A Sense of Loss

Shot over six weeks in December 1971 and January 1972 the film consisted of interviews with Protestants Catholics politicians and some soldiers combined with TV news clips of bombings and violence The deaths of four individuals formed the central focus of the film which Ophüls described as an old middleaged humanistic socialdemocratic attempt to give people an idea that life after all is not that cheap The BBC refused to transmit the completed film on the grounds that it was too proIrish Sunday Times 5 Nov 1972 via httpcainulstacukothelemmediadocsfreespeechhtm