Films/DVD Asylum

Eskimo (1933)

75.39.16.143

Jay Buridan

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I saw this film last night on TCM based on a story by Danish explorer Peter Freuchen. Its beauty astounded me. The protagonist Mala was a real Eskimo who performed his own stunts including a real wolf fight. It took several years to make. The hunting scenes were real hunts of walruses, caribou, polar bear, and whales. The language is Inuit with English subtitles.

This is the first film to ever win an Academy Award for Editing (1934 was the first year when an Oscar for Editing was introduced.)

"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. "
― W.C. Fields

Eskimo (1933) (Open in New Window)

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Nanook of the north - violinist3 01:34:49 03/20/21 (2)
was an eskimo film from 1922, that is very good.

Edits: 03/20/21
- The University of Alaska at Fairbanks sports teams call themselves the Nanooks. nt - free.ranger 08:12:03 03/20/21 (1)
  - A native Alaskan friend here in San Diego in named Manook - violinist3 09:39:49 03/20/21 (0)
    Not Inuit but from yukon river. I gave him a ride once to yearly meeting of a native American corporation that owns all the mineral rights on native American lands. They had a buffet and door prizes of Alaskan delicacies such as smoked salmon and pilot bread(hardtack).
That would be "The Inuit". You are hereby CANCELLED! - Billy Wonka 20:13:27 03/19/21 (2)
No reprieves here.
- You should be sitting down - free.ranger 20:50:41 03/19/21 (1)
  Ready for it?
  
  Inupiaq or Inupiat? Have you encountered both terms and wondered what they mean? Here's the breakdown. The word Inupiaq literally means the "real or genuine person". Inuk = person, plus -piaq = real. Inupiaq is used to refer to a person of that cultural group.
  
  Inupiaq is also the name for the language spoken by Inupiat, which spans from the Seward Peninsula to the North Slope, a specific region within the broad Inuit spectrum. Inupiat is the plural form of Inupiaq (singular).
  - https://www.uaf.edu/anlc/resources/inuit_or_eskimo.php (Open in New Window)
  - RE: You should be sitting down - rivervalley817 21:20:11 03/19/21 (0)
    there's the Yupik and the Aleut too ... and over the last 100 years or so all their languages have converged into Eskimo-Aleut; there's even clans running around Siberia ... and they all self identify as 'Eskimo' ... spiffy eh?
    
    regards,
Good film. Ray Mala was Russian-Jewish and Inupiaq. - free.ranger 09:52:46 03/19/21 (7)
Russian-Eskimo pairings, as you can imagine, were common cultural mixes. His physical features got him roles in Arctic and South Pacific-based films. Born in Candle, AK, on the Kiwalik River south of Kotzebue. Died in Hollywood. Vote one of the top ten Alaskans by Time magazine.

Look up Candle on a Google sat map. It will give a good impression of his background.
Can you imagine the life he had?
- "Corned whale sandwich, hold the mayo!" nt - tinear 10:47:55 03/19/21 (6)
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  - That's what she said - Jay Buridan 14:03:13 03/19/21 (0)
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    "Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. "
    ― W.C. Fields
  - You just think it's mayo. Indeed, hold it. nt - free.ranger 11:48:16 03/19/21 (4)
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    - I got Deleted for less. And it was funnier. - oldmkvi 21:34:22 03/19/21 (3)
      Crap.
      - RE: I got Deleted for less. And it was funnier. - rivervalley817 21:45:10 03/19/21 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I got Deleted for less. And it was funnier. posted by oldmkvi on March 19, 2021 at 21:34:22
        
        was it the Eskimo on the broke down snowmobile with mayo on her chin from her blubber sandwich that was asked if she blew a seal joke?
        
        no wonder
        
        No, no, it was the Finnish small leafy branch that did me in. - oldmkvi 06:56:59 03/20/21 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I got Deleted for less. And it was funnier. posted by rivervalley817 on March 19, 2021 at 21:45:10
        
        Some people don't know Humor even when they step in it.
        
        RE: No, no, it was the Finnish small leafy branch that did me in. - rivervalley817 12:13:54 03/20/21 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: No, no, it was the Finnish small leafy branch that did me in. posted by oldmkvi on March 20, 2021 at 06:56:59
        
        oh. well they don't smoke that around here. what's that on my shoe?

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