Should you watch The Rugged Island: A Shetland Lyric? If you want explosions or tight dialogue, absolutely not. You’ll be bored to tears within five minutes. But if you’re the kind of person who likes watching old footage of people just… existing? It’s kind of hypnotic. It’s very much a time capsule. There’s a texture...
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"Should you watch The Rugged Island: A Shetland Lyric? If you want explosions or tight dialogue, absolutely not. You’ll be bored to tears within five minutes. But if you’re the kind of person who likes watching old footage of people just… existing? It’s kind of hypnotic. It’s very much a time capsule. There’s a texture to the wind in this movie that you just don't see anymore. You can almost feel the grit of the sand in the camera lens. Philip Godfrey and the rest of the cast don't really 'act'..."
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