Robert J. Flaherty was a pioneering documentary filmmaker who wasn’t above fabricating scenarios in his films. The director actively pursued such things believing, in a philosophical sort of way, that he’d find the true spirit of his subject matter. He wasn’t above being a showman, either.
The most famous film he ever made is probably Nanook of the North but his 1934 effort, Man of Aran, is an exceptional, if problematic, look at life on the edge of 20th century modernity and society.
Man of Aran won a major prize for Best Foreign Film at the Venice film festival in 1934 and almost eighty years on it is an impressive feature. Flaherty set off for the barren rocky crops most famous for a type of sweater with the intention of documenting the lives of those living in extreme conditions. The Aran islands, of which there are three, sit close...
The most famous film he ever made is probably Nanook of the North but his 1934 effort, Man of Aran, is an exceptional, if problematic, look at life on the edge of 20th century modernity and society.
Man of Aran won a major prize for Best Foreign Film at the Venice film festival in 1934 and almost eighty years on it is an impressive feature. Flaherty set off for the barren rocky crops most famous for a type of sweater with the intention of documenting the lives of those living in extreme conditions. The Aran islands, of which there are three, sit close...
- 3/13/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
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