33 - Nanook of the North (1922)

Random Acts of Cinema

English - December 12, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MB - ★★★★ - 13 ratings
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Like the Documentary Now! spoof, we’re really more interested in our protagonist Nanook (Allakariallak) than the admittedly-groundbreaking documentarian Robert J. Flaherty. And sure, it’s obviously staged. But our survivalist hero sure knows how to use the hell out of a walrus tusk knife. It’s mesmerizing.

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If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing John Singleton’s Boyz N the Hood (1991).