Nanook of the North Reviews

Keenan 2022-09-27 19:17:46

For 5*, if you consider the technical conditions at the time, the film is almost impeccable. Regardless of the status of film history, the film's viewability is also quite high. The scene has both narrative expressions, and the scene of a family coming out of the boat and the dog blowing in the...

Alexander 2022-09-26 02:41:04

"Nanuk of the North" records the daily life of an Eskimo family through field investigations: trading with white people, capturing walruses, making igloos, working and resting and other scenes. It is a classic anthropological documentary. Moreover, on the basis of the previous shooting experience,...

Ashleigh 2022-09-23 08:49:07

Flaherty is known as the "Father of Documentary Film" because of its uniqueness. With the help of Bazin's words: "Nanuk of the North is still very interesting to this day", compared to the famous people of Griffith or Eisenstein at the time, Flaherty's film was not comparable to that at the time....

Lori 2022-09-22 10:17:27

There is no purpose of seeking curiosity, but to a certain extent, it takes advantage of people's curiosity, that is, peeping at another so-called "simple and innocent" way of life, and consumers yearn for returning to the basics in the context of the industrialized environment. I don't deny the...

Jocelyn 2022-09-20 14:09:51

Read the article "Film and Adventure" in Bazin's "What is a movie" and know about Nanuk. He believes that "Nanuk in the North" possesses "unconsciously old and poetic authenticity". "Nanuk in the North", "the father of documentary" Robert Flahadi's first documentary, is also the first documentary...

Katelin 2022-09-19 23:33:30

Nanuk in the north was photographed between 1920 and 1921. It has been more than 90 years since we have been. And the value of this film has long been more than just the film itself. He is the first documentary film in the world, and Flahadi, who made the film, is also known as the father of...

Kelli 2022-09-19 06:32:17

This is a sociological video documentary that recreates the daily life of the Eskimo Nanuk family, directed by Robert Flaherty, the father of American documentaries.

The Eskimos live on the fringes of the Arctic, where the weather is cold and there are few resources for survival. The clothes,...

Vivienne 2022-09-16 02:03:02

"Nanuk of the North" shows the living conditions of the Eskimos. They lived in the Arctic, hunting and busy for the lives of themselves and their families. It was a relatively primitive living condition. At that time, people did not give the film Or the documentary has a clear boundary, but it has...

Emmitt 2022-09-14 04:19:49

After watching the world's first documentary, the first thing I felt, and what I felt most deeply, was the tenacious will to survive that human beings showed in the face of such a harsh living environment. The Esmojis exist in the latitude of Hudson Bay, Canada. This is one of the coldest places...

Carroll 2022-09-13 06:02:35

Director Flaherty's insight after the film was destroyed, if the documentary wants to be good, it can't record it completely. Maybe this film is played throughout the whole process, but it is also a record of the real "life" of these people!

It seems to convey the perseverance and perseverance of...