Synopsis
The true story of Irishman Brian Keenan and Englishman John McCarthy's extraordinary relationship as hostages of militias in Lebanon during the 1979-91 Civil War.
2003 Directed by John Furse
The true story of Irishman Brian Keenan and Englishman John McCarthy's extraordinary relationship as hostages of militias in Lebanon during the 1979-91 Civil War.
After watching Argo, I thought i'd rewatch this, the story of Brian Keenan and John McCarthy's friendship after being held hostage for years in Beirut. Very Touching.
Despite being interested, thanks to Robert Fisk’s Pity the Nation, in the events that transpired in Lebanon during the eighties, Blind Flight is one of those films that you can’t help but question the value of. It is all executed very well: the performances are superb, the camerawork and lighting effective, and the script does a surprisingly good job of extracting a certain structure from what is basically two men in a room for ninety minutes (though the score is perhaps a little heavy-handed and reliant on sustained ominous bass-notes). But, ultimately, what’s the point? It’s very interesting to see how the two men interacted with each other, but one imagines that their own written accounts (both of which are…
Despite being interested, thanks to Robert Fisk’s Pity the Nation, in the events that transpired in Lebanon during the eighties, Blind Flight is one of those films that you can’t help but question the value of. It is all executed very well: the performances are superb, the camerawork and lighting effective, and the script does a surprisingly good job of extracting a certain structure from what is basically two men in a room for ninety minutes (though the score is perhaps a little heavy-handed and reliant on sustained ominous bass-notes). But, ultimately, what’s the point? It’s very interesting to see how the two men interacted with each other, but one imagines that their own written accounts (both of which are…
"John McCarthy and Brian Keenan were held hostage in Lebanon for more than 4 years. this film is an account of the time they spent held as captives together. Some of the humiliations, violence and fear they must have experienced is shown in the film, together with the way that they managed to cope with their ordeal, but I'm not sure that the film portrayed the squalor and horror in quite the same way that is possible with the written word. Their written accounts convey their experiences better than film can"
After watching Argo, I thought i'd rewatch this, the story of Brian Keenan and John McCarthy's friendship after being held hostage for years in Beirut. Very Touching.
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