Decent soundtrack with the notable exception of the total downer “Breaking Rocks.”
Very visually striking with some real tension, but lacks a lot of the ethnographic voyeurism that makes Nanook so engaging and fun (even though yes, that would be false and reductive and problematic). Also lacking is any, and I do mean any, consideration of domestic or cultural life. There’s a deliberate choice to show the Man of Aran rather than the men or the people of Aran. You can tell…
