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Nanook of the North [videorecording] / Revillon Frères ; produced by Robert J. Flaherty.

Contributor(s): Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs)Publication details: Claremont, Calif. : Criterion Collection, c1998.Description: 1 videodisc (79 min.) : b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1559408960
Other title:
  • Title on container: Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.F67 N36 1998
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.
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DVDs DVDs American University in Dubai American University in Dubai AUDIO & DVD Collection DVD Nanoo (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 43194

Originally produced in 1922 as a silent motion picture.

Based on the book: My Eskimo friends / by Robert Flaherty.

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.

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.

Not rated.

DVD.

Silent film with English intertitles.

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