A few years ago I was delighted to take part in Neil Donnelly's documentary on Irish writer Aidan Higgins edited by Seamus Callagy. The documentary premiered in the Irish Film Institute and this week aired on RTE. If you didn't catch it, watch it here on playback. (I appear briefly in Part Three discussing Dog … Continue reading Where Would You Like The Bullet – Aidan Higgins Doc on RTE
Category: Film
I've been thinking a lot about the hard work of creativity, of life. How the best always seems the most simple and the clearest. How behind this clarity is years and years of graft and inspiration and struggle. Ira Glass says "You just have to fight your way through that...." This short video encapsulates all … Continue reading Fighting your way through the process…
Neil, You are very welcome to my WRITERS CHAT series. Congratulations on the screening in the IFI (3rd March) of Where Would You Like The Bullet?, your documentary about Irish writer Aidan Higgins (1927 – 2015), edited by Seamus Callaghy. SG: You've described his work as ‘beautiful prose’ and his work is admired by writers such … Continue reading Writers Chat 17: Neil Donnelly on his documentary about Aidan Higgins “Where Would You Like The Bullet?”