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Moana
Directed by
Robert Flaherty
,
Frances H. Flaherty
Not Rated
1926
1h 38m
Documentary
6.8
87%
57%
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Filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty presents a docufictional account of a family living in a Samoan village in the early 1920s.
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Cast of Moana
Ta'avale
Moana
Fa'amgase
Moana's Fiancé
Tama
Moana's Father
T'ugaita
Moana's Mother
Pe'a
Moana's Younger Brother
Leupenga
Moana's Older Brother
Robert Flaherty
Director / Producer
Frances H. Flaherty
Director / Producer
Julian Johnson
Writer
Moana Ratings & Reviews
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LIFE
Robert E. Sherwood
This is where Mr. Flaherty's artistry is apparent. He has the selective sense of a painter. He knows how to compose his scenes, or rather, how to record those scenes which have been most perfectly composed by nature.
New York Post
Wilella Waldorf
[Moana] appears for all the world like a somewhat glorified travel film, longer and undoubtedly more beautiful than most, but not, surely, deserving quite all of the lavish praise which has, from time to time, been showered upon it.
From the Front Row
Mattie Lucas
While the sounds don't always fit perfectly, it's remarkable how natural they often seem, providing a more accessible portrait of Savai'i, even if it is no longer 100% authentic.
MUBI
Nathanael Hood
But still, it's all a lie. A beautiful lie; a lie that provides a crucial glimpse into the past of a colonized culture. But a lie nonetheless.
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Julia Raban
Don't go into Moana with Sound expecting an accurate anthropological depiction-just look forward to the drama and intergenerational negotiation of reality and fiction.
Examiner.com
Phil Hall
Extraordinary cinematography is not enough to save the viewer from boredom.
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
A fascinating portrait of South Seas life, albeit embellished.
New York Times
Glenn Kenny
The imagery, in scenes that always unfold slowly, is truly startling, particularly given that the film is almost 90 years old.
Film Journal International
Daniel Eagan
Moana is praiseworthy as a glimpse into Samoan life, but it is even more remarkable for [Robert] Flaherty's imagery.
Village Voice
Alan Scherstuhl
Flaherty's company are performing their lives and their ancestors' lives and Flaherty's idea of both, for him, for his camera, for the world of '26, for us today, for all time.
Variety
Variety Staff
A magnified travel film, it's interesting and has been well done, but there's no story, and a travelog is a travelog.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
Flaherty's sticky romanticism can't obscure the power of his images, which speak with an eloquence the intertitles lack.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
Flaherty catches it all by coming up with the needed stylistics as the occasions arise.
New York Times
Mordaunt Hall
It is a joyful and at the same time a thoroughly artistic contribution to motion pictures.
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