http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/aiden+quinn IrishCentral aiden quinn en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/culture-pop/conor-mcphersons-the-eclipse-eclipses-iftas-85344802.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/culture-pop/conor-mcphersons-the-eclipse-eclipses-iftas-85344802.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:30:15 PST
I was thrilled to learn that Conor McPherson's new film The Eclipse swept the Irish Film and Television Awards on Saturday, snagging awards for Best Film, Best Film Script, and Best Supporting Actor for Aiden Quinn I saw the film Monday night at a press screening and was excited, I'll admit largely because The Eclipse stars the unpronounceable Iben Hjejle, best known in America for her star turn opposite John Cusack in High Fidelity (easily one of my top five favorite movies) In The Eclipse, which is set at a literary festival in Cobh -- the gorgeous and eerie scenery holds a supporting role all on its own -- Hjejle plays a novelist caught between the competing desires of Nicholas (Aiden Quinn), an absolute asshole American writer/drunk (Quinn is fantastic in this, alternately hilarious, tragic and complexly, awfully intense, and the award is well-deserved) and Michael (Ciaran Hinds), a widower who serves as a volunteer at the festival and thus is a much ignored silent witness to the egomaniacal and neurotic writers' personalities The movie, which was shot in five weeks on a very small budget, is categorized, depending on what reviews you read, as a romance, a thriller, a ghost drama, or an "indie film" READ MORE ]]>