Richard Bock
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From: El Cerrito,CA,USA
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posted November 22, 2012 11:18 AM
The final reel of a Standard 8mm print of Nanook of the North-Robert Flaherty, director. Pics from print being reviewed.
An amazing walrus hunt highlights the last reel:
just Nanook at first with a harpoon hit and he fights off the walrus for a few minutes film time.
with the help of four or five others they succeed but not after an amazing fight by this huge walrus
they eat right there. the dogs are like the Greek chorus of savagery and hunger. Towards the end of the film the Eskimos encourage a fight between the dogs before taking off on sleds. An incredible scene.
The last scenes are of the Eskimo family going to sleep in their igloo. The preparations and final bedding down together with pups nearby. It is fascinating.
In this shot of long duration. the eskimos on the move across the bottom of the frame and above them the vastness of the Arctic.Snow movement from strong winds not captured in a still frame, highlights the terrain and man's place in this unfriendly, seemingly barren environment.
[ November 25, 2012, 09:53 AM: Message edited by: Richard Bock ]
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