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DVDfever.co.uk – Man of Aran (Restored Edition) on DVD
Park Circus
Posted: February 25th, 2011.
BEST FOREIGN FILM – VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 1934
BEST FOREIGN FILM UK – NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW USA 1934
The influential American documentary pioneer, Robert Flaherty, spent three years making this celebrated film. Life on the island of Aran in the 1930s was hard. Families were forced to fight against the elements for their livelihoods. It was the custom of the men to await the annual migration of basking sharks. If caught, they would provide a family with enough oil for a year, but to catch them meant setting sail in a flimsy boat. Could it protect the fishermen against the pounding force of the ocean?
The feature has undergone a new full digital restoration and the release contains a host of extra features including the documentary How The Myth Was Made and Short film Return Of the Islander, a fictional account of the true experience of an Irish labourer who returns to Aran, which captures the hardship of island life as well as the beauty and power of the sea which dominates the islanders lives. Also featured are short films by Robert J. Flaherty: The English Potter and Industrial Britain, Outtake footage found at the Irish Film Archive and an image gallery.
DVD Special features:
Documentary – How The Myth Was Made (58 mins) Short Film – Return Of the Islander (22 minutes) Flaherty Short Films – The English Potter (12 mins) & Industrial Britain (20 mins)
This title is out on Mar 14th, 2011 and can be bought online for the following:
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