«Nanook of the North» From 1922 to Today
The Famous Arctic Documentary and Its Afterlife
Summary
Excerpt
Table Of Contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the Author
- About the Book
- This eBook can be cited
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Genette’s concept of the Paratext
- 1.2 Nanook of the North (USA, 1922/1947/1976/1998)
- 1.3 The search for the original
- 2. Ready for Triumph? – Nanook’s Path to Broadway
- 2.1 “First I was an explorer; then I was an artist.”
- 2.2 Previewings of Nanook
- 2.3 Promotional material
- 3. “Our True Intent Is All for Your Delight” – Nanook’s Premiere at the Capitol Theatre
- 3.1 Nanook as part of a larger unit
- 3.2 Opening sequence, film music and intertitles
- 4. Nanook’s Journey Across the Country
- 5. From the Silent Film to the Sound Version
- 5.1 Narration and intertitles
- 5.2 Film music
- 5.3 Promotional material
- 6. Nanook Restored: The Original Director’s Cut?
- 6.1 The 1976 version
- 6.2 The 1998 version
- 7. The many Nanooks of the North
- 8. Bibliography
- Appendix
- The intertitles of the silent film (1998 version)
- Transcription of the narration by Ralph Schoolman
9 Capitol Theatre, New York City, program of January 5, 1921. Source: http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/new_york_capitol_jan02_1921.htm, accessed October 15, 2015
10 Capitol Theatre, New York City, program of June 11, 1922. Source: Robert Flaherty Papers Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University in the City of New York. © The Flaherty← 7 | 8 →
17 Screen shot from Nanook of the North, 1922. Frame 1 of the opening sequence
18 Screen shot from Nanook of the North, 1922. Frame 2 of the opening sequence
22 Thematic Music Cue Sheet, Cover page, compiled by James C. Bradford. Source: Robert Flaherty Papers Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University in the City of New York. © The Flaherty← 8 | 9 →
Details
- Pages
- 160
- Publication Year
- 2016
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9783653068429
- ISBN (MOBI)
- 9783653957952
- ISBN (ePUB)
- 9783653958461
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783631674772
- DOI
- 10.3726/978-3-653-06842-9
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2016 (April)
- Keywords
- Paratext Documentary Robert J. Flaherty Film history
- Published
- Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2016. 160 pp., 46 b/w ill.
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