New York was like waking up from the dead.
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Almost 40 years on, while preparing for another conflict to decide the issue of the Border, the house would be where my mother would meet my father for the first time. It would also be where my grand-aunt would have her election HQ when she ran for Sinn Féin in the general election of 1957, garnering 3,171 first preferences.
On the day of the burning the British soldiers marched up the long bohereen to the house, past the fort field with its almost intact fairy fort and souterrain, which, according to family lore, provided shelter for many an IRA man.
They also passed the stone steps up to the front garden with its holly arch cultivated, we were told, by my grand-uncle Charlie Daly, IRB man, Tyrone IRA commander and one of the four shot at Drumboe Castle in Donegal on March 14th, 1923, in the dying days of the Civil War by those who had once been comrades.
Moviegoers in Maine have more options this month, inside and out
Southern Maine drive-ins have opened for the season, and more indoor theaters will reopen later this month as Hollywood prepares to release new films.
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It’s spring in Maine – finally – which this year means, it’s time to get out and see some movies.
Last year, when so many indoor theaters were closed because of COVID-19, drive-ins and other outdoor film venues were the only option for people to see movies on the big screen. But, also because of the pandemic, Hollywood wasn’t releasing new material, so drive-ins showed mostly old favorites.