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 modest living for themselves and their... [More]
Starring: Colman 'Tiger' King, Maggie Dirrane, Michael Dillane, Pat Mullin
Director: Robert Flaherty
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Reviews for Man of Aran
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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 Critic This will not be for everyone but there are a number of beautiful shots.
10/18/06
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
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Not a great film because filmmaker Robert Flaherty does not seem to understand fiction.
03/02/04
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
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
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