This is total nonsense. Bobby Sands is an iconic figure who is respected around the world. 
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Quotes about Bobby Sands
This is total nonsense. Bobby Sands is an iconic figure who is respected around the world.
was said
in Irish Times
an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA hunger strike, led by Bobby Sands
was said
in BBC News
The other day ... I was looking at an advertisement for Hunger, the Steve McQueen film [about the Republican hunger striker Bobby Sands], which I hear is magnificent. And I was thinking, 'Aren't they on a hiding to nothing?' I would love to think that people are queueing round the block for it, but I have a feeling that the Fred Astaire syndrome is coming shortly.
said Richard Eyre
The thing that came to fore was the humanity of the piece ... I would not have been interested if it was going to take sides or if it was going to make heroes out of an incredibly difficult situation. I would urge people to go and see it, even people for whom the name Bobby Sands would raise hairs on the back of their necks. This is a very well-balanced film.
said Liam Cunningham
in Irish Times
Quotes from articles mentioning Bobby Sands
People will embrace the film or not. That's cool. It's just a film for crying out loud. That's all it is.
was said
in Irish Times
I am, in a way, happy that we were unable to actually film in H Block ... They wouldn't allow that. I think maybe the atmosphere on set would have been different. It would have been hard to shoot where all that went on. It was actually a pretty good atmosphere. But, when it was time for work, people were serious.
was said
in Irish Times
I met some prison officers and some former hunger strikers ... There is stuff which is not documented in history books - the things in between the words. People waking up with maggots all over their bodies: that stuff is not in the historical records. Imagine being a prison officer and working in piss and excrement for all those months and going home to your kid each night and trying to be normal. That's an extraordinary situation.
was said
in Irish Times
I came back with the structure after I went to Belfast for the first time ... I suppose I saw the thing as a river. In the first part you are floating on your back, taking in the environment. The second part is like a stretch of rapids - the environment fractures. The third part is like a waterfall - there is this terrible loss of gravity.
was said
in Irish Times
