I want to record my first impression of watching this film, my first impression
Real (at first didn't know the original storyline was intentional), because the actors are real people who lived in that environment (or their ancestors did), and hunting the prey is also a real scene, made me feel Lumiere's aesthetics of documentary representation, the scenes of people's life in that era, the wisdom of their lives, the kind of human love, "dignity and strength" displayed in the process of fighting for survival in nature, let the I am deeply shocked in the 21st century. Without this documentary, I might never have seen such a day-to-day scene of the Eskimos at the time.
Flaherty, known as the father of the documentary, means that Nanook of the North is the first true documentary. But there are many disputes in this documentary, such as posing, scene reproduction, and actors,,,
In order to re-play various plots belonging to the original culture in front of the camera, Flaherty recorded this rapidly disappearing indigenous culture and did not hesitate to "fake". There are plots and actors. From the very beginning, documentaries are inseparable from feature films. relation
Documentary, can be said to be the originator of all film genres, and Lumiere's documentary aesthetic deeply reflects this.
This is a work full of vitality and artistic creation charm.
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