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Mon 02 Feb 2010A right Freudian carry on
Arts: The debut feature by Cork director Margaret Corkery, with its elements of the Oedipus complex, borrows from Europe’s master directors but also nods towards Carry On films
ART COMES from the oddest places. Glancing at Eamon, the debut feature by Margaret Corkery, a young Cork-born director, you appear to see nods towards a number of European masters. Following a ghastly holiday at a windswept Irish resort, this fine picture seems to acknowledge the nuttiness of Jacques Tati, the earthiness of Ken Loach and the unsettling absurdity of Emir Kusturica. So which respected master did she have in mind?
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