Talk:The Long Good Friday

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[edit] Satire of Thatcherism?

It is claimed in the the article that the film contains a satire of Thatcherism. I can't see it myself, just a few references to post-industrial captitalism in general. Besides, the film was produced in 1979 so Thatcher couldn't have been in power for more than a few months during filming and was most definately not in office during the creation of the screenplay and the pre-production work.

-Hmmm. What you've got in this film is two kinds of patriotism at war with each other. It's also an early consideration of the IRA as a kind of Mafia-type organisation rather than a political one (which is what they've become since the GFA, arguably).

[edit] Reputation and critical reception

This is a good, interesting page but somebody needs to put in something about the film's box office success (which I think was modest), subsequent status as a minor "cult" video and reputation - which it had for many years - as one of the best British films of the era. It's lost some of that rep in the last ten years, but nonetheless...

It was first screened on British TV in March 1987, if anyone's interested. Channel 4, I think. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.249.224.192 (talk) 10:35, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Harold going to die at the end?

I just wanted to put into question the synopsis written in this article. I think that claiming that at the end Harold is going to die is going too far from what the film is showing, which is, from my point of view, an excellent ending for a situation which was at that moment (1979) into question... The idea of leaving that masterly long shot at the end, with the face of Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins) looking at the IRA men at gunpoint, I think underlies a question mark about the success of the "enterprise culture" (a Thatcherite notion) upon other social and political problems (such as the Northern Ireland conflict).

Patxi (talk) 19:52, 5 April 2008 (UTC)