Nanook of the North ; The wedding of Palo and other films of Arctic life

Publication/Creation:

[Los Angeles, Calif.] : Flicker Alley, [2013]

Resource Type:

Video or Visual Material

Edition:

2 disc Blu-Ray deluxe ed.

More Details

Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Nanook of the North ; The wedding of Palo and other films of Arctic life / Blu-ray produced by Jeffery Masino and David Shepard

Series Titles:

The Flicker Alley collection
Flicker Alley collection.

Related/Included Titles:

Nanook of the North : a story of life and love in the actual Arctic /
Nanook revisited =
Saumialuk : "le grand gaucher" /
Houses of the Arctic /
The wedding of Palo =
Palos Brudefaerd /
Arctic hunt /
Primitive love /
Eskimo hunters (northwestern Alaska) /
Face of the high Arctic /
My Eskimo friends.
My Eskimo friends. Selections.
Knud Rasmussen and The wedding of Palo.
Nanook of the North (Motion picture)
Nanook revisited.
Saumialuk, le grand gaucher.
Saumialuk.
Houses of the Arctic.
Houses of the Arctic and the Tropics.
How man suits his life to differing surroundings, houses of the Arctic and the Tropics.
Dwellings of the Far North.
Palos Brudefaerd.
Dr. Knud Rasmussen's The wedding of Palo.
Wedding of Palo.
Captain Kleinschmidt's Arctic hunt.
Captain F.E. Kleinschmidt's Arctic hunt.
Arctic hunt.
Primitive love.
Winter in the Arctic.
Polar bear and seal.
Eskimo hunters (northwestern Alaska)
Eskimo hunters.
Face of the high Arctic.
Extrême-nord canadien, le visage du pays.

Variant Titles:

Wedding of Palo

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Flaherty, Robert Joseph, 1884-1951, creator, film director, film producer, and director of photography
Massot, Claude, film director and screenwriter
Regnier, Sebastien, screenwriter and interviewer
Masino, Jeffery, producer
Shepard, David, producer
Dalsheim, Friedrich, 1895-1936, film director
Rasmussen, Knud, 1879-1933, director of expedition and screenwriter
Hoffberg, J.H., 1895--1969, film producer
Kleinschmidt, Frank E., film director and film producer
Norton, W. Kay, film director and cinematographer
De Rochemont, Louis, 1899-1978, film producer
Muir, Dalton, film director and director of photography
Robertson, Strowan, screenwriter
O'Connor, Hugh, -1967, film producer
Kane, Michael, 1922-2011, narrator
Flaherty, Robert Joseph, 1884-1951. My Eskimo friends
Millman, Lawrence. Knud Rasmussen and The wedding of Palo
Revillon Frères Trading Company, production company
Pathé Exchange, production company
IMA Productions, production company
SEPT (Television station : France), production company
Harvard University. Department of Anthropology, production company
Palladium Productions, production company
Arctic Film Co., production company
United World Films, inc, production company
Louis De Rochemont Associates, production company
National Film Board of Canada, production company
Flicker Alley (Firm), film distributor
Film Preservation Associates, film distributor

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Motion pictures
Television programs
Historical reenactments (Motion pictures)
Actualities (Motion pictures)
Travelogues (Motion pictures)
Documentary-style films
Documentary films
Educational films
Ethnographic films
Feature films
Silent films
Nonfiction films
Documentary television programs
Short films
Film adaptations

Subjects:

Flaherty, Robert Joseph,1884-1951--Film adaptations
Eskimos--Québec (Province)
Eskimos--Québec (Province)--Inukjuak
Eskimos--Social life and customs
Inuit--Québec (Province)--Inukjuak
Inuit--Québec (Province)
Inuit--Canada
Human beings--Effect of environment on--Québec (Province)
Ammassalimiut Eskimos--Greenland--Drama
Eskimos--Greenland--Ammassalik (District)--Drama
Man-woman relationships--Greenland--Ammassalik (District)--Drama
Ecology--Arctic regions
Inupiat--Alaska, Northwest--Social life and customs--20th century
Eskimos--Alaska, Northwest--Social life and customs--20th century
Subsistence hunting--Alaska, Northwest
Subsistence economy--Alaska, Northwest
Natural history--Queen Elizabeth Islands (Nunavut and N.W.T.)
Inukjuak (Inuit community)
Inukjuak (Québec)--History
Canada, Northern--History
Hudson Bay--Description and travel
Québec (Province)--Social conditions
Ammassalik (Greenland : District)--Social life and customs--Drama
Greenland--Social life and customs--Drama
Alaska--Description and travel
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
Arctic regions--Description and travel
Arctic regions--Ecology
Point Hope (Alaska)--Description and travel
Queen Elizabeth Islands (Nunavut and N.W.T.)--Description and travel

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

[Disc 1.] Nanook of the North : a story of life and love in the actual Arctic / Revillon Fréres present ; produced by Robert J. Flaherty ; Pathépicture (1922 ; 79 min.) -- Nanook revisited = Saumialuk : "le grand gaucher" / IMA Productions et La Sept présentent ; un film écrit par Claude Massot et Sébastien Regnier ; réalisation, Claude Massot (1988 ; 64 min.) -- Houses of the Arctic / by Pathé Exchange, Inc. ; part of the Peoples and Cultures of the World: Pathé Science Series, edited and titled by The Department of Anthropology, Harvard University (1928 ; 11 min.) -- [Disc 2.] The wedding of Palo = Palos Brudefaerd / J.H. Hoffberg presents ; produced by Palladium Films ; [director, Friedrich Dalsheim ; screenwriter, Knud Rasmussen] (1934 ; 72 min.) -- Arctic hunt / [actor, Frank E. Kleinschmidt ; Arctic Film Co.] (1914 ; 15 min.) -- Primitive love / [two excerpts from the feature produced and directed by Frank E. Kleinschmidt] (1927 ; 32 min.) -- Eskimo hunters (northwestern Alaska) / United World Films, Inc. presents The Earth and its Peoples ; produced by Louis de Rochemont Associates, Inc. ; directed and photographed by W. Kay Norton (1949 ; 20 min.) -- Face of the high Arctic / The National Film Board of Canada presents ; direction and photography, Dalton Muir ; commentary, Strowan Robertson ; production, Hugh O'Connor ; produced by The Science Film Unit of The National Board of Canada (1959 ; 14 min.).

Summary:

Nanook of the North: 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. Contains both documentary footage and staged scenes.
Nanook revisited: When Robert Flaherty produced Nanook of the North, some of the film's content was staged and not a true picture of the Eskimos. In this documentary, a modern-day film crew revisits Inukjuak in northern Quebec, the site of Flaherty's filming, and the facts are separated from the fiction.
Houses of the Arctic: Called Dwellings of the Far North on the container, this short film, an extract from the actuality film "Houses of the Arctic and the Tropics" included in the Peoples and Cultures of the World: Pathé Science Series, is the igloo-building sequence from Nanook of the North, re-edited and titled as an educational film.
The wedding of Palo: Nanook's obvious successor, this film is the last beautiful work of the famed Danish polar explorer and anthropologist Dr. Knud Rasmussen. Traditional eskimo culture is embodied in this early ethnographic film of life in Greenland focusing around the contest between two rivals for the love of an Inuit woman.
Arctic hunt: Frank E. Kleinschmidt led an expedition to Alaska in 1913 to gather specimens for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, and made this filmed notebook at a time few people had seen images of the far North, documenting scenes of Eskimo life include their trading and bartering practices.
Primitive love: Two excerpts from the documentary feature ("Winter in the Arctic" and "Polar bear and seal") which focuses on an Eskimo family and their daily struggle for existence in the Arctic wastes.
Eskimo hunters (northwestern Alaska): Part of The Earth and its Peoples series of thirty-six educational films, this documentary, called Eskimo Hunters of Northwest Alaska on the container, is a first person narrative in which an Alaskan boy of Point Hope describes his family's existence and the lives of Inuit on the coast of Alaska.
Face of the high Arctic: This short documentary studies the geological evolution that has gone on for millions of years in the High Arctic, following the evidence of glaciers that have advanced and receded, and tracing life forms that have changed with the climate.

Language Note:

Nanook of the North: Silent film with English intertitles.
Nanook revisited: English and Inuktitut.
Houses of the Arctic: Silent film with English intertitles.
The wedding of Palo: Danish and an indigenous Greenlandic language.
Arctic hunt: Silent film with English intertitles.
Primitive love: Silent film with English intertitles.
Eskimo hunters (northwestern Alaska): English and Inupiaq.
Face of the high Arctic: English.

Physical Type/Description:

2 videodiscs (281 min.) : sound, black and white, tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (31 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm).

Technical Note:

Blu-ray discs; A, B, C regions; digitally remastered; mastered in HD; aspect ratio: 1.33:1; Dolby digital 2.0; requires Blu-ray player.

General Note:

Nanook of the North: Based on the book: My Eskimo friends / by Robert Flaherty.
Blu-ray; discs will play only on Blu-ray disc players, Blu-ray disc computer drives and Playstation 3 game consoles.
Nanook of the North: Videodisc release of the 1922 American/French silent motion picture by Revillon Frères.
Nanook revisited: Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.
Houses of the Arctic: Originally released as a silent motion picture in 1928.
The wedding of Palo: Videodisc release of the motion picture originally released in Denmark by Palladium, 1935.
Arctic hunt: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1914.
Primitive love: Originally released as a silent motion picture in 1927.
Eskimo hunters (northwestern Alaska): Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
Face of the high Arctic: Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
Booklet (31 p. ; ill.) with excerpts from My Eskimo friends by Robert Flaherty and an essay "Knud Rasmussen and The wedding of Palo" by Lawrence Millman is inserted in container.
This collection also contains six bonus films: Nanook revisited (1988 ; 64 min.); Capitain Kleinschmidt's Arctic hunt (1913 ; 15 min.); Primitive love (1927 ; 32 min.); Houses of the Arctic (1928 ; 11 min.); Eskimo hunters of northwestern Alaska (1949 ; 20 min.); Face of the high Arctic (1959 ; 14 min.).
Nanook of the North: Filmed on location in Inukjuak, northern Quebec.
The wedding of Palo: Filmed entirely on location in the Angmagssalik district of Greenland.

Participant/Performer Note:

Nanook of the North: Allakariallak, Nyla, Allee, Cunayou, Allegoo.
Nanook revisited: Interviewer, Sébastien Regnier.
The wedding of Palo: All parts are played by East-Greenlanders from the Angmagssalik district.
Arctic hunt: Featuring Frank E. Kleinschmidt.
Primitive love: Ok-ba-ok, Sloca Bruna, Wenga, Pa-tu-nuk.
Face of the high Arctic: Narrator, Michael Kane.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Nanook of the North: Cinematographer, Robert J. Flaherty ; film restored and produced for video by David Shepard/Film Preservation Associates ; music composed, compiled and conducted by Timothy Brock ; video editor Bret Hampton ; telecine colorist, Russell Bishop.
Nanook revisited: Cameraman, Lionel Cousin ; editors, Brigitte Massot, Josiane Zardoya.
Houses of the Arctic: Music by Frederick Hodges.
The wedding of Palo: Director, Friedrich Dalsheim ; writer, Knud Rasmussen ; Photographer, Hans Scheib ; musical score by Emil Reesen.
Arctic hunt: Music by Frederick Hodges.
Primitive love: Music by Frederick Hodges.
Eskimo hunters (northwestern Alaska): Photographed by W. Kay Norton.
Face of the high Arctic: Photography, Dalton Muir ; editing, William Greaves ; music, Robert Fleming.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936579224302486

ISBN:

1893967808
9781893967809

OCLC Number:

840505658

Other Identifiers:

Universal Product Code: 617311678097

Publisher Number:

FA0028 Flicker Alley
FA0028-1 Flicker Alley
FA0028-2 Flicker Alley

Barcode:

010003003728