Nanook of the North [videorecording] : a story of life and love in the actual Arctic / Revillon Frères present ; produced by Robert J. Flaherty ; Pathépicture.

Nanook of the North [videorecording] : a story of life and love in the actual Arctic / Revillon Frères present ; produced by Robert J. Flaherty ; Pathépicture.

Title on container: Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North

1559408960
9781559408967

[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c1998.

English

Silent film with English intertitles.

1 videodisc (79 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

715515009829

E99.E7 N36 1998

970.004/97
791.4372

CC1549D Criterion Collection

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.
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.

Producer, Robert J. Flaherty ; film restoration and transfer supervision, David Shepard/Film Preservation Associates ; video editor Bret Hampton ; telecine colorist, Russell Bishop.

DVD; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dobly digital stereo.

Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 33.

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