“Broadsword Calling Danny Boy” is a kind of written commentary track by Geoff Dyer on the 1968 Richard Burton/Clint Eastwood WW2 movie Where Eagles Dare (the title is a line from the film). It sounded like an appealingly unusual book and I’ve heard that Dyer is a hoot so I thought this might’ve been a fun read… and unfortunately it wasn’t.
Maybe he’s hilarious in his other books but, going by this one, Geoff Dyer is a desperately unfunny man! An example of his “comedy”: so the film’s premise is that a team of Allied troops go behind enemy lines to rescue a US General. Burton and co. wear Nazi uniforms, use German guns, transport, equipment, etc. partly to go about their mission undetected and partly out of necessity – that’s what’s lying around so that’s what they’re using.
Ready for Dyer’s joke? This is an example of how crappy Brexit is because it shows that even the Brits prefer using German products ahahahahahahahahahahaha... jeezus.
His observations on the movie were frenetic and dull. When the female actors appear he sets about describing his wretched sexual fantasies involving them. This book hasn’t made me want to watch the movie ever, nor read any more books by this author.
The only thing going for this one is that it’s a short read. Despite that, I still wouldn’t recommend Broadsword Calling Danny Boy to anyone.
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