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Funeral, i think it was 1965, seeing it on the television and just being told about the great man. the world cup final of 1966, where the nation stopped, and in our own household, my brother had a sort of flirtation with meningitis which was very dramatic, as you know, those can be fora minute, and then he was fine, thank goodness. but i watched the world cup final in a neighbour s house and ijust remember in both those cases, in belfast, as i was, i was very aware of a national event, or at least it seemed to galvanise everybody and everything, and i was looking at images that said, the world is watching. wow. and you mentioned belfast there. some people, i think, are still surprised when they hear that you grew up in working class belfast. uh-huh. and you ve now written and directed a film called belfast. uh-huh. how autobiographical a film is it? well, erm, it s seen through the eyes of nine year old buddy. it s seen at 50 years ....

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