Nanook Of The North, Robert Flaherty 1921 part 1/8

[TheSHAISHAY]

what a great movie , i am from alaska, a wolf once had me his mane was kiska, he was a great companion , i let him be wild , i guess thats what got him killed , remember him always , and the island we lived on for two years , i think it ws his heaven , I know it was mine

[pH4nTomPL4n3T]

When Eskimos say "Baby on Board", they really mean it!

[iheartmauao]

@charged220 I am currently doing a research project on Flaherty and his contribution to ethnography (namely why he should be considered an ethnographer), I am wondering if you could recommend any helpful articles, as you seem quite knowledgeable on Flaherty's film style. Thanks :)

[davidbriseno]

@iheartmauao are you in college?

[iheartmauao]

@davidbriseno Yes, in my final semester of my Anthropology degree.

[davidbriseno]

@iheartmauao ooo i see good job, but that makes sense now why you were doing a research paper on him. I am in college also but not doing anthropology.

[jabames]

@bucklandb yes they were, theyd wear them sometimes, but by then they would have western clothing, but the old clothing is warmer than imported clothing at that time, or I could be wrong, my dad 50 years ago used to wear mukluks all the time in winter, spring and summer he went barefoot, and his parents and parents before them lived the old way, soo tradtional clothing would still be widely used

[gabbie9114]

Nanook Of The North was made in 1922 btw if you wanna change that .x.o.x.

[lilmurfie24]

nanook is pretty tough killing a polar bear with just his harpoon lol

[aura113]

shit's boring as hell. sad thing is that almost every university's ethnographic film course uses this as the archetype of scientific film-making. those so-called "anthropologist filmmaker" should all be burned in hell.

[rosepetal34]

@aura113 you know nothing and probably never will, the narcissism and lack of empathy in your comment is very telling 

[aura113]

@rosepetal34 if you subscribe to this film, you don't believe in cinema , or you don't even appreciate art all. the thing about ethnographic film and the people who write about it, (although it's tempting to say this is one) leans too much on the side of academics. if you read the works of Heider, Tim Asch(the Harvard school), you will see they are even more narcissistic than i am.

That's why there's Godard, who is constantly trying to destroy old forms. You seem to know nothing.

[aura113]

@rosepetal34 it's not that i dont believe in ethnographic film, it's just that Nanook lacks the sincerity that a normal filmmaker should possess. go watch some michel brault's films.

[ellenfaithx]

@charged220 Oh right, that makes a lot more sense! I had to watch this video for my first anthropology seminar and was rather confused :) It's good though; very clever!

[ellenfaithx]

How the hell did those things fit in that kayak?!?!

[charged220]

@ellenfaithx It's a cinematic effect. Each person in the kayak was a separate filmed shot, edited together in a convincing fashion. The titles arecarefully used to hide it. It's a hint at Flaherty's sense of humour!

[mnplastic1]

@charged220

I am not sure about that. Check 5.30-5.40. There is at least 1 another person in the kayak who was laying on the front bottom of the kayak with a head between rower's legs. Besides, the kayak water line is much lower than after the last person left it. I believe the second person was in the back of the kayak.

[pH4nTomPL4n3T]

@mnplastic1 I thought the same thing when I saw that head bob up as Nanook is climbing out. Humorous yes, but I'm 100% convinced the scene is authentic as well.

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[ratherthebarber]

@charged220 I don't agree with that, I think they were all in the kayak, Flaherty wanted to show the reality and it would not make any sense to cheat here.

[TheKayuk]

Today, Port Harrison is called Inukjuak

[charged220]

@TheKayuk Yes. I want to catch a flight there one day!

[hhistory]

Charged220 - can you give us any notes on the soundtrack? When was it added? Composer?

[areaves20]

yesss thank you SO much for having this on youtube .. i have a scene analysis due on this and i've been looking for it everywhere :)

[ZannaTheBanana]

Im studying this for my film studies class. Thanks so much for uploading!

[worddoctor1]

I was working on the National Film Board Project in Thunder Bay, when we discovered your relative's Flaherty photo album. It was in an old cardboard box among many other dust-covered boxes in a back room of the Brodie Street Library; and you can imagine our excitement. It was especially exciting for me; because, just the year before, I'd met John Grierson, an old chum of Flaherty's and founder of the National Film Board.

If it weren't for Hans Haugen, these great treasures might have been lost!

[charged220]

@worddoctor1 What NFB project would that be? I'm guessing you're Jim Farrell, the one who wrote the article for the museum. I have done a lot of research around your article and have looked through other articles and historical sketches from the museum. You remember ahing about the sketch the sharks at Loon?

I've also interviewed a few people and found a deeper character sketch of Flaherty's friend Captain Knobel, and some of the Ruttans.

[worddoctor1]

@charged220 You guess correctly. Yes, Captain Knobel had quite an influence of Flaherty. His summer camp at Loon was like a hunting lodge (trophies on the walls) but with a grand piano. He used to play certain afternoons, and locals would paddle out on the lake just to listen. Sometime, if we can find a machine, I'll play you my tape of Frances Ruttan (his kid sister). If you happen to have copies of Flaherty's books on his Arctic adventures before and after NANOOK, hang onto them. Let's lunch.

[diegonoriega]

people get closer when it's cold in order to warm themselves. themselves... oh

[Rationalranter]

I referenced this for a paper last year on vernacular Architecture and traditional dwellings, its a timeless film that really served to shape my thinking on sustainability, nice to watch it again here. Thanks allot for the high quality upload.

[charged220]

@Rationalranter No problem.

[jabames]

By this time many eskimos used contemporary materials like rifles and soo on; but they still had been taught traditional ways. Sometimes its better to use traditional weapons to hunt; because if u shoot an animal in the water it will more often than not sink quickly, so a dart with a barbed detachable point is thrown from a great distance using an atlatl, that way the sea mammal won't sink. Soon to be identified by the harpoon floating in water with line detached.

[shayan2961]

Marvelous. Thanks a lot.

[charged220]

@shayan2961 You're very welcome.

[rickyogima]

interesting stuff, I heard of the name but never seen the video

[charged220]

@rickyogima Yeah it's a great film, I suggest watching the whole thing in your spare time. Robert Flaherty lived in Port Artur for quite awhile. Their old family home is still on Algoma street.