I don't know why fundamentalists assume God necessarily has time to even deal with creatures as insubstantial as us. If there is a God, Evangelical Christians are probably to him/her what creepy obsessed stalker fans are to celebrities.

I enjoyed Gabriel Byrne's discussion on the show today. However, when you discussed the film "My Left Foot," Mr. Byrne sadly did not mention DISABILITY as one of its themes. To me, that was a terrible omission. Surely that was the MAIN theme of the film.

Gabriel Byrne makes you proud to be Irish. What a perfect ambassador!

Why, oh why, did he leave out one of the best contemporary Irish films ever: Neil Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto

Mr. Bryne makes a very good point about superstitions about fairies and such. I saw "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" the other day on TCM, and was surprised by how scary and creepy it was.

i so do respect mr. byrne,but i so wish that the term "self esteem",re a country, or person, be permanently retired. it gives no greater scope to problems,collective and individual. it's too tainted by our superficial self-help lexicon.

Is Mr. Byrne planning any follow up to his first book "Pictures in My Head"?

So much has happened in his career since the last book ended.

The first time I saw Jim Sheridan's In The Name of the Father, it was like being hit on the side of the head with a sledgehammer. Sheridan is a master of melodrama, in the best sense of the word.

Would Leonard ask Gabriel why it's so difficult to see the documentary done about his own life and career - "Stories from Home" ?

It was shown last year at the (sadly, very small) annual Irish film festival in NY, but it's impossible to find on DVD or through Netflix, etc.

It's a very interesting look at the actor's life and career here and there. I'm sure many others would like to see it as well.

Byrne has made an absolutely crucial point about the stories of any number of peoples around the world whose lives are delivered to us, not only by people who don't know the story firsthand, but are actually opposed to the people whose story is being told. (Consider all the movies made by Americans about Arabs.)

Are you going to show 'Into the West' one of my favourite films and my childrens

jawbone -- I've read that the story told in "The Magdalene Sisters" had to be toned down, the truth having been even more horrific.

The Magdalene Sisters -- a film I found terrifying.

Looking forward to the series at MOMA, particularly Sé Merry Doyle's documentary about "The Quiet Man." I've always found it interesting how John Ford's movie is derided in some circles as an overly sappy Irish-American view of Ireland. Of course it is, and it seems to me that's exactly the point Ford is making. What a true artist that man was.