ADAM & PAUL (Director -- Lenny Abrahamson)

Dedicated to Tom Murphy R.I.P

Adam & Paul - The Movie

Friends since they were small boys, Adam and Paul -- and we never learn which is which -- have withered into two hapless, desperate Dublin junkies, tied together by habit and necessity. A stylized, downbeat comedy, the film follows the pair through a single day, which, like every other, is entirely devoted to the business of scrounging and robbing money for drugs.

The difference today is that Adam and Paul -- already near rock bottom -- have finally run out of luck, credit and friends.

'Laurel and Hardy on smack'

Imagine a typical scene from a Laurel and Hardy film. Stan and Ollie are lost, hungry and in some sort of trouble. They stand, childlike, bemused, out of touch with reality in the proscenium arch of a simple two-shot. When they speak, it's with a certain deliberate, presented quality; the lines are given space and the meaning of their actions is always crystal clear. Transpose this to Dublin in 2003, transform Laurel and Hardy into two junkies teetering on the brink of extinction, and you have some sense of the dark, but comedic style of 'Adam & Paul'. The two heroes are more than individuals they're archetypes; the scenes are not slices of real life but funny, schematic studies. There is a naive formality and uninflected blockiness in the drama and something very pure about the subtly stylized, carefully scored dialogue. All this, combined with the deliberateness with which new characters are brought onto the stage, the ritualized hellos and good-byes, and so on, give the film its unique stylistic signature.

Category:

Film & Animation

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• Tom
• Murphy
• adam
• &
• paul
• Irish
• Film
• Dark
• comedy
• Drugs
• Dublin
• Lenny
• Abrahamson

[Bondangoed]

Amazon-co-uk, and Xtravision have it on rental mate

[Lightnessalways]

A sad sad day when Tom passed, he had a wonderful talent and he will be very sorely missed! my condolences to all his family and loved ones may he rest in peace.

[blko22]

I saw Adam and paul one night and i will never forget how amazed i was with a ''lowbudget film''. Tom was my favourite actor i was always ranting on about him to everyone, Adam and Paul was is such a fantastic Film. It will always be my favourite. As Gary Hynes said, 'We've lost our scanger star'. Rest In Peace Tom

[ihatemuckdjs]

@shero66 who?

[ihatemuckdjs]

@Redzz454545 and?

[ihatemuckdjs]

@slipknotfan101 fuck off u sad cunt

[radiacto]

@slipknotfan101 im darragh u mug hahahahaha

[shotbyagun]

RIP

[slipknotfan101]

!!! omg!! im his nephew darragh! im damian's son =D

[slipknotfan101]

dude mark's my uncle and i'll tell you right, hes living and well.

[Redzz454545]

Mark O'Halloran(Adam) is my cousin:):)

[spliffidge]

great film.