| Description |
1 videodisc (79 min.) : black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection |
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Criterion collection
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| System Details |
DVD, full screen, new digital transfer, remastered. |
| Language |
Silent film with English intertitles. |
| Credits |
Film restoration and transfer supervision, David Shepard/Film Preservation Associates ; video editor Bret Hampton ; telecine colorist, Russell Bishop ; new score by Timothy Brock. |
| Note |
Digital transfer, remastered at the visually correct speed ; orchestral score by silent film music specialist Timothy Brock ; excerpts from the 1958 documentary: Flaherty and film : Mrs. Frances Flaherty remembers Nanook of the North (8 min.) ; stills gallery of Flaherty's life in the Arctic. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Presents a documentary on the life of an Eskimo family pitting their strength against a vast and inhospitable Arctic. Juxtaposes their struggle for survival against the elements with the warmth of the little family as they go about their daily affairs. |
| Note |
Special features: New digital transfer ; New orchestral score by silent film music specialist Timothy Brock ; Exceprts from the television documentary Flaherty and Film, featuring interviews with the filmmaker's widow and Nanook co-editor Frances Flaherty ; Stills gallery of Flaherty's phtoographs of life in the Arctic. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Subject |
Eskimos -- Québec (Province) -- Videodiscs.
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Inuit -- Québec (Province) -- Videodiscs.
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| Added Author |
Flaherty, Robert Joseph, 1884-1951.
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Flaherty, Robert Joseph, 1884-1951.
My Eskimo friends.
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Revillon Frères Trading Company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on container: Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North |
| Added Title |
Flaherty and film.
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| ISBN |
1559408960 |
| Standard No. |
715515009829 |
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