Starring Colman "Tiger" King
Maggie Dirrane
Michael Dillane
Directed by Robert J. Flaherty
Gainsborough Productions, 1934
(By the way, "Aran" is pronouced as AH-rehn, similar to but not as hard as the name Aaron. Not A-ran or A-ron)
I remember watching this movie comfortably on an oversized couch with cast mates as we prepared for a production of Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan. Inishmaan, along with Inishmoor and Inisheer, compose the Aran Islands which lie off the west coast of Ireland in the Galway Bay.
At first I thought this fictionalized documentary would depict the characters’ challenges of living in the harsh, pre-modern 1930’s Ireland, ehh…not exactly. Shots of the islands and rock appear more than the characters do (thus creating a bit of a dull film). Nevertheless, both the dialects and landscapes were intriguing.
Maggie Dirrane
Michael Dillane
Directed by Robert J. Flaherty
Gainsborough Productions, 1934
(By the way, "Aran" is pronouced as AH-rehn, similar to but not as hard as the name Aaron. Not A-ran or A-ron)
I remember watching this movie comfortably on an oversized couch with cast mates as we prepared for a production of Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan. Inishmaan, along with Inishmoor and Inisheer, compose the Aran Islands which lie off the west coast of Ireland in the Galway Bay.
At first I thought this fictionalized documentary would depict the characters’ challenges of living in the harsh, pre-modern 1930’s Ireland, ehh…not exactly. Shots of the islands and rock appear more than the characters do (thus creating a bit of a dull film). Nevertheless, both the dialects and landscapes were intriguing.
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