Henry Rollins Show,
19 Oct 2006
Joey Cashman on Irish Rover
Henry Rollins Show,
19 Oct 2006
Joey Cashman on
Dirty Old Town
World Fleadh, Castlebar
1 Aug 2009
How Far Home,
Produced and directed by Brendan J. Byrne
1997
Among December updates there is a photo, traditionally, this time it’s a post-gig pic by Scrapper. And links to a great but almost unknown documentary that finally can be watched online. Produced and Directed by Brendan J. Byrne “How far Home” was broadcast on Channel 4 on Thursday 18th September 1997 as part of the Films of Fire season. The subject of this affecting documentary is a profile of Gerry Conlon, the man accused of Guilford pub bombings in 1974 and imprisoned, who was released from prison in 1989 and the first of the Guildford Four to walk free after wrongful conviction. It examines Gerry's troubled quest to patch together the fragmented pieces of his life since his release. He talks about his life in the eight intervening years, speaking of how his initial joy at having his freedom restored gave way to a sense of anger at his 16 lost years and a strong feeling of alienation.
What does this 40 mins movie have to do with the subject of this site? Not only authors thank Joey Cashman in credits but Gerry himself speaking about his “Hollywood period” recalls “I was totally uneducated in dealing with the Hollywood and the only person I had to give me advice was my friend Joey…”, someone who helped to keep them their identity in Hollywood.
“Rather than account events in the past , Byrne’s film was a potrait of the man as he is now, a shattered and damaged soul whose sense of himself has been destroyed not only by prison but by his life after prison: first a media celebrity, then hailed as a champion of a political cause he felt he had nothing to do with, finally a lonely and desperate man attending psychological counselling and failing to adjust to a world with which he cannt engage. Allowing Conlon to speak of his experience and combining interview material with observational techniques following him to his therapy sessions and on his travels, the film constructed an affecting portrait of consequences of Nothern Ireland political history. Evocative cinematography by John T. Davis enhanced its visual power, capturing Conlon’s sense of loneliness and desperation both through the use of the natural environment and through images of his impressive face.” -- The real Ireland: the evolution of Ireland in documentary film
By Harvey O'Brien (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-7190-6907 6)
Well, just watch it !
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
(Or click here. It's the part with Joey Cashman)