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Geoff Dyer's earlier book on film, Zona, was about Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker, so it was perhaps inevitable that he should next devote his unique critical and stylistic energies to Brian G. Hutton's Where Eagles Dare. A thrilling Alpine adventure starring a magnificent, bleary-eyed Richard Burton and a dynamically lethargic Clint Eastwood, Where Eagles Dare is the apex of 1960s war movies, by turns enjoyable and preposterous.

'Broadsword Calling Danny Boy' is Geoff Dyer's hilarious tribute to a film he has loved since childhood: it's a scene-by-scene analysis&;or should that be send-up?&;taking us from it's snowy, Teutonic opening credits to its vertigo-inducing climax.

UK reviews
"An entertaining, tongue-in-cheek tribute."—The Sun

"Highly entertaining, and a fine excuse to watch the movie again. . . brilliant"—The Guardian

"[Dyer] is a brilliant, intellectually sparkling critic. . . ["Broadsword Calling Danny Boy"] is a feast of snark throughout, but that is beacuase Dyer is a comedian to his fingertips as well as a very serious man. He would not waste humour on something he didn't care about. . . there are some superb one-liners. . . and he really lets his imagination rip on the acting. . . moreishly entertaining."—The Sunday Telegraph

"Dyer's wry humour is everywhere evident. . . 'There is never a dull moment in Where Eagles Dare,' he writes, and nor is tehre in this book."—The Sunday Times

"Dyer makes for a droll guide, combining a scene-by-scene breakdown of the film's silliness with gonzo riffs on its cultural legacy. . . this is less a work of film criticism than a jeu d'esprit."—Financial Times

"Dyer is at his best when giving glimpses of his childhood and adolescence, days of toy Lugers, Action Man and Airfix. . ."—Sight & Sound