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| + | Pádraic (which is the Irish gaelic pronunciation of Patrick) and Colm are lifelong friends living on the fictional island of Inisherin, just off the coast of Ireland in the 1920s, around the time of the Irish civil war. Or, at least, Pádraic and Colm used to be lifelong friends. One day, Colm inexplicably decides he's doesn't want to be friends with Pádraic anymore. Pádraic, who is simple-minded but kind, doesn't take it so well, and keeps pestering Colm, attempting to save their friendship or at least find out what went wrong. | ||
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| + | Colm, who is Pádraic's opposite--a bit of an intellectual and an artist--eventually reveals that he thinks his friend is Dull and he wants to spend his remaining years working on his musical legacy, and not engaging in idle chatter. When Pádraic refuses to leave him alone, he threatens to cut off one of his own fingers every time Pádraic talks to him...and eventually he is forced to make good on that threat, not just once, but until all the fingers on his fiddle-playing hand are gone. Through a variety of circumstances gone horribly wrong, Pádraic goes from being sad to angry, shunning his nice-guy reputation and escalating the feud with Colm to a fever pitch. Along the way, Pádraic and Colm interact with a whole host of colorful, quaint, funny and grotesque characters who help to move the story along and contribute to its dark humor, its poignant themes, and its timely message about the demons that drive us, and often divide us from one another. | ||
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| + | ====Banshee(s), Islands, and Kindness==== | ||
Revision as of 19:14, 14 January 2023
Contents
Genesis 25:21-27
21 Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife because she was barren, and the Lord granted his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived. 22 The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is to be this way, why do I live?” So she went to inquire of the Lord. 23 And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples born of you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other; the elder shall serve the younger.” 24 When her time to give birth was at hand, there were twins in her womb. 25 The first came out red, all his body like a hairy mantle, so they named him Esau. 26 Afterward his brother came out, with his hand gripping Esau’s heel, so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. 27 When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents. 28 Isaac loved Esau because he was fond of game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Acts 15:36-41
36 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Come, let us return and visit the brothers and sisters in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.” 37 Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. 38 But Paul decided not to take with them one who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work. 39 The disagreement became so sharp that they parted company; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus. 40 But Paul chose Silas and set out, the brothers and sisters commending him to the grace of the Lord. 41 He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
Ephesians 4:25-27, 29-32
25 So then, putting away falsehood, let each of you speak the truth with your neighbor, for we are members of one another. 26 Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and do not make room for the devil. 29 Let no evil talk come out of your mouths but only what is good for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. 31 Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice. 32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
The Banshees of Inisherin
Three Minute Film Summary
Pádraic (which is the Irish gaelic pronunciation of Patrick) and Colm are lifelong friends living on the fictional island of Inisherin, just off the coast of Ireland in the 1920s, around the time of the Irish civil war. Or, at least, Pádraic and Colm used to be lifelong friends. One day, Colm inexplicably decides he's doesn't want to be friends with Pádraic anymore. Pádraic, who is simple-minded but kind, doesn't take it so well, and keeps pestering Colm, attempting to save their friendship or at least find out what went wrong.
Colm, who is Pádraic's opposite--a bit of an intellectual and an artist--eventually reveals that he thinks his friend is Dull and he wants to spend his remaining years working on his musical legacy, and not engaging in idle chatter. When Pádraic refuses to leave him alone, he threatens to cut off one of his own fingers every time Pádraic talks to him...and eventually he is forced to make good on that threat, not just once, but until all the fingers on his fiddle-playing hand are gone. Through a variety of circumstances gone horribly wrong, Pádraic goes from being sad to angry, shunning his nice-guy reputation and escalating the feud with Colm to a fever pitch. Along the way, Pádraic and Colm interact with a whole host of colorful, quaint, funny and grotesque characters who help to move the story along and contribute to its dark humor, its poignant themes, and its timely message about the demons that drive us, and often divide us from one another.
