The film is a canny blend of observation and creation.
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02/26/08
Man of Aran (1934)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:14
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.6/10
Runtime: 77 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: This ethnographic film is an anthropological study of the Aran Islands and its native inhabitants. On the west coast of Ireland, the indigenous people battle mother nature simply to secure a... [More]
Starring: Colman 'Tiger' King, Maggie Dirrane, Michael Dillane, Pat Mullin
Director: Robert Flaherty
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The sea is the villain and the quest for food the plot of this peasants-among-peasants picture, which rates high artistically.
02/26/08
Top CriticThis will not be for everyone but there are a number of beautiful shots.
10/18/06
Mightily impressive.
06/24/06
Breathtaking photography.
06/03/06
Flaherty made Man of Aran less a window into Aran life in the 20th Century than his interpretation of a state of rugged grace that romantic writers such as W.B. Yeats and William Synge projected onto the 19th Century.
04/09/06
Robert Flaherty, the mellow wanderer with a camera, has made a memorable film out of the tragic and beautiful fundamentals of human behavior.
01/28/06
Top CriticNo review available.
07/06/05
Not a great film because filmmaker Robert Flaherty does not seem to understand fiction.
03/02/04
A spellbinding look at an extreme way of life.
09/30/03
No review available.
08/22/03
The realism of the film is outstanding, the images are stunning and decades later it's a film that stands as a powerful classic of its kind.
05/24/03
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05/23/03
Robert Flaherty’s film, Man of Aran, follows a similar formula as his Nanook of the North, and probably includes just as much fakery. I
05/12/03
The photography is brilliant, the best of any of Flaherty's work.
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