“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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Patrick Carey Director · Eric Mival Editor
First release January 1, 1973 · Produced in Ireland, United Kingdom · Production Aengus Films
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BBC
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Aengus Films
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Ireland · United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 1, 1973
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