
★ 5.3 · 1989
“There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar.”
Waves is a visually breathtaking film about the power of the sea. Capturing the Atlantic Ocean in various moods as it crashes against the Irish coasts, the film is a hymn to the relentless power and endless beauty of this elemental force of nature. With coastal scenes harking back to the majesty of Flaherty’s Man of Aran (1934), Carey offers a unique sea-centred depiction of the islands as his painterly cinematography offers mesmerising images of roiling seas, waves crashing against the Aran rocks, sunsets and a golden full moon. John Taylor, friend and colleague of Carey, had originally worked on Man of Aran and filmed some of the additional photography in Waves.
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Waves released in 1973. Moviely hosts cinematic wallpapers captured from the movie's official backdrop imagery.
Waves is categorized as Documentary.
Patrick Carey directed Waves.
Waves has a runtime of 26min.
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