Flaherty wasn't much of an ethnologist -- he routinely staged scenes for his camera and insisted that his subjects return to traditions they'd abandoned generations before -- yet he was a master dramatist.
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01/22/08
Nanook of the North (1922)
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Runtime: 79 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: This classic film by Robert Flaherty, shot in 1922, documents one year in the life of Nanook, an Inuit hunter and his family as they struggle to survive in the harsh conditions of Canada's Hudson... [More]
Director: Robert Flaherty
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Top CriticDespite the comparatively primitive technique and the natural difficulties of shooting a film in the frozen Hudson Bay wastelands, every minute of Nanook lives up to its reputation.
01/22/08
Top CriticNanook is one of the most vital and unforgettable human beings ever recorded on film.
01/20/06
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