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Bookmark this pageGiro City (1982)
Director: Karl Francis
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Exercising something of the fascination of a crossword puzzle, this angry parable about media censorship is cast as an investigative report about two investigative reports, often assuming thriller form as reporters lurk and cameras whirr, the stories are worried over and painstakingly reworked, until the exhilarating moment when the pieces finally fall into place. One story is about a Welsh farmer stubbornly resisting eviction, the other about the political situation in Ireland. Both prove to involve 'higher interests'; both end on the cutting-room floor; and the reporters are left to bite on the bullet: 'You never learn, do you? You have to compromise'. Guilty itself of a little (understandable) compromise in casting star names for what comes on like a documentary, the film nevertheless still bites, and is honest enough to query (without really exploring) the honesty of reporters who rage against, but accept, the status quo of compromise.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Karl Francis
Producer: Sophie Balhetchet, David Payne
Cast: Glenda Jackson, Jon Finch, Kenneth Colley, James Donnelly, Emrys James, Karen Archer full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 102 mins
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