Nanook of the North [videorecording] : a story of life and love in the actual Arctic / Revillon Frères present ; produced by Robert J. Flaherty ; Pathépicture.
1998
E99.E7 N36 1998
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Title
Nanook of the North [videorecording] : a story of life and love in the actual Arctic / Revillon Frères present ; produced by Robert J. Flaherty ; Pathépicture.
Variant Title
Title on container: Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North
ISBN
1559408960
9781559408967
9781559408967
Publication Details
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c1998.
Language
English
Language Note
Silent film with English intertitles.
Description
1 videodisc (79 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Item Number
715515009829
Call Number
E99.E7 N36 1998
Dewey Decimal Classification
970.004/97
791.4372
791.4372
Distributor No.
CC1549D Criterion Collection
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
Not rated.
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.
Special features: New digital transfer -- New orchestral score by silent film music specialist Timothy Brock -- Excerpts 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 photographs of life in the Arctic.
Originally released in 1922 as an American/French silent motion picture by Revillon Frères.
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.
Special features: New digital transfer -- New orchestral score by silent film music specialist Timothy Brock -- Excerpts 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 photographs of life in the Arctic.
Originally released in 1922 as an American/French silent motion picture by Revillon Frères.
Credits
Producer, Robert J. Flaherty ; film restoration and transfer supervision, David Shepard/Film Preservation Associates ; video editor Bret Hampton ; telecine colorist, Russell Bishop.
System Details Note
DVD; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dobly digital stereo.
Added Author
Flaherty, Robert Joseph, 1884-1951.
Flaherty, Robert Joseph, 1884-1951. My Eskimo friends.
Flaherty, Robert Joseph, 1884-1951. My Eskimo friends.
Added Corporate Author
Revillon Frères Trading Company.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Series
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 33.
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Table of Contents
Special features: New digital transfer
New orchestral score by silent film music specialist Timothy Brock
Excerpts 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 photographs of life in the Arctic.
New orchestral score by silent film music specialist Timothy Brock
Excerpts 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 photographs of life in the Arctic.