Three-and-a-half, although it is called a classic by many people and the pioneering work of documentaries, from the perspective of that era and the technical limitations at that time, the film is really great, but from the current point of view, this black and white silent film, plus The form of subtitle commentary reminds me of a PPT-style Flash movie.
Although many people criticize the filming of the film, thinking that it is not a documentary, and it is not absolutely true, but in fact any work, whether it is a literary work or a film and television work, the reality presented is originally what the creator wanted to show and convey to the audience. Our reality, even if there is no posed shot, the picture captured by the camera itself is the reality that the creator presents to us through the lens selection, so there is only relative reality. The introduction to the subtitles at the beginning of the film made me feel like I was watching a PPT.
But when the first shot, a close-up of a character's face, instantly made me feel close to the film, I wondered why there were so many people in the canoe, which was a bit surprising and interesting. Life records allow us to see the life and civilization of the Eskimos that were usually unknown, at least at that time, and therefore have anthropological and sociological significance, as well as a curiosity, a mysterious veil and unknown, through The film begins to reveal a veil that is different from different civilizations, at least it appears to me now, although it cannot be said that it is a backward civilization, at least it is also a hunting civilization and Eskimo civilization that are different from other human civilizations at that time, maybe they and We are different, they hunt for a living, live in the cold polar regions, eat animals raw, drink blood, use moss for fuel, and even live a migratory life, a single life just to survive, a need Is it a bit like the scene in Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" to exchange the so-called products of external civilization with white people for things obtained by hunting?
The so-called white people in the film are representatives of superiority and advanced civilization. They meet their material needs, so they begin to pursue spiritual enjoyment. Said, even the subsistence problems of food and saturation have not been solved, how can we take a big step to meet the spiritual needs? For them, they are always worried about their own food and housing. Therefore, the enjoyment of records, for them, does not have much effect. It is not as good as their hague knives, seal skins, or even their Hounds are more practical, yes, as they struggle with food and nature, survival is the first and only meaning.
Although many people like the long shot of hunting seals, for me, the scene of building a house and the scene of children playing, as for the scene of them eating walrus seals, makes me feel uncomfortable. I think these two scenes only need to appear once, and the two times give me a sense of self-superiority and self-improvement that the director deliberately hides in the film. It is said that this kind of picture is not suitable for appearing in the film too much, and at the beginning of the film, the director also said that after finishing the shooting, he returned to his own civilization, which made me obviously feel that the director has a sense of self-superiority.
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