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Is “Wild Horse Nine” the latest great dark comedy? | Streamed & Screened podcast
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When it comes to quirky, dark comedies over the past decade, a name that comes to mind is Martin McDonagh. The writer/director is back with his latest film.
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In Martin McDonagh’s dark CIA comedy, John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell dig into a certain 1970s swagger. According to costume designer Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh, when you give an actor “a Cuban heel and a cowboy hat and a ring, suddenly they start to stand differently.”
When it comes to quirky, dark comedies over the past decade, a name that comes to mind is Martin McDonagh. The writer/director is back with his latest film.
“It’s a fairytale f***ing town, isn’t it? How can a fairytale town not be somebody’s f***ing thing?” So thundered Ralph Fiennes’s Harry in Martin McDonagh’s 2008 black comedy In Bruges, confounded at the thought that someone might be indifferent to the quaint charms of medieval Belgium.
The films of British Irish filmmaker and playwright Martin McDonagh are their own distinctive subgenre — populated by irascible but lovable characters, his films are the work of a true auteur, distinctive in their worldview, though diverse in their milieu.
Searchlight Pictures is taking the world of Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine” beyond the big screen, teaming with a slate of fashion, travel and lifestyle brands on merchandise and experiences inspired by the film’s 1970s setting and distinctive costumes.
