Forget all those criminal Cockney cliches populating Guy Ritchie movies. If you want to see what a real life tough as nails subculture looks like take yourself along to the movies and see Knuckle, which opens in New York, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas on Friday. A you-are-there portrait of a hardy Irish traveling community in Britain and Ireland, it’s a true to life picture of feuding Irish traveling clans and their long-standing history of violent bare-knuckle boxing. First we meet James Quinn McDonagh and Paddy “The Lurcher” Joyce, two men who are related by blood but separated by a family feud that dates back generations and whose origins are mostly long forgotten. As the heads of rival families, they represent what they call their “breeds” through the brutal -- and illegal -- street fights they spend most of their adult lives training for. ------------------------ Read More: Ireland may...
- 12/8/2011
- IrishCentral
I've heard of fights at weddings, but this is ridiculous.
Filmmaker Ian Palmer was hired to shoot a wedding between members of what are called Irish Traveller clans, nomadic families notorious for their longstanding feuds with other Traveller clans. Palmer shot the wedding and was quickly invited to film a bare knuckle boxing match between two Travellers. Instantly, he was hooked on the endless drama and the explosive fights, and he spent the next decade recording the ups and downs of the Quinn McDonaghs, particularly their biggest and best fighter, James.
At Fantastic Fest 2011, I got the chance to talk with Palmer and Quinn McDonagh about their film and the fascinating world it explores. We touched on the logistics of spending more than ten years shooting a movie, and how the finished doc has affected the easily disturbed relationships between the clans. And thankfully, no one punched me in the face.
Filmmaker Ian Palmer was hired to shoot a wedding between members of what are called Irish Traveller clans, nomadic families notorious for their longstanding feuds with other Traveller clans. Palmer shot the wedding and was quickly invited to film a bare knuckle boxing match between two Travellers. Instantly, he was hooked on the endless drama and the explosive fights, and he spent the next decade recording the ups and downs of the Quinn McDonaghs, particularly their biggest and best fighter, James.
At Fantastic Fest 2011, I got the chance to talk with Palmer and Quinn McDonagh about their film and the fascinating world it explores. We touched on the logistics of spending more than ten years shooting a movie, and how the finished doc has affected the easily disturbed relationships between the clans. And thankfully, no one punched me in the face.
- 12/6/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
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