CMNS 322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Robert J. Flaherty, Iceberg, Salvage Ethnography
15 Feb 2019
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Film that launched idea of modern documentary although it predates the term and idea of documentary". Posters: film was promoted as a drama; story of life and love in the actual arctic . French promotion of the film: very popular in france; won many awards. Many political problems with the film: enough respect in it for the inuit that allows it to be studied and talked about still. The new york times review: suggests that after this, you can"t go back to acting, documentaries are much more real and enticing. Fur was big fashion item in 1920"s: tip of an iceberg, men wore fur hats, women wore fur jackets, generating a market for fur, can look at this film in part as a promotional vehicle for fur. Virtual voyages: something that was very popular was the idea of going to the cinema as an equal to going on a trip.
